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Berend van der Kolk is an Associate Professor in the Accounting Department at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He holds degrees in accounting, philosophy, and business administration and obtained his PhD in management accounting from the University of Groningen in 2016. Previously, he worked for five years as an Assistant Professor at IE Business School in Madrid and has held visiting positions at the University of Sydney and the London School of Economics. His research interests include performance measurement, ethics, and digitalization, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative research methods. His work has been published in several international peer-reviewed journals such as the European Accounting Review and Accounting Education. Berend is also an editorial board member of multiple journals, including the European Accounting Review and the Journal of Accounting Education. In addition to his research, he teaches courses on management accounting and performance measurement to bachelor, master, executive, and PhD students, and supervises students in their theses. He has published teaching cases that focus on the intersection of ethics, sustainability, and digitalization, and has received several teaching-related awards for his contributions to education.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam • Amsterdam
Teaches courses on management accounting and performance measurement; supervises master and PhD students.
IE Business School • Madrid
Taught courses and conducted research in accounting.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.