Research Assistant/Doctoral Student (f/m/d) - Chair of Behavioral Accounting

• Conducting independent research in the field of behavioral accounting, in particular on experimental issues in reporting, controls, performance feedback, and the use of artificial intelligence in accounting. 
• The aim is to present research results at international conferences and publish them in leading journals.
  

• Collaboration in the implementation and further development of courses in the field of financial and management accounting (e.g. preparation of materials, supervision of students, data analysis or support with experiments). 
• Opportunity to gradually take on your own teaching responsibilities and further develop your teaching skills as part of your doctoral programme.

• Active participation in WHU’s structured doctoral programme, which includes methodological and theoretical courses, research seminars, and presentations in the doctoral colloquium. 
• Use of the international research environment for professional and personal development, including access to laboratory and online recruitment resources and support for conference travel.

Academic background

• Above-average master’s degree in accounting, economics, finance or a related area.
• Ideally, your master’s thesis was written in a subject area related to behavioral or experimental research. 
• We particularly value if you’ve finished a preparation track, like a research master or another specialized graduate research program.

• Strong mathematical programming, analytical, and critical thinking skills. 
• Experience with experimental design, statistical inference, and academic research and writing practices. 
• Proficiency in at least one of the following statistical programming languages: R, Stata, or Python. 
• Experience with oTree for conducting experiments is a big plus.

• Strong interest in experimental behavioral research, particularly in the areas of accounting. 
• Interest in topics such as misreporting, performance measurement and feedback, controls, incentives, and contemporary issues like sustainability and the use of AI is particularly welcome.

• A passion for learning and scientific research in an international environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English proficiency (German proficiency is not required).