Prof. Dr. Karsten Eisenschmidt

General Business Administration and External Accounting
24149 Kiel
Room: C03-3.08
Prof. Dr. Karsten Eisenschmidt is Professor of Business Administration and External Accounting as well as Study course manager of the Master’s program “Financial Accounting, Controlling & Taxation”.
Information on his modules can be found in the module database.
Since September 2013
Professor of Business Administration and External Accounting at Kiel University of Applied Sciences
2013
Appointment to the W2 professorship in Business Administration and Financial Accounting, Kiel University of Applied Sciences (accepted)
Appointment to the W2 professorship in Business Administration, with a focus on Managerial Accounting/Internal Audit, West Saxon University of Applied Sciences of Zwickau (declined)
2012
Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at Leipzig University
2008–2013
Assistant Manager at KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Lecturer at the KPMG Business School
2002–2008
Studies in Business Administration at Leipzig University
Semester abroad at Euromed Marseille (today: Kedge Business School)
Research focuses:
Normative accounting research, empirical capital market research, accounting regulation, regent topics of national and international accounting
Practical Projects
- Freelance work in the field of auditing
- Corporate consulting in national and international accounting
- Teaching assignments and seminars in financial accounting
- Implementation of business simulations in the context of junior staff and management training
Knowledge Transfer
- Author of numerous national and international (peer-reviewed) contributions in the field of financial accounting
- Reviewer for international (peer-reviewed) journals (Theoretical Journal of Accounting, Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting)
- Participation in conferences in Germany and abroad