TRR 266/TAFResearch Seminar
On January 27, 2026 Prof. Dr. Jörg Budde (University Bonn) presented the paper „Timeliness and Bias of Subjective Performance Evaluation" at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar.
TRR 266/TAFResearch Seminar
On November 18, 2025 Prof. Dr. Tobias Berg(Goethe University Frankfurt) has present a paper at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar.
Tobias Berg is Professor of Banking at the House of Finance, Goethe-University Frankfurt. His primary research interests include financial intermediation, corporate finance, FinTech, and climate finance. His research has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Finance, Jou…
As part of the TAF Brown Bag Seminars Josephine Hartmann-Meise held a presentation on December 2, 2025. The title of the presentation is “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Understanding Policy Change in Sustainability Reporting through Network Dynamics”.
As part of the TRR Brown Bag at the Humboldt-University of Berlin Mahdi Rahali gave a presentation on June 19, 2025. The presentation was titled by "COVID-19 related insolvency suspension and German firms".
The research, co-authored by Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi, examines the number of insolvency filings over time, shedding light on the impact of Germany’s suspension of the insolvency filing obligation during the Covid crisis.
Are firms ready for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)?
The CSRD comes with a lot of changes for German firms in sustainability reporting. Prof. Urska Kosi and co-author Paula Relard, who is a graduate of the TAF Master Study Program and currently works at PwC Deutschland, analyze how these changes impact firms' sustainability reporting practices. Their findings suggest that firms, which are already mandatory reporters,…
The new generation of bachelor students has been admitted to the Excellence Program 2024. We are delighted to work with Sophie Niggemeier. She is currently conducting her research project under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi and Dennis Großmann..
Professors of the TAF Department are supervising five students this semester: Max Hinrichsen, Evelyn Huhn, Sophie Niggemeier, Tolga Susuzlu, Celine Tarzi. We organised an informal meeting to…
We are delighted to announce that our student Timo Pohlmann presented his research project "Recent developments in the European corporate green bond market" at the Excellence Forum 2024. He conducted his research under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi and Pia Stoczek.
We congratulate Timo Pohlmann on this outstanding achievement. It is a testament of his hard work and dedication within the Excellence Program, where he developed his…
As part of our innovative teaching approach, the students of the IFRS Group Accounting module (M.184.5261), offered by Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi, have taken a bold step towards practical learning and joined an excursion to the Beiersdorf Campus in Hamburg.
Are firms ready for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)?
The CSRD comes with a lot of changes for German firms in sustainability reporting. Prof. Urska Kosi and co-author Paula Relard, who is a graduate of the TAF Master Study Program and currently works at PwC Deutschland, analyze how these changes impact firms' sustainability reporting practices. Their findings suggest that firms, which are already mandatory reporters,…
The new generation of bachelor students has been admitted to the Excellence Program 2024. We are delighted to work with Sophie Niggemeier. She is currently conducting her research project under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi and Dennis Großmann..
Professors of the TAF Department are supervising five students this semester: Max Hinrichsen, Evelyn Huhn, Sophie Niggemeier, Tolga Susuzlu, Celine Tarzi. We organised an informal meeting to…
We are delighted to announce that our student Timo Pohlmann presented his research project "Recent developments in the European corporate green bond market" at the Excellence Forum 2024. He conducted his research under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi and Pia Stoczek.
We congratulate Timo Pohlmann on this outstanding achievement. It is a testament of his hard work and dedication within the Excellence Program, where he developed his…
As part of our innovative teaching approach, the students of the IFRS Group Accounting module (M.184.5261), offered by Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi, have taken a bold step towards practical learning and joined an excursion to the Beiersdorf Campus in Hamburg.
TRR 266/TAFResearch Seminar
On April 28, 2026 Prof. Dr. Mary Cowx (Arizona State University) will present the paper „R&D Tax Credit Complexity and Small Firm Innovation" at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar.
TRR 266/TAFResearch Seminar
On May 19, 2026 Prof. Hans B. Christensen University of Chicago Booth School of Business will present a paper titled “Beyond Greenwashing: Environmental Commitments and Gas Flaring in the African Oil Sector” at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar.
Hans Christensen's current research primarily focuses on the effect on society of regulation aimed at incentivizing firms to act socially responsible. This includes the effect…
TRR 266/TAFResearch Seminar
On June 23, 2026 Prof. Dr. Allison Koester (Georgetown University) will present a paper at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar.
