Expertise
Lukas Goretzki is a full professor of management accounting & control, holder of the Fortnox Chair in business administration, and head of department of accounting at SSE. He holds a doctorate from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and has been a faculty member at the University of Innsbruck before joining SSE. Over the last years, Lukas has been a visiting professor at WHU, the University of Sydney, the University of Innsbruck and the University of Luxembourg. He is currently a visiting professor at the Turku School of Economics.
Lukas' main research interests are the roles and identities of controllers and the effects of digitalization on the finance function. He is furthermore conducting research on budgeting, forecasting as well as performance and impact measurement practices in different organizational settings. His research draws on qualitative methodologies and was published in journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Management Accounting Research, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, European Accounting Review, or Accounting and Business Research.
Lukas is an associate editor of the European Accounting Review, The British Accounting Review and Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. He is furthermore an editorial board member of Accounting, Organizations and Society, Management Accounting Research, Accounting and Business Research, Financial Accountability and Management Journal, and Journal of Management Accounting Research. Until 2026, he was an editor of the journal Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management.