Valeria Knels

Research associate

Ms Valeria Knels (M. Sc.)

Room SCH B335

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Curriculum vitae

since June 2019	Research associate at the Chair of Business Management, especially Management Accounting and Control
2018 - 2019	Working student at activjob GmbH, Dresden
2016 - 2019	Master’s degree in Business Administration from the TU Dresden, specialization: Accounting & Finance
since 2016	Freelance teacher for several projects
2015 - 2016	Internship with the KPMG AG, Audit – Governance and Assurance
2014 - 2015	Working student at the Chair of Business Management, especially Management Accounting and Control
2012 - 2015	Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the TU Dresden, specialization: Accounting & Finance, Financial Economics & Global Markets
2012	Higher education entrance qualification (A-level) at Martin-Andersen-Nexö Gymnasium, Dresden

Teacher in "Jahresabschlussanalyse" (Financial Statement Analysis) for Master students
Teacher in "Kostenorientierte Entscheidungen" (Cost-based Decision Making) for Bachelor students
Mentor and organisational supervisor in "Finanazanalystenbericht" (Financial Analyst Report) for Master students
Thesis and seminar paper supervisor
Contact person for Bachelor thesis

Interaction between environmental sustainability management and management accounting and control
Ecological Innovations
Management Control Systems

Knels, V., Maetze, J., & Günther, T.W. (2025). Genderbezogene Verzerrungen in Leistungsbeurteilungen, Lessons Learned aus der Wissenschaft, Controlling, Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte Unternehmenssteeuerung, 37. Jg., Heft 1, S. 47 - 53.
Knels, V., Janka, M., & Guenther, T.W. (2024). Exploring the Duality of Formal and Informal Controls in Driving Eco-Innovations. European Accounting Review, in print. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2024.2400118 (VHB PMR: A, 0,5 Handelsblatt-Punkte, ABDC: A*). (111.896 Zeichen, 51 Normseiten)
Coenenberg, A. G./Fischer, T. M./Günther, T./Brühl, R., with the assistance of Knels, V. and others (2024): Kostenrechnung und Kostenanalyse, 10th revised and supplemented edition, Stuttgart.

"Survey-based management control constructs in environmental sustainability research". Presentation at the Emprical Research in Management Accounting and Control (ERMAC) Conference in Vienna (Austria), June 23- June 25, 2024.
"Integration Matters: Environmental Management Control Systems on the Relationship with Environmental and Financial Performance". Presentation during a research visit at Nanyang Business School in Singapore, March 22, 2024.
"Integration Matters: Environmental Management Control Systems on the Relationship with Environmental and Financial Performance". Presentation during a research visit at Kobe University in Kobe (Japan), February 9, 2024.
"Gond et al. (2012) revisited: Shedding Light on the Use of Mangement Controls for Eco-Performance". Presentation at the Emprical Research in Management Accounting and Control (ERMAC) Conference in Vienna (Austria), June 18 - June 20, 2023.
"Fostering Eco-Innovation: The Crucial Role of Management Controls". Presentation at the virtual 12th Conference on new directions in Management Accounting, December 16 - December 18, 2020.
"Fostering Eco-Innovation: The Crucial Role of Management Controls". Presentation at the virtual Dresden Nexus Conference (eDNC), June 3 - June 5, 2020.
"Fostering Eco-Innovation: The Crucial Role of Management Controls". Presentation at the Annual Conference for Management Accounting Research (ACMAR) in Vallendar (Germany), March 4 - March 5, 2020.