Dr. Albrecht Becker
Universitätsprofessor
+43 (0) 512 507 71410
Room: o.4.20
Research interests:
- Social studies of accounting
- Calculative practices in not-for-profit organisations
- Organisation and evaluation of research
Recent publications:
- Becker, A., & Lukka, K. (2023). Instrumentalism and the publish-or-perish regime. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 102436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2022.102436
- Lukka, K., & Becker, A. (2023). The future of critical interdisciplinary accounting research: Performative ontology and critical interventionist research. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 102447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2022.102447
- Messner, M., & Becker, A. (2023). Management control systems and ethics. In M. Brivot & C. H. Cho (Eds.), Research handbook on accounting and ethics (pp. 155-167). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Becker, A. (2021). Qualitative Forschung im Management Accounting. In W. Becker & P. Ulrich (Eds.), Praxishandbuch Controlling (pp. 1-17). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04795-5_69-1
- Becker, A., Pedell, B., & Pfaff, D. (2021). Management accounting developments in German-speaking countries: an overview and editorial reflections. Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, 17(4), 457-470. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAOC-03-2021-0046
- Crvelin, D., & Becker, A. (2020). ‘The spirits that we summoned’: A study on how the ‘governed’ make accounting their own in the context of market-making programs in Nepal. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 81, 101079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2019.101079
- Marx, U., & Becker, A. (2020). Geschlechterverhältnisse steuern: Zahlen und Feminismus. In A.-H. Carl, S. Kunze, Y. Olteanu, Ö. Yildiz, A. Yollu-Tok, & C. Gather (Eds.),
- Geschlechterverhältnisse im Kontext von Unternehmen und Gesellschaft (pp. 169-182). Nomos.
- Becker, A., & Heinzelmann, R. (2018). IT and the management accountant. In L. Goretzki & E. Strauss (Eds.), The role of the management accountant: Local variations and global influences (pp. 219-232). London: Routledge.
Current Projects:
- Research communities as cultures (with Kari Lukka, Turku School of Economics)
- Healthcare quality assessment in Austria: Discourses and performances (with Silvia Jordan, University of Innsbruck; Patrick Neff, Michael Wörndle, Medical University Innsbruck)
- Digital calculable spaces: Economizing on the outskirts of management accounting (with Erkki Lassila, Turku School of Economics)
Activities:
Current
- Associate Dean of Studies, PhD Programme Management
- Vice Chair, curriculum Development Committee, Faculty of Business and Management
- Member of the Ombuds Office for Good Scientific Practice, University of Innsbruck
- Speaker, Research Centre Accounting Theory & Research
- Member of Advisory Board, Research Area EPoS Economy, Politics & Society
- Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
Past activities
- Head of organising Committees, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, 2009, 2021
- Dean, Faculty of Business and Management (2008 – 2013)
Prior affiliations:
- Free University, Berlin (1989 - 2001)
- Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg (1980 - 1988)
Speaker of the Research Centre ‘Accounting Theory and Research’ (in German only):