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Research group

Financial Management and Accounting Research Group

Tampere University
Area of focusSociety
  • The research group of financial management produces new scientific knowledge and advances research-based education in the field of accounting.
  • Research is focused on financial and managerial accounting and control systems.
  • Members of the research group collaborate both nationally and internationally with partners from other universities.
  • The group’s research projects have been funded by Academy of Finland, Foundation for Economic Education, Jenny & Antti Wihuri’s Foundation, and Finnish Cultural Foundation.

People and ongoing research projects

Professor Lili Kihn
Accounting and management control systems 

Emerita professor Salme Näsi
Financial and management accounting in private and public sector organizations 

Dr. Eeva-Mari Ihantola
Qualitative behavioral accounting research 

Dr. Pirkko Jaatinen
Accounting information systems

Dr. Jari Kankaanpää
Corporate governance, financial ratio analysis, earnings quality, MOC´s.

Dr. Hannele Mäkelä
Corporate social responsibility, social and environmental accounting and reporting, critical perspectives on accounting

M.Sc., Authorised Public Accountant Heidi Alitalo
Auditing

M.Sc. Timo Heikkilä
Environmental accounting, non-financial indicators 

M.Sc., Authorised Public Accountant Heikki Häkkinen
Auditing, Accounting Act, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

M.Sc. Tapio Ritala
Subsidiary ownership, holding companies

M.Sc.  Mikko Sandelin
Management accounting 

M.Sc. Kira Terävä
Accounting, forecasting, artificial intelligence, machine learning

M.Sc. Jenni Toivonen
Customer accounting, customer experience, management control systems, Technology companies 

KTM Teija Vehmas
Hybrid organizations

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