Theresa Harrer

Assistant Professor

Main contributions

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research (2022), Scandinavian Journal of Management (2023), Journal of Applied Accounting Research (2019, 2019), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (2020)

Discipline: Accounting
Faculty: Accounting, Control & Legal Affairs
Expertise: Sustainability accounting, Sustainable investing, Social evaluations

Bio

Theresa Harrer is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at EDHEC in Lille. She studies the organisational and societal effects of accounting, focusing specifically on how organisations interact with external stakeholders such as investors or nature, and how accounting regimes, practices, and devices shape these interactions. Theresa holds a PhD in management from Middlesex University London and a MA (hons) in accounting and finance. Her work has been published in leading journals such as the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, and was nominated for the prestigious Carolyn Dexter Award of the Academy of Management. Theresa also is a recognised expert in the EU’s GreenAssist program, a member of the EFRAG community developing European Sustainability Reporting Standards for SMEs, and an advisor to a sustainability reporting consultancy in Finland. At EDHEC she teaches non-financial reporting and cost accounting. Prior to joining EDHEC, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Hanken School of Economics, Finland, and a research fellow at the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) at the University of Surrey, UK.

Publications of Theresa Harrer

10.12.2025 - EDHEC publication

Rebuilding trust: the role of accounting in holding society together

Theresa Harrer
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EDHEC VOX, December 2025


29.09.2025 - Article in a peer reviewed journal

Contextualised vulnerability: recalibrating agency and context in trust research

Theresa Harrer
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Journal of Trust Research, September 2025, Pages 1 - 23


Derniers articles EDHEC Vox

(Newsletter #22) Trust: the one thing to stake everything on?

  • Patrick Longuet , Associate Professor
  • Frédéric Ducoulombier , EDHEC Climate Institute Programme Director, Climate Regulation and Policies
  • Wim Vandekerckhove , Professor
  • Paolo Antonetti , Professor
  • Theresa Harrer , Assistant Professor