Heidi Vander Bauwhede
Heidi Vander Bauwhede is Professor at Ghent University. She holds a PhD from KU Leuven (Belgium). She was a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (US). She also visited Maastricht University (The Netherlands).
Her research focuses on the determinants and economic consequences of high-quality corporate reporting and independent third-party verification of corporate disclosures. She is also involved in studies on the performance
(i.e., profitability, growth, productivity) of businesses. Her research has been published in various international academic journals, such as Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Corporate Governance: An International Review, European Accounting review, Accounting and Business Research, Small business Economics, and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.
Awards
2003 EARNet Best Paper Award for the paper entitled “Voluntary audit committee formation and practices among
Belgian listed companies (with Marleen Willekens and Ann Gaeremynck)
Editorial Boards
International Journal of Auditing
Academic Committees
National Representative in the Board of the European Accounting Association (EAA)
Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Auditing Research Network (EARNet)
Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Accounting Association (EAA) Annual Conference (2025, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015)
Ad-hoc Reviewer (selected journals)
Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Accounting and Business Research
British Accounting Review
Contemporary Accounting Research
European Accounting Review
Memberships
European Accounting Association (EAA)
European Auditing Research Network (EARNet)
American Accounting Association (AAA)
