Prof. Dr. Patrick Velte
Institute of Management, Accounting & Finance
Associated member, Institute of Management and Organization
Associated member, Leuphana Law School (LLS)
Associated member, Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
Associated member, Research Center for Digital Transformation
Associated member, School of Sustainability
Associated member, School of Public Affairs
Vita
Patrick Velte is a professor for business administration, especially accounting, auditing & corporate governance at Leuphana University Lueneburg.
After his studies of Business Administration at the University of Hamburg, Professor Velte received his doctorate and post-doctorate qualification degree ("Habilitation") at the University Hamburg. Before joining the Leuphana University Lueneburg, he held various visiting and guest professor positions, including the University Trier, Hamburg and Lueneburg.
His research mainly deals with sustainability reporting, sustainability assurance and sustainable corporate governance.
Prof. Velte has published his research results in various (inter)national journals, such as the Journal of Accounting Literature, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, European Management Journal, Business Strategy and the Environment, Review of Managerial Science and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.
Prof. Velte was awarded as "Top 2% Scientist" in the single recent year-rankings (2021-2025) and career long data (2025) list by Elsevier/Stanford University.
Moreover, the German magazine WirtschaftsWoche considered him among the most important business administration researchers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 2024 with fourth place and with sixth place regarding scientific lifetime career.
Teaching
- Financial, Sustainability & Integrated Reporting (Major International Business Administration & Entrepreneurship; Master Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance; Minor Business Administration; Minor Business Administration)
- Sustainable Corporate Governance & Audit (Major International Business Administration & Entrepreneurship; Master Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance)
- Pinkwashing in gender diversity reports (Complementary Studies Master)
- Research Projekt in Sustainable Accounting and Finance (Master Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance)
- Bachelor, Master, and phd Forum
Research Interests
- Sustainability & integrated reporting
- Sustainability assurance
- Sustainable corporate governance
Courses
Themengebiete/Forschungsschwerpunkte:
Financial, Sustainability & Integrated Reporting, Audit & Sustainability Assurance, Tax Accounting, (Sustainable) Corporate Governance
Themengebiete/Forschungsschwerpunkte:
Financial, Sustainability & Integrated Reporting, Audit & Sustainability Assurance, Tax Accounting, (Sustainable) Corporate Governance
- Basics of financial accounting (e.g. relevance in business economics)
bookkeeping in a trading and industrial company (e.g. movements of goods, wages and salaries, material consumption)
- Main differences about the elements of the financial statement, recognition and assessment measures according to GCC and IFRS
- Main contents and differences between corporate sustainability reporting and integrated reporting from a European and global perspective