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
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. Moreover, he is member of editoral boards of several international and national journals. Among others, his research was published in 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.