• Netherlands

  • Warandelaan 2, Koopmans Building, room K 205

    5037 AB Tilburg

    Netherlands

Accepting PhD Students

20172025

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research interests

My research investigates how organizations design management control systems under imperfect information, with a focus on managerial behavior and incentives, performance evaluation, and the consequences of measurement for skill development and career outcomes. I study how human expertise and artificial intelligence (AI) can be integrated in complementary ways, thereby linking management and digital technologies. I examine how, and under what conditions, AI-supported decision environments change managerial judgment, and what the use of AI implies for skill formation, resource allocation, and career trajectories. By analyzing the consequences of performance evaluations, explicit potential assessments, and the role of specific knowledge and skills (including tacit, higher-order, and technology-related skills), I provide evidence on how managers define internal labor markets as AI becomes increasingly embedded in organizational processes. The broader aim is to identify design principles that preserve learning and fairness while improving decision quality.

Career

Associate Professor, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, May 2025 - present

Assistant Professor, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, Sep 2020 - April 2025

Academic Director MSc Accountancy and Control, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, Apr 2021 - present     

Post-Doc (part-time), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Jan 2018 - Aug 2020

Vice Managing Director with focus on Research Development and Valorization, Foundation for Auditing Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Oct 2017 - Jun 2019

Teaching

Financial Accounting for IBA (2020)

Auditing & Accounting Information Systems (2020,2021,2022)

Accounting for Eship. & Bus. Innovation (2021)

Data-Driven Decision-Making (2023,2024,2025)

Accounting: The Language of Business (2023,2024,2025)

PhD supervision

Co-supervisor of: Dzhuletta Taisumova, Noah de Bont, Britt Coopmans

Current courses

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD in Managerial Accounting and Control, Maastricht University, 2012-2017

Award Date: 1 Dec 2017

Master of Science Management Control, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, 2011-2012, Maastricht University

External positions

Own company (TALENT RE:SEARCH)

4 Dec 2017 → …

Keywords

  • Performance and potential management
  • Human capital
  • Incentive systems design
  • Internal labor markets
  • Promotions
  • Artificial intelligence

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