Prof Dr Tobias Steindl

Tel.: +49 941 943 2707

Consultation hours: By appointment

Academic profile

Tobias Steindl studied International Business & Economics at the University of Innsbruck and BI Norwegian Business School. Subsequently, he completed his cotutelle doctorate at Catholic University (KU) Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Dr. rer. pol.) and Macquarie University Sydney (Ph.D. in Accounting and Corporate Governance). After his doctoral studies, he was an Assistant Professor at KU Eichstätt-Ingostadt and visited Seattle University and the Universidad de Salamanca. Prof Steindl has successfully completed third-party funded projects (e.g. BayFOR, DAAD), in which he cooperated with international research institutions as well as companies. Since May 2022, he has been a Professor for Corporate Social Responsibility Control, Reporting and Governance at the University of Regensburg.

Practical experience

Tobias Steindl gained several years of practical experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Bavarian State Bank (BayernLB). In particular, he was leading projectes in the fields of sustainability reporting, regulatory reporting and digitalisation.

Research focus

Tobias Steindl's research is focused on issues at the interface between

corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustianbility,
corporate reporting, control, and governance, as well as
digitalization.

AWARDS & HONORS

Dissertatoin Award of the City of Ingolstadt, 2018
Dissertation Award, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt & Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Bayern Mitte eG, 2018
International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (iMQRES), Macquarie University, 2015-2018
Matthäus Schwarz Research Award, Warth & Klein Grant Thornton, 2017
Best Doctoral Colloquium Presentation, A-CSEAR Conference, 2016
3MT® Prize, Macquarie University (FBE), 2016
Best Reviewer Award, Business Ethics: A European Review, 2014

PUBLICATIONS

Cultural Rule Orientation, Legal Institutions, and the Credibility of Corporate Social Responsibility Reports, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2021, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 310-331.

The Usefulness of Non-IFRS Segment Data, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 2021, Vol. 43, No. 2, 100382, with M. Göttsche and S. Küster.

To Reveal or Not to Reveal? The Influence of Cultural Secrecy on Discretionary Disclosure Decisions, The International Journal of Accounting, 2020, Vol. 55, No. 3, 2050012, with M. Göttsche and S. Küster. (Lead Article)

Do Customers Affect the Value Relevance of Sustainability Reporting? Empirical Evidence on Stakeholder Interdependence, Business Strategy and the Environment, 2016, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 149-164, with M. Göttsche and S. Gietl. (Lead Article)