Prof. Dr. Thomas Fischer
Chair of Controlling and Accounting
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Professor Thomas M. Fischer held the Chair of Accounting and Controlling at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg from 2006 to September 2025. Prof. Fischer earned his doctorate at the University of Augsburg and completed his habilitation as a DFG habilitation fellow. From 1997 to 2002, he served as a university professor and chairholder at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL), and from 2003 to 2006 at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Prof. Fischer’s areas of teaching included internal and external accounting as well as strategic and operational controlling. His research focused in particular on management reporting and performance controlling. To date, Prof. Fischer has authored seven monographs and anthologies, as well as more than 170 other publications. His article „Prozeßkostenrechnung – Strategische Neuorientierung im Rechnungswesen“ (co-authored with A. G. Coenenberg) is among the most frequently cited controlling papers. Furthermore, Prof. Fischer (together with A. G. Coenenberg, T. Günther, and R. Brühl) is the author of the leading textbook ”Kostenrechnung und Kostenanalyse”, which was recently published in its 10th edition in 2024 by Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag in Stuttgart and has been honored as a “classic textbook.”
Prof. Fischer is a member of leading international and national academic associations, including the European Accounting Association (EAA), the American Accounting Association (AAA), the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB), and the Schmalenbach Society (SG). He collaborates on research and teaching with international and national universities, numerous well-known companies, and other institutions.
Prof. Fischer was a founding member of the Schmalenbach Society’s “Shared Services” working group in 2011 and served as its academic director until the end of October 2025.
Career
| Period | Position / Activity |
|---|---|
| 10/2024 – 09/2025 | Deputy Spokesperson of the School of Business, Economics and Society |
| 10/2022 – 09/2024 | Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law and Spokesperson of the School of Business, Economics and Society |
| 10/2021 – 09/2022 | Deputy Spokesperson of the School of Business, Economics and Society |
| 10/2020 – 09/2022 | Program Director and Spokesperson of the FACT Institute at the School of Business, Economics and Society |
| 2013 – 2015 | Visiting Professor with Teaching Assignment at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland |
| 10/2006 – 09/2025 | Chair of Accounting and Management Control, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2004 – 2006 | Development and Leadership of the “Business Administration – Auditing” degree program at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt |
| 2003 – 09/2006 | Chair of Business Administration, Management Accounting and Auditing, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt |
| 2001 | Visiting Research Professor at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA |
| 2000 | Offer of a Chair at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (declined) |
| 2000 | Visiting Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA |
| 1997 – 2002 | Chair of Accounting and Management Control, Auditing and Fiduciary Services, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management |
| 1997 | Habilitation at the University of Augsburg |
| 1995 – 1996 | DFG Habilitation Fellowship |
| 1993 – 1995 | Research Assistant and Habilitation Candidate at the Chair of Auditing and Management Control, Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. A. G. Coenenberg, University of Augsburg |
| 1995 | Visiting Research Scholar at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA |
| 1992 | Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration, Dr. rer. pol. |
| 1989 – 1992 | Research Associate at the Chair of Auditing and Management Control, Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. A. G. Coenenberg, University of Augsburg |
| 1988 | Consultant in the Controlling Department, Siemens AG |
| 1983 – 1987 | Studies in Business Administration, University of Augsburg, degree: Diplom-Kaufmann |
Scholarships / Awards:
- DFG Postdoctoral Fellowship (1995–1996)