Paul Pronobis is an Associate Professor of Accounting at ESCP Europe Business School - Paris Campus, where he teaches Financial Accounting, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and Consolidated Financial Statements.
He holds a Doctorate in Business Economics (Dr. rer. oec.) from HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management (Germany) and a Habilitation in Business Administration (French HDR equivalent) from Freie University Berlin (Germany). He holds the German Diploma (Dipl.-Betriebswirt) from Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences. Prior to joining ESCP Europe, he was an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Freie University Berlin (Germany) from 2011 until 2017. He was also a Visiting Assoicate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin (USA), and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (USA) and at Rolling College, Orlando (USA). Mr. Pronobis has gained professional experience working for a major audit company as well as a senior accounting manager in the automotive industry.
His research lies at the intersection of financial accounting, auditing, corporate governance, and taxes. His research has been published in top-tier accounting and business journals, namely the Review of Accounting Studies (RAST), Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (JAPP), International Business Review (IBR), and the Journal of Business Economics (JBE). He serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for major accounting journals such as The Accounting Review (TAR), and the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (JAPP), amongst others.