Prof. Dr. habil. Ute Merbecks

Professor Dr. Ute Merbecks has built a distinguished academic career spanning over three decades, marked by deep expertise in financial management, accounting and tax, rigorous empirical research, and significant institutional leadership. Ute Merbecks began her higher education at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where she studied Economics. Following her graduation, she worked as a research associate Bochum's Faculty of Economics. After completing her doctorate she moved to the FernUniversität in Hagen and worked toward her Habilitation. Her research during this phase was supported by the Lise Meitner Habilitation Scholarship from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 

Since 2015, Professor Dr. Merbecks assumed her current role as Professor of Business Administration with a focus on Corporate Finance at the Faculty of Society and Economics. Here, she teaches applied corporate finance, valuation, financial and sustainability accounting, and international taxation in English across various Bachelor's and Master's programs. Alongside her teaching and research, Dr. Merbecks is heavily involved in academic administration and leadership. Since 2019, she has held a leadership position at Rhine-Waal University's Faculty of Society and Economics as Vice Dean for Research and Transfer.

Current publications:

2026

From Circular Economy Disclosure to Circular Transformation: A Case Study From Food-Producing Companies, Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 35 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70993 (gemeinsam mit Patricia Ruffing-Straube, Inge Wulf).

2025

ESG-Risiken in der Risikoberichterstattung: Kontext und empirische Analyse der DAX 40-Unternehmen im Jahr 2023, Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis, 77. Jg (2025), S. 333-360 (gemeinsam mit Inge Wulf).

2024

Soziale Risiken in der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der DAX 40-Unternehmen, in: Betriebs-Berater, 79. Jg. (2024), S. 299-303.

2024

ESG-Risiken: Neue Risiken im Kontext nachhaltiger Finanzierungsinstrumente, in: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 53. Jg. (2024), Heft 12, S. 4-10.

2023

Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR) in Germany: Background and First Empirical Evidence from DAX 30 Companies in 2020, Journal of Business Economics, vol. 93 (2023). Online verfügbar unter https://doi.org/10.1007/s11573-023-01148-6.

2022

Tax Management in der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung: Empirische Analyse der DAX 40 Unternehmen, in: Betriebs-Berater, 77. Jg. (2022), S. 2091-2095.