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David TWARDOWSKI CRVELIN

Assistant Professor

Accounting and Management Control

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Biography

David Twardowski earned his Ph.D. from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and later joined the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) as a post-doctoral research fellow. His research primarily focuses on management control and performance measurement practices in the sector of international development. During his projects, David has closely collaborated with a number of large multinational Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Nepal, Bangladesh, Rwanda and Tanzania. More recently, David’s research interests also include the tensions surrounding accounting in high-reliability organizations (HROs) and the effects of the digital revolution on roles and professions of accounting. David teaches management accounting and control.

Scientific articles

Commensuration by form: Lists and accounting in collective action networks

Accounting, Organizations and Society, July 2022, vol. 100, n° 101333, (in coll. with L. LÖHLEIN)

‘The spirits that we summoned’: A study on how the ‘governed’ make accounting their own in the context of market-making programs in Nepal

Accounting, Organizations and Society, February 2020, vol. 81, n° 101079, (in coll. with A. BECKER)

Scientific articles

Commensuration by form: Lists and accounting in collective action networks

Accounting, Organizations and Society, July 2022, vol. 100, n° 101333, (in coll. with L. LÖHLEIN)

‘The spirits that we summoned’: A study on how the ‘governed’ make accounting their own in the context of market-making programs in Nepal

Accounting, Organizations and Society, February 2020, vol. 81, n° 101079, (in coll. with A. BECKER)

Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy in Accounting, University of Innsbruck - Austria
  • Master of Accounting, Finance Taxation (MSc), University of Innsbruck - Austria

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2020- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
  • 2017- Assistant Professor, Accounting and Management Control HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 2014-2017 Fellow in Accounting London School of Economics & Political Science
  • 2010-2014 Research and Teaching Assistant University of Innsbruck

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

  • 2016- Ad-hoc reviewer for Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal (AAAJ)
  • 2014- Ad-hoc reviewer for Management Accounting Research (MAR)