Malte Max

Malte Max is an Assistant Professor at the Accounting Department of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), where he earned his PhD in 2022. He specializes in international taxation, corporate social responsibility, and the impact of data science technologies on accounting practices. His research bridges academic theory with practical applications in tax policy and corporate governance.

Education: PhD in Accounting (VU, 2022).

Research focuses on tax loss carryforwards, corporate political activity, and data-driven accounting methodologies. His work has been published in journals like the Journal of the American Taxation Association and Accounting, Organizations and Society. Collaborations include studies on S&P 500 firms' sociopolitical claims and ESEF regulatory compliance.

Teaching responsibilities include courses such as Data Analytics for Accounting and Control and Profit Taxation in the Global Economy. He supervises BSc/MSc theses at VU and serves as a thesis advisor at the Universiteit van Amsterdam since 2024.

Key datasets include tax loss carryforward imputation models (DOI: 10.34894/N9J1WE) and analyses of corporate environmental/diversity claims (DOI: 10.34894/MV8BKA).