Peter Letmathe

Peter Letmathe is a Professor and Chair of Management Accounting at RWTH Aachen University's Faculty of Business and Economics, where he has led the department since October 2011 and served as dean from 2018 to 2021. His academic journey includes professorships at University of Bayreuth and University of Siegen, where he founded the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Institute Siegen in 2003. He maintains visiting professorships at University of Colorado at Boulder and Clemson University since 1999.

His research interests focus on Behavioral Management Accounting, Value Chain Management, Business Modeling, and Managerial Accounting and Innovation Management. His interdisciplinary work spans the mobility sector, energy transformation, digitization of industry, and information and communication technologies, with particular emphasis on sustainability applications. His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on decarbonization strategies, electric mobility economics, and sustainable operations management, reflecting current global challenges in energy transition and environmental sustainability.

Professor Letmathe received the prestigious EURO award for the Best EJOR Paper 2013 (Innovative Applications of OR) for his work on emissions trading. He has been actively involved in numerous interdisciplinary research projects with industry partners, contributing practical insights to his academic work. His leadership extends to scientific boards including the FOKOS-Institute, the Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR e.V.), and BAUM e.V., demonstrating his influence in both academic and professional spheres.

With over 80 interdisciplinary research projects and extensive publications in top journals including Journal of Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, and International Journal of Production Economics, Professor Letmathe has established himself as a leading scholar in management accounting with strong connections to sustainability and operational excellence.