Saskia Kohlhase

Saskia Kohlhase is an Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is an affiliated member of ERIM (Erasmus Research Institute of Management) since 2016. Her research focuses on taxation, ESG regulation, and corporate social responsibility reporting, particularly examining cross-border tax strategies, loss-firm tax incentives, and transfer pricing mechanisms. She teaches taxation and financial accounting at both undergraduate and master’s levels, coordinating courses like 'Taxation' and 'Financial and Tax Consulting'.

Dr. Kohlhase holds a PhD from Vienna University of Economics and Business (2016), where her thesis earned the prestigious Nürnberger Steuergespräche Award. Her work has been published in top journals such as the Journal of Accounting and Economics and Journal of International Business Studies. She actively serves on editorial boards (e.g., Accounting and Business Research) and reviews for leading journals like The Accounting Review.

Her research trends emphasize multinational corporate tax strategies, organizational structure impacts of taxation, and ESG regulatory implications. Articles frequently analyze transfer pricing, tax system comparisons, and loss firm behaviors. Beyond academia, she organizes the Dutch Workshop on Corporate Taxation and collaborates with institutions like Duke University. Her advisory work includes mentoring PhD students like Masoud Mohebbi and contributing to policy discussions through RSM Discovery publications.

Key awards include the 2016 Nürnberger Steuergespräche Award for her doctoral research. Her collaborative efforts extend to editorial roles and peer-review activities across multiple journals and networks, reinforcing her influence in global accounting and taxation discourse.