Marek is currently Assistant Professor at the Department for Accounting, Control and Law. He earned his PhD from the University of Innsbruck and previously worked as an Assistant Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. Marek has also been a visiting scholar at HEC Paris and the Turku School of Economics.<br />
Marek’s research primarily focuses on the institutionalization and application of contemporary social and environmental accounting and control practices. He has, for example, studied the political nature of sustainability reporting standard setting or the role of sustainability control practices in the formation and change of organizational and individual identities. Main ongoing research projects investigate, for example, sustainability control practices in global apparel supply chains or the changing role of the Finance function in light of sustainability regulation. Marek's research approach is coined by qualitative methods and constructivist methodology.<br />
Marek has taught courses in the area of management control, cost accounting, and reflective thinking. He has broad experience in supervising theses on the Bachelor's and Master's level and is currently co-supervising a PhD thesis on sustainability governance practices in global supply chains.