Rate My Professor Kris Hardies

Kris Hardies is a professor in the Department of Accountancy and Finance at the University of Antwerp, Faculty of Business and Economics. He earned his PhD from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2011, originally trained as a social scientist and economist. Since joining the University of Antwerp in 2012, he has held the position of independent academic staff professor and serves on internal boards, including the Board of Admission for the MSc in Business Engineering: Financial Engineering and the Department Council of Accountancy and Finance. Hardies teaches courses such as Auditing, Risk Management and Internal Control, Current Topics in Accounting, and supervises bachelor and master theses in business economics and related programs. His teaching spans bachelor's and master's levels in applied economics, business engineering, and organization management.

Hardies' research specializations include external auditing, assurance services, financial reporting, gender relations in professional service firms, and corporate social media use. Ongoing projects encompass auditors' reliance on emerging technologies like decision support systems from data sources including emails and social media; analysis of auditors' personalities using data from 342 audit engagements and 1,447 auditors during FWO and BOF sabbatical leaves in 2024-2025, with collaborations at Penn State University and Copenhagen Business School; and the Fulbright Award-funded stay at Penn State in 2024. Previous projects address auditor selection processes, professional skepticism profiles, and capital market effects of social media. Key publications feature 'Gender Discrimination? Evidence from the Belgian Public Accounting Profession' (Contemporary Accounting Research, 2021), 'Archival Research on Audit Partners' (2021), 'Male and Female Auditors' Overconfidence' (2012), 'An Analysis of Auditors' Going-Concern Reporting' (2018), and 'A Guide for Accounting Researchers to Conduct and Report Field Experiments' (2024). His scholarship has over 2,100 citations on Google Scholar. Awards include the Faculty of Business and Economics Research Award 2020 for scientific and social impact, the 2025 BRIA Best Paper Award from the AAA's ABO section, and the Fulbright Award. His work informs audit standards, regulators, and professional practice on skepticism, independence, and firm culture.