Asst. Professor Victor van Pelt

Research Interests

Victor van Pelt is a faculty member of the Finance and Accounting Group at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, specializing in behavioral accounting research. He uses controlled, online, and field experiments to explore and answer accounting-related questions. Victor’s research has been published in leading accounting journals, including Management Accounting Research, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Issues in Accounting Education, and Contemporary Accounting Research.

A key tool in Victor’s research is oTree, an open-source, Python-based platform for conducting experiments and surveys. Victor is also a supporter of Open Science and practices that enhance research transparency and reproducibility. He actively integrates these practices into his recent work and contributes to the academic community as a member of the editorial board of Accounting Open. This fully open-access journal publishing research adheres to best practices for open and transparent research. In recognition of his contribution, Victor received the 2024 Best Reviewer Award from the Journal of Business Economics.

Short Biography

Victor van Pelt has served as an Assistant Professor at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management since 2019. He obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Tilburg University in the Netherlands. After completing a two-year Research Master’s program at the same university, Victor pursued a Ph.D. in Accounting at the Department of Accountancy of Tilburg University from 2015 to 2019. As part of his doctoral research, Victor visited Cornell University and Emory University in the United States. Victor also worked as an assistant accountant for two years at the Bureau of Professional Practice of BDO in the Netherlands. Victor’s Ph.D. dissertation won the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of the Management Accounting Section in 2020.