Frank Hartmann

Frank Hartmann joined Northeastern University in 2025 as Joseph M. Golemme Research Professor of Accounting at D'Amore McKim School of Business. Hartmann holds a PhD in Accounting (1997) and in Philosophy of Mind (2023). His research interests broadly concern the human and technological sides of accounting, with a special focus on the increasing role of AI in the profession of management accountants and controllers. Hartmann started his career in business and maintains strong relationships with the professional community of management accountants and controllers. His empirical academic work in accounting includes studies on the role of the human brain and mind in financial decision making. His philosophical work in accounting studies how the human mind is supported and extended by AI, focusing on the question how AI challenges or supports human accountability in decision making. Hartmann is a strong adapt of multi-disciplinary theoretical and empirical work. His work aspires to be multidisciplinary in terms of theoretical background and stakeholders addressed.