Dr. Ries Breijer

Empathy is intuitive, but is also something you can work on intellectually 
- Tim Minchin -

Dr. Ries Breijer is Assistant Professor of Corporate Reporting at Nyenrode Business University. He is part of Nyenrode's Faculty Research Center for Corporate Reporting, Finance & Tax.

After finishing pre-university education, Ries started working in an audit firm and finalised the Nyenrode part-time (BSc- and MSc-) accountancy program. During the completion of his master's thesis, he was asked to start a full-time PhD at Nyenrode. He successfully completed this program with a dissertation titled 'Accountability and Responsibility: The Role of Corporate Reporting.'

Next to his current research about non-financial and financial reporting, Ries supervises master’s theses, is involved in the master courses ‘academic research in accountancy’ and ‘advanced research in accountancy’, and in the post-mast course ‘corporate reporting for auditors’.

Interests

Ries loves the water (windsurfing) and the mountains (mountain biking, skiing). He is also enthusiastic about old industrial designers of timeless furniture.  

Most relevant publications

• Breijer, R., Erkens, M. H. R., Orij, R. P., & Vergoossen, R. G. A. (2024). Mandatory versus voluntary non-financial reporting: Reporting practices and economic consequences. Accounting Forum, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2024.2326334.
• Breijer, R., & Orij, R. P. (2022). The Comparability of Non- Financial Information: An Exploration of the Impact of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD, 2014/95/EU). Accounting in Europe, 19(2), 332–361. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2022.2065645.