As the FAR International Conference is approaching, we talked to the presenters about their academic career, their interest in the audit profession and the role of The Human Factor in their research. Professor Reggy Hooghiemsta (University of Groningen) will be the second presenter during our International Conference on the 21st of June. His 2016B02 research team focuses on the impact of multiple team membership on audit quality.

In this newsletter: Calls for Research 2021, Online FAR International Conference "Auditing - The Human Factor" on Monday 21 June 2021, FAR Conference - Interviews, Summary of the online FAR Masterclass by Prof. dr. Christian Hofmann on "Internal control quality and audit quality" on 18 May 2021, FAR Young Auditing Academic Brown Bag Seminars, Upcoming events

As the FAR International Conference is approaching, we talked to the presenters about their academic career, their interest in the audit profession and the role of The Human Factor in their research. First up are Ann Vanstraelen and Ulrike Thürheimer. For the 2016B04 project, their aim is to show the value of the audit by studying the evaluation of identified misstatements.

Aimed at enhancing knowledge exchange between academia and practice and academically informing practitioners and (public) policy makers in their continuous improvement efforts with regard to the auditing profession, the Foundation for Auditing Research issues two Calls for Research this year.

In this newsletter: Online FAR Masterclass by Prof. dr. Christian Hofmann on "Internal control quality and audit quality" on 18 May 2021, Online FAR International Conference "Auditing - The Human Factor" on Monday 21 June 2021,

We are pleased to inform you that FAR will organize the first FAR Young Auditing Academic Brown Bag Seminar by James Zhang (University of Groningen) on April 16 at 3:30 pm (CET).