Annelies Renders is a Professor in the Department of Accounting and Operations Management at BI Norwegian Business School. She obtained her Ph.D. in Accounting, Finance, and Insurance from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Before joining BI in 2023, she held academic positions at Maastricht University and the Open University in Heerlen.

Her research focuses on the unintended consequences of accounting rules and choices, including their impact on financial stability, disclosure practices, and corporate governance. She has received prestigious grants such as the NWO VENI, VIDI, and ASPASIA awards for her work on the interplay between accounting standards and macroeconomic outcomes. Her publications appear in leading journals, including The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, and Journal of Accounting and Economics.

Annelies teaches financial accounting at undergraduate and graduate levels and supervises theses and Ph.D. research. Recently, her work has expanded to topics such as CSR and the effects of accounting regulation on employee well-being.