Kristian Mortenson's academic work focuses on the area of behavioral accounting, which is the intersection of economics, psychology and accounting. He is interested in how people make decisions using accounting information and how those decisions often deviate from what economists would predict as well as how accounting data is used within a firm to make operating decisions. He enjoys exploring how accounting intersects with big data, data analytics, machine learning, and SAP.
His primary teaching interests are in cost and managerial accounting. He enjoys the challenge of helping accounting students become more flexible in their thinking and more open to the “fuzzy” nature of business decision making.
