17–19 May 2027 · Belsfield Hotel, Bowness-in-Windermere, UK
Call for Papers – submission deadline: 10 December 2026
The 2027 JBFA Conference will once again be held overlooking picturesque Lake Windermere in the English Lake District. The conference is sponsored by the International Centre for Research in Accounting at Lancaster University and Wiley Publishers.
JBFA publishes papers in the areas of financial and non-financial reporting and performance measurement, corporate finance and accounting-based asset pricing, corporate governance, and their interfaces. The organisers invite submissions of high-quality research papers addressing topical research questions in any of these areas.
Submissions employing novel research methods or data are particularly welcome. Preference will be given to submissions that take an international perspective or exploit international institutional differences. Theoretical papers with clear predictions motivating new empirical tests and/or explanations of existing empirical regularities are also welcome, as are comprehensive critiques and reviews of international research literatures within these areas.
Submission: Original papers should be submitted no later than 10 December 2026. Conference submissions will be treated as submissions to JBFA. Papers will be reviewed and decisions on accepted papers will be conveyed to authors before the end of March 2027. Subject to satisfactory revision, papers accepted for the Conference will be published in JBFA and in a Virtual Special Issue.
Papers should be submitted online following the guidance at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14685957/homepage/forauthors.html. Please select the Special Issue (2027 Conference) option and indicate in your covering letter that your paper is a Conference submission.
Attendance: Conference attendance is by invitation only. The Conference starts in the evening of 17 May 2027 with an Early Bird reception and ends at lunchtime on 19 May 2027. There is no registration fee. JBFA will cover the costs of lunches and dinner for all participants and accommodation costs for presenting authors. Detailed arrangements will be provided when invitations are sent out in early April 2027, once the conference programme has been finalised.
Call for papers: 2027 JBFA Conference Call for Papers (PDF)
