We are delighted to invite you to the 49th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA), hosted by the University of Turin, Department of Management “Valter Cantino”. The Congress will take place in Turin from May 26th to May 28th, 2027.
The 2027 Congress carries a special significance: it marks the 50th anniversary of the European Accounting Association. Since its foundation in 1977, the EAA has grown into the leading community for accounting scholarship in Europe and beyond, fostering research, education, and dialogue across generations of academics. Hosting this milestone edition is both an honour and a responsibility. We are committed to celebrating five decades of scientific exchange while looking ahead to the future of our discipline, in a time when accounting is increasingly central to global debates on sustainability, accountability, transparency, innovation, and social impact.
The University of Turin, founded in 1404, is one of Italy’s oldest and largest universities. With around 83,000 students, it represents one of the most vibrant academic communities in Europe and plays a central role in the education of future professionals, researchers, managers, and public decision-makers. Turin has also long been a natural centre for the education and professional development of Italian chartered accountants, making the city an especially meaningful place to host a Congress devoted to accounting research, education, and practice.
The Department of Management “Valter Cantino” has a long-standing tradition of excellence in accounting research. Over the decades, its scholars have contributed to the advancement of financial accounting, with particular attention to the adoption and application of international standards, including IAS/IFRS, and have pioneered original lines of inquiry such as Pop Accounting, which explores the dissemination and cultural dimension of accounting beyond its technical boundaries. The Department is equally recognised for its research in sustainability accounting and reporting, business information systems, digital transformation, public sector accounting, and impact assessment. This combination of tradition, innovation, methodological rigour, and societal relevance makes Turin a particularly fitting place to celebrate the EAA’s milestone anniversary.
Turin is a city where accounting, business, industry, culture, and innovation meet. Over the last century, the territory has demonstrated an extraordinary capacity to generate pioneering companies and global brands across different sectors. From FIAT, now part of Stellantis, to Martini, Ferrero and Nutella, Lavazza, Pininfarina, and many others, Turin and Piedmont have contributed to shaping industrial design, automotive manufacturing, food innovation, coffee culture, branding, and international entrepreneurship. This entrepreneurial heritage is not only part of the city’s past: it continues today through a dynamic ecosystem of research centres, start-ups, technological districts, and institutions working at the frontier of innovation, with a particularly promising future in the aerospace sector.
The Congress will be designed to place accounting at the centre of international and local conversations. Our aim is to create a setting in which academic research can engage with institutions, firms, professional bodies, policymakers, and society. We believe that accounting is not merely a technical language, but a powerful infrastructure for trust, decision-making, accountability, sustainability, and democratic governance. For this reason, the 2027 EAA Congress in Turin will seek to strengthen the dialogue between international scholarship and the needs of local communities, public institutions, enterprises, and professional networks.
A defining feature of the Congress will be its commitment to environmental and social sustainability. The event will be organised with careful attention to sustainable mobility, responsible use of resources, accessibility, inclusion, and the measurement of social and environmental impact. The Local Organising Committee will work closely with universities, public institutions, professional associations, cultural organisations, and local stakeholders to ensure that the Congress leaves a positive legacy for the city and for the wider EAA community. Sustainability will not be treated as a side theme, but as a guiding principle in the design, organisation, and evaluation of the event.
Turin offers far more than an academic venue: it is a city to be experienced. With more than 2,000 years of history, Turin has been a Roman settlement, a royal capital, and the first capital of unified Italy. It is renowned for its elegant Baroque architecture, historic cafés, arcades, museums, theatres, libraries, and cultural institutions. It is also known as a magical city, a place where history, spirituality, science, and legend intersect. Turin hosts the Holy Shroud, one of the most important relics of Christianity, and offers visitors a unique combination of sacred heritage, intellectual tradition, and cultural depth.
At the same time, Turin is a multicultural and international city, open to students, researchers, professionals, and communities from across the world. Its identity combines European elegance, industrial creativity, academic excellence, social inclusion, and a distinctive quality of life. From its historic cafés to its contemporary innovation districts, from the banks of the Po River to the surrounding hills and the nearby Alps, Turin invites delegates to discover a city that is both deeply rooted in history and strongly oriented towards the future.
Building on the strength of the EAA community and the experience of our local team, we are committed to organising a Congress that fosters scientific and educational exchange, supports professional networking, encourages dialogue with institutions, and offers an immersive experience in one of Europe’s most fascinating cities. The 2027 Congress will be an opportunity not only to present and discuss accounting research, but also to reflect collectively on the role of accounting in shaping more sustainable, transparent, inclusive, and accountable societies.
We look forward to welcoming you to Turin in 2027, to celebrate together half a century of European accounting research and to imagine the next fifty years of our discipline.
On behalf of the Local Organising Committee,
Paolo Biancone & Silvana Secinaro — Congress Chairs
Davide Calandra — Secretary General
Federico Lanzalonga — Treasurer
Valerio Brescia, Federico Chmet & Michele Oppioli — Sustainability and Impact Assessment
