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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the European Accounting Association “DEI Challenges and Opportunities: A Focus on Gender across Disciplines”

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the European Accounting Association “DEI Challenges and Opportunities: A Focus on Gender across Disciplines” Wednesday 26th March 2025 On Wednesday 26th March 2025, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the European Accounting Association hosted the Workshop “DEI Challenges and Opportunities: A Focus on Gender across Disciplines”. The event featured presentations from three distinguished speakers – Prof. Bryony Hoskins, Ass. Prof. Meredith Tharapos, Prof. Natalia Vershinina – and was…
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Join the EAA Annual Congress Host Programme

                      Join the EAA Annual Congress Host Programme   At this year’s congress at LUISS in Rome, the EAA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) will launch the EAA Annual Congress Host Programme to support first-time attendees. Due to its size, the congress can sometimes be a difficult place to introduce members to each other, especially when they are new to the EAA community. The aim of this initiative is to enable new participants to…
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Accounting scholars: Let’s stand up for Diversity

"Democracy is like air: we notice it when it's missing" – Piero Calamandrei Companies are increasingly stopping to report on diversity. Fairer performance systems that account for discrimination are being progressively dismantled. Countless data have been removed simply due to associations with words such as women, queer, or diversity. Diversity is being erased in and through,accounting. Accounting is at the heart of these attacks on diversity. What can we, as an epistemic community of accounting…
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EAA Junior Virtual Workshop

On December 10th, the EAA Virtual Activities Committee hosted the first Junior Virtual Workshop. The Virtual Workshop was conceived in collaboration with the Editors of the PhD Mentoring Initiatives (PMI) and the Chairs of the Doctorial Colloquium (DC), to offer to PhD students who have engaged with these dedicated EAA initiatives a platform to present their research and gather feedback. In its first edition, the workshop hosted 15 presentations, covering four key research areas: financial…
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EAA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) Event on Ableism in Accounting Academy

The EAA DEIC Event on Ableism in Accounting Academy - Research and Practice, offered the first sign language virtual EAA event, creating a breakthrough for equitable access. The conversation on Ableism offered a comprehensive exploration of the ways in which societal systems, attitudes, and policies perpetuate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Speakers highlighted ableism as a deeply ingrained structural issue that intersects with other forms of oppression, such as racism, sexism, and classism. The discussions…
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PCAOB Management Science Registered Reports Conference

Shiva Rajgopal, Ranjani Krishnan, and Jan Bouwens, as editors of the accounting section of Management Science, would like to draw attention to the upcoming 2025 Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Management Science conference, to be held in Washington DC on September 26-27.   The conference, which is focused on registered report proposals relating to audit-related topics, aims to facilitate collaboration among academics, practitioners, and regulators to address emerging challenges in the audit landscape by…
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Target Difficulty, Psychological Capital, and Work Engagement

This study explores the intersection of target difficulty, psychological capital (PsyCap), and work engagement, contributing to management accounting research with a psychological lens. Psychological capital, comprising efficacy, optimism, hope, and resiliency, is identified as a crucial moderator in the relationship between challenging work targets and employee engagement levels. Grounded in goal-setting theory, the research hypothesizes and demonstrates that employees with higher PsyCap experience increased engagement when facing challenging targets, a finding supported by data from…
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Exciting Times Ahead: BAFA Accounting Education SIG Annual Conference 2025!

Delighted to share that the much-anticipated BAFA Accounting Education SIG Annual Conference is set to take place from 21st to 23rd May 2025. This year, the conference will be hosted by the prestigious Dublin City University at their beautiful St Patrick’s Campus. Why Attend? This conference is a premier event for academics, researchers, and professionals in the field of accounting education. It offers a unique platform to: Share Research: Present your latest findings and gain valuable feedback from peers. Network:…
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Report on Visiting Research Stay at Bayes Business School

My name is Nils Gimpl, and I am a PhD student in finance and accounting at Saarland University and a research assistant at Frankfurt School’s Centre for Performance Management for Controlling. I am writing this report to summarize my activities and achievements during my 8-week visiting research stay at Bayes Business School, funded by the EAA ARC International PhD Visit Scheme. During my stay, I engaged in various academic activities that significantly contributed to my…
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2025 Anthony G. Hopwood Award for Academic Leadership

The EAA is delighted to announce the recipient of the 2025 Anthony G. Hopwood Award for Academic Leadership Alfred Wagenhofer, University of Graz Alfred Wagenhofer is one of the most productive and influential European accounting researchers. His work covers a broad area of topics ranging from financial reporting and standard setting over auditing and enforcement to managerial accounting topics such as transfer pricing and incentive contracting. He is one of the world’s leading accounting theorists,…