Call for Papers
We invite full papers, extended abstracts, practitioner case studies and doctoral work-in-progress. Submissions are double-blind reviewed by at least two members of the scientific committee, and every accepted paper receives written feedback before presentation.
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Financial reporting and standards
IFRS 18 implementation, comparability across jurisdictions, fair value in illiquid markets, goodwill and impairment, non-GAAP measures, the interaction of financial and sustainability statements.
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Audit and assurance
Assurance over sustainability disclosures, audit quality indicators, auditor independence and market concentration, remote and data-driven evidence, the expectation gap in fraud detection.
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Sustainability and climate finance
ISSB and CSRD adoption effects, transition plan credibility, Scope 3 measurement, carbon pricing in capital budgeting, greenwashing and litigation risk, transition finance instruments.
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Management accounting and performance
Costing in service and platform firms, ESG-linked incentive design, rolling forecasts under macro uncertainty, transfer pricing of shared data, management control in hybrid organisations.
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Taxation and public finance
Pillar Two in practice, digital tax administration and real-time reporting, tax morale and compliance behaviour, public sector accruals reform, fiscal transparency and sovereign disclosure.
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Corporate finance and governance
Capital structure after the rate cycle, private credit and disclosure asymmetry, board composition and financial expertise, activist investors, valuation in mergers and carve-outs.
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Banking, fintech and digital assets
Tokenised settlement and accounting treatment, AI in credit scoring and model risk, prudential regulation of non-banks, payments infrastructure, financial inclusion measurement.
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Accounting education and the profession
The pipeline problem, competency frameworks for assurance over non-financial data, generative AI in the classroom and the training contract, professional scepticism as a taught skill.
Publication
All accepted abstracts appear in the conference proceedings with an ISBN. Selected papers are invited to special issues with three partner journals, subject to each journal's own review. Authors retain copyright; presenting without publishing is welcome.
Awards
Best paper (£500), best doctoral paper (£300) and best practitioner case study are announced at the closing plenary. Papers are considered automatically; no separate nomination is required.
Review process
Double-blind, two reviewers minimum, scored on contribution, method, relevance to the track and clarity. Decisions are returned within four weeks of each deadline, with reviewer comments in full.
Ready to submit?
Abstracts of 500 words, anonymised, to one track.