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CALL FOR PAPERS: 40th Management Accounting Research Group (MARG) Annual Conference 2026

Submission Deadline:  15 September 2026

The Management Accounting Research Group (MARG) invites submissions for its 40th annual conference, bringing together scholars and practitioners interested in the evolving role of management accounting and control in organisations and society. The conference is being hosted by Aston Business School, Birmingham, on 5–6 November 2026 with the theme: Management accounting in liminality: Innovation, Behaviour, Sustainability and Accountability

Over four decades, the MARG conference has established itself as an important forum for the exchange of innovative research ideas, emerging theoretical perspectives, and practice relevant insights within the management accounting research community. The conference attracts scholars from across the UK, Europe, and internationally, providing an inclusive and collegial environment in which researchers at all career stages can present and develop their work.

For the 2026 conference, we invite extended abstract or full paper submissions aligned with one of the following broad thematic areas. We especially wish to encourage participants to present on one of these themes, with a keynote speaker or panel member chairing a parallel session on each theme:

  • Accounting and innovation (may include topics such as accounting for innovation, digitalisation, and role of calculative practices in shaping organisational strategy and value creation)
  • Behavioural dynamics of management control systems (may include performance management, motivation and incentives and leadership and culture in control systems)
  • Sustainability, integrated reporting and governance (may include ESG disclosure, sustainability performance measurement, governance mechanisms supporting sustainable organisational practices)
  • Management control, accountability and organisational complexity (may include performance measurement in complex organisations, accountability structures in professional and hybrid institutions, management control in social housing, healthcare and public services, and control system change in evolving organisational contexts)

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