Conference Awards

2026 Conference Award Winners

Best full paper:
"Refining Prompts, Not Delegating Tasks: AI-Enhanced Learning in Climate Accounting"
    Ozlem Arikan, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, UK.

Best emerging paper:
"Reconceptualising Accounting and Accountability: Chinese Students’ Learning Experiences After One Year in a UK Postgraduate Programme"
   Sisi Zou, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK.

Best learning & teaching innovation:
Do Student Negotiated Assessments Work?
    Lisa Wakefield, School of Business, University of Leicester, UK.

2025 Conference Award Winners

Best full paper:
"Cross-cultural corporate sustainability workshops: a novel pedagogy for accounting education"
    Gretha Steenkamp, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Katharina Rahnert, Karlstad University, Sweden.

Best emerging paper:
" Bridging two cultures: From authority to engagement"
    Oluwatoyin Dosumu, The University of Manchester, UK.

Best learning & teaching innovation:
Developing “practice-ready” and “digitally-proficient” taxation graduates
    Claire Scott McAteer, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.