8th Alternative Accounts Europe Conference 2026

The 8th Alternative Accounts Europe (AAE) Conference 2026 will be held on Thursday, 8 January 2026, at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. This prestigious event brings together scholars from a range of disciplines, backgrounds and academic and professional careers, with an interest in studying accounting as a social and institutional practice.

Keynote Speakers

Our keynote speakers will be:

• Professor Christine Cooper, Professor of Accounting at Edinburgh University. She is an Associate Editor of Critical Perspectives on Accounting and serves on several other Editorial Boards.
• Professor Paolo Quattrone is a Professor of Accounting, Governance and Society at the Alliance Manchester Business School.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline: 24 October 2025

We encourage contributions that focus on critical and interdisciplinary approaches to accounting. This forum seeks to challenge conventional assumptions, interrogate power structures, and examine the role of accounting in shaping social, environmental, and institutional realities, and to explore its future potential and what it could become.

If you would like to submit a paper, please go to our website to find out more information: https://www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/events/8th-alternative-accounts-europe-aae-conference-2026/

Submission details: Please submit your abstract of 500-1,000 words by end of 24 October 2025 by emailing: AAE2026@manchester.ac.uk

Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 7 November 2025.

Participants will have the opportunity to share additional materials (digital hand-outs, slides, their finalised abstracts) prior to the event.

Registration

Fee: £115

Lunch and refreshments will be included in the conference fee. Delegates can inform the organisers of allergies in the conference registration form. Attendance at an informal conference dinner is optional and further details will be provided nearer the time.

Register Here.