IPSIG Annual Doctoral Colloquium 2024

BAFA IPSIG is glad to announce that its 2nd Annual Doctoral Colloquium will be taking place on Friday, 28 June 2024, at Birmingham City University Business School. The doctoral colloquium aims to bring together postgraduate researchers and early career researchers (ECRs) interested in interdisciplinary and critical perspectives on accounting and finance. This one-day doctoral colloquium will be organised in a hybrid format. Yet, we encourage participants to join us in-person for further engagement and networking opportunities in a friendly and open environment on the day.

We are seeking contributions in the form of abstracts relating to complete or working papers, or research ideas, focusing on interdisciplinary research in accounting and finance (further guidance about the structure of the abstracts are found below).

We welcome a wide range of topic areas which may include, but are not limited to:

Accounting, Accountability and the role of value (re)construction

Accounting for the public interest, plurality of publics, diversity

Accounting profession, contested expertise, accounting scandals

Audit, ethics, corporate governance and organisational culture

Accounting as political practice, political economy, biopolitics,

neoliberalism

Accounting and racial and social conflict, industrial relations, counter-accounting

Management accounting and innovation

Interdisciplinary issues in using management accounting practices

The formalities and informalities of management controls and performance measurement systems

Green finance

Financial criminology

Sustainability accounting

Social and environmental accounting, health and wellbeing accounting, biodiversity and ecological accounting

Accounting and imperialism, post-colonial accounting

Accounting aesthetics and organisational symbolism

Accounting cosmologies, non-human accounts, multi-species accounting

Accounting for the digital: new accounts and new ways of accounting for digitalisation

Impact of AI, blockchain and other technologies on accounting and finance activities/practices

Vernacular forms of accounting, iconographic and audio-visual accounts

Divergent, polyphonic and pluripolar accounting histories

Social studies of finance and valuation

Behavioural finance and understanding psychological biases influencing financial decision-making

The use of financial technology (fintech) and other financial data methods/ models such as artificial neural networks and machine learning algorithms

Financial sociology: social and cultural factors shaping financial markets and institutions

Interdisciplinary studies between finance and political science and their impact on understanding financial markets, political and governmental
regulations, international relations and public opinion

 Financial legislations and legal frameworks influencing financial institutions, investors’ behaviours, and other market participants.

Abstracts & Timelines

Please submit an extended abstract, between 500 to 1,000 words (1,000 maximum), by 17 May 2024 to BAFA.IPSIG_doccolloquium@bcu.ac.uk. Authors should hear back from us by 24 May 2024 as to whether their abstract has been accepted.

The abstract should provide details about the purpose, motivation and aims of the paper/research, and include a summary of the theoretical framework and methodology adopted. If relevant, and depending on the stage of your study, abstract should also include details of any findings and any practical/academic implications of the findings.

Please feel free to get in touch with our doctoral colloquium organising team for any queries regarding potential submissions by email: BAFA.IPSIG_doccolloquium@bcu.ac.uk or get in contact with Dr Sarah Mohamed (Postgraduate Research Director - Accounting, Finance and Economics and head of colloquium’s organising team) on: sarah.mohamed@bcu.ac.uk.

Keynote Speakers

We will have two keynote speakers at the event, each of whom will provide unique insight, guidance and advice relevant to doctoral students and ECRs. These includes topics surrounding the creation of new, and/or application of existing, theories, writing and publishing papers for academic journals etc. Further details about our keynotes will be provided in due course.

Location and Registration

This is a hybrid event. In-person candidates will join us at our Birmingham City University City Centre campus. Online access will be provided to successful applicants nearer the time.

Registration fees

Closes: 21 June 2024

Early career researchers/ Faculty Members: £100

PhD students: £80

Lunch as well as tea, coffee and nibbles are included in the registration fee.

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bafa-ipsigs-annual-doctoral-colloquium-2024-tickets-885519010197