ISCAP/IPP Accounting Webinar Series | 09.11.2022 | 9h30

This seminar is integrated in the curricular unit activities of the Degree in Accounting and Administration; Degree in Consultancy and Translation; Degree in Corporate Communication; Master in Accounting and Finance; Master in Corporate Finance and Master in Management and Legal Business Regime of the Social Economy.

The event is aimed at students, teachers and researchers in the area of Accounting and is part of the Research Line "Accountability and Reporting" developed by CEOS.PP. If you wish to participate, please contact Cláudia Teixeira (mclaudia@iscap.ipp.pt).

November 9th 2022, 09h30

Subject, method and praxis – Conducting critical studies in accounting research.

Guest Speaker: Stewart Smyth (Sheffield University, UK). 

Meeting link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/86102869961?pwd=MzZQT1J0em8zcmNQVGlsZ2lqZGNLZz09

Professor Stewart Smyth holds a Chair in Accounting at Sheffield University Management School. He is the current President of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) and was previously the chairperson of the Interdisciplinary Perspectives Special Interest Group of BAFA. Stewart is the member of several editorial boards including the journal Critical Perspectives on Accounting (CPA) and Accounting Forum. He is also co-editor of two upcoming special issues of CPA one on Conducting Critical Accounting studies and the other on Accounting for Housing. Stewart's research interests cover the policy and financing of public services focusing on public/social housing and the use of PPPs to deliver public infrastructure; the use of accounting information by trade unions and social movements; and related conceptions of public accountability. The nature of Stewart's research leads him to pursue a range of public and policy engagements including speaking at housing policy conferences and writing for different media outlets on accounting and finance issues.