EXTERNAL NEWS AND EVENTS

Webinar Series Website

Join the American Accounting Association’s International Accounting Section (IAS) for the 2026–2027 Webinar Series, which brings timely research and scholarly exchange to the international accounting research community.

Each month, a leading scholar will join Professor David Godsell to share their research and insights on important topics in international accounting. The series provides an opportunity to exchange ideas, foster scholarly dialogue, and strengthen connections across the global accounting community throughout the academic year.

To view the webinar schedule, access the research papers, and register for each webinar, visit https://giesbusiness.illinois.edu/news-and-events/aaa-international-accounting-section-2026-2027-webinar-series

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF CREDIT

Accounting, Trust and Institutions across History

MESSINA, ITALY | 23–24 SEPTEMBER 2027

The Accounting History Review Annual Conference returns to Messina on 23–24 September 2027, hosted at the Polo Culturale UniMe, in the heart of the city. Housed in the former Bank of Italy building, the venue has inspired the theme of this year's conference. Historically associated with banking, credit and financial institutions, the building is now a university space for culture, research an the pursuit of knowledge. This setting invites reflection on the historical relationships between accounting, credit and trust, and on the institutions through which economic and social relationships have been organised, sustained, and transformed over time.

Credit has long depended on ways of recording, measuring and assessing obligations, and on the capacity of individuals and organisations to establish trust across time and distance. Accounting practices have been central to these processes, making debts and claims visible, supporting judgements about creditworthiness, documenting commitments, and providing information through which trust and reputation could be built, challenged or restored. Credit, in turn, has developed within changing institutional settings shaped by banks, businesses, governments, courts, professions, families, communities and other organisations.

Taking this broad perspective, the conference welcomes historical research examining how accounting has interacted with credit, trust, and institutions across different periods, geographical settings, and organisational contexts.

KEY DATES AND SUBMISSIONS | Submit abstracts and papers to [email protected]

Extended Abstract Due: 16 APRIL 2027

Decision Made: 7 MAY 2027

Full or Short Paper: 16 JULY 2027

Conference: 23–24 SEPT 2027

Extended abstracts of 700–1,000 words (excluding references) should include author details, keywords, the research purpose, the methodological approach, preliminary findings or emerging arguments, and intended contributions. Short papers should be no less than 4,000 words, excluding references.

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The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School is organizing its thirtieth annual tax symposium, designed to bring together leading tax scholars from economics, accounting, finance, law, political science, and related fields. The symposium will be held in Chapel Hill, beginning Friday morning, April 16th and ending at noon on Saturday, April 17th 2027, and will be hosted by the UNC Tax Center.  The goal is to bring together scholars from different areas who share a common interest in current tax research.

PAPER DETAILS: 

Papers should be well developed, but at a stage where they can still benefit from the group's discussion. We welcome research involving a wide variety of taxes, including taxes not based on income.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

Please submit an electronic PDF version of the paper no later than December 15th 2026 to: [email protected]

We will select papers by February 1st 2027

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Conference Dates: June 9 - 12, 2027 
With Doctoral and Early Career Consortium on June 9, 2027

Location: Montreal, Canada

The goal of this conference is to expand the diversity and scope of international accounting research, through increased understanding and awareness of the challenges and opportunities of international accounting. Original and rigorous research will provide academics, practitioners, and regulators with deeper insights into international accounting issues. Journal of International Accounting Research (JIAR) continues to welcome innovative and high-quality research that examines how accounting data affects capital market participants. Papers that address interesting and innovative research questions in all areas are welcomed. Papers can be submitted for consideration in one of two tracks: Plenary Session submissions or Concurrent Session submissions.

For more details, download the Call for Papers.

Paper Submission Deadline: February 15, 2027

Decisions for Concurrent Sessions: March 1, 2027

Decisions for Plenary Sessions: April 15: 2027

Doctoral and Early Career Consortium

This consortium offers a valuable platform for doctoral students and early-career faculty to engage with leading scholars in international accounting research. The program will consist of invited talks from senior faculty and panel sessions, so you are encouraged to apply even if you do not have research projects underway. Note that consortium attendees who wish to present their own research should submit it to the 2027 Journal of International Accounting Research Conference following the submission process outlined above. The consortium will run for the full day on June 9, 2027. Capacity is limited so interested applicants should submit their applications as soon as possible but no later than March 1, 2027. They will receive a decision email by March 15,

2027. Interested applicants should contact Professor Linda Myers ([email protected]).

Consortium Deadline: March 1, 2027

Decision Email: March 15, 2027

If you have any questions, please email [email protected] or Marjène Rabah Gana (conference co-chair), Imen Latrous (conference cochair) and Samir Trabelsi (conference chair).

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Conference Dates: March 19 - 20, 2027 

Conference Location: Dayton, Ohio

The 2027 Forensic Accounting Section Research Conference will be held in Dayton, OH at the University of Dayton,  March 19-20, 2027.  The conference will consist of keynote speakers, concurrent sessions dealing with a wide variety of fraud, forensic, and investigative accounting topics, panel discussions, case work, and other scholarly activities.

Detailed submission requirements are listed below. The submission deadline is Friday, December 4, 2026, 11:59 pm EDT.

Please consider submitting to the conference any of the following:

• Completed Research. All research (empirical, behavioral, pedagogical, etc.) relevant to fraud, forensics, or investigative accounting.
• Teaching Cases. Cases relevant to fraud, forensics, or investigative accounting. These will either be included in our "hands-on" sessions in which you will lead participants through the case as if they were students in your class or will be included in a poster session.
• Class Materials. We will also have a forum for class materials where you can present unique projects you use in your class that you are willing to share with others.
• Research in Progress. Proposals, pilot studies, or other unfinished projects that you are still working on and would like feedback. This is the place to sound off those ideas to your peers. Submit a proposal and outline for consideration.

Panel Discussions. We welcome topics and ideas for panel discussions. You only need to find and organize the panel. To be considered, please submit a short write-up of your idea/topic and email to Alyssa Ong at [email protected].   

Submission Information

Research papers should be submitted in just one file, in PDF format. Since manuscripts will be blind-reviewed, authors should remove all identifying information. Teaching cases should be in a format similar to that used in Issues in Accounting Education. Please indicate whether the manuscript has been submitted elsewhere for publication (if so, please inform us as to where it is in the review process.

We strongly encourage Ph.D. Students and their advisors to consider submitting work in progress for presentation or the forum. If you are a PhD student (or advisor), please include this information in the field labeled "Paper in Progress” on the submission form.

NOTE: All authors will be considered part of the pool of potential reviewers. To help us assign a paper consistent with your interests, we also ask that you complete the reviewer volunteer form while you are already logged in to the submission system. At that time, you can also volunteer to be a discussant and/or moderator. Please ask your co-authors to complete the reviewer volunteer form as well.

Paul Ordyna, University of Missouri-St. Louis, [email protected]
2027 FAS Paper Chair

Aaron Wilson, Ohio University,  [email protected]
2027 FAS Program Chair