QARS 2020
Ethics in a Turbulent World: The Role of Accounting?
Venue: Virtual (online)
The event explores the Role of Accounting and featured virtual paper presentations by scholars from across the world, with topics ranging from exploring issues on diversity and inclusion to corporate social responsibility and measurement of sustainable development goals.
Supporting Documentation
QARS
ESC
- 2024 Call for Applications ESC - English (PDF)
- 2024 Call for Applications ESC - French (PDF)
- 2024 Call for Applications ESC - Spanish (PDF)
- 2024 ESC Program (PDF)
Keynote Speaker: Christine Cooper (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
Neoliberalism and democratic accountability
Christine Cooper (University of Edinburgh) is a professor in accounting at the University of Edinburgh Business School. She is Co-Editor in Chief of Critical Perspectives on Accounting. Christine serves on the editorial boards for journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society; Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal; Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management and Accounting Forum. Her research examines the economic, political and social impact of accounting on our daily lives. It covers various aspects including insolvency, taxation and accountability; deskilling of accountants and bookkeepers; and privatization and neoliberal governance.

Reviewers & Discussants
QARS discussants: Matt Bamber, Paulina Arroyo, Alessandro Ghio, Staci Kenno, Ines Garcia Fronti, Daphne Rixon, Peter Ghattas, Anne Neal, Teerooven Soobaroyen,
Reviewers: Paulina Arroyo, Nadia Smaili, Souad Bensid, Sheila Killian, Phillip O’Regan, Veronica O’Regan, Daphne Rixon, Fiona Duguid, Claudias Barrios Alvarez, Pawan Adhikari, Alina Gomex Mejia, Erica Pimentel, Alessandro Ghio, Nicholas McGuigan, Michelle Lau, Lydia Didia, Renee Flasher, Staci Kenmo, Talisma Nasreen, Lachlan Mcdonald-Kerr, Sergio Hauque, Leila Di Russo, J.Anne Neal, Merridee Bujaki, Francois Brouard, Sylvain Durocher, Candice T.Hux, Aleksandra B. Zimmerman, Laurence Daoust, Claire Deng, Gajinra Maharaj, Paulo Frederico Homero Junior, Natalia Cohen,