We encourage the submission of papers addressing Accounting & Regulation.
Topics may include:
  • Accounting and regulatory compliance;
  • Challenges and opportunities presented by IFRS, other standardization and convergence projects, and Conceptual Framework reforms;
  • Impact of accounting regulation on management behaviour, including earnings management and financial disclosure;
  • Impact of accounting regulation on corporate governance mechanisms, and the implications for financial reporting quality;
  • Impact of accounting regulation on markets and institutions;
  • Sustainability reporting (including materiality assessments, global baseline/comparability, cost-benefits, etc.);
  • Auditing and oversight of the accounting profession;
  • Structures and processes of standard setting in different social and political settings, the potential for deregulation in a changing world order, and the hiatus effects of pandemics and international conflict;
  • Accounting regulation of other entities, including financial and governmental institutions;
  • Integrated reporting, and the reporting of non-financial information;
  • Innovations in the treatment of regulatory effects and institutional frameworks in accounting research design.
Submission of proposed papers

Proposals for workshop papers should include the draft paper and a short abstract, the name and address of the author(s) and contact e-mail details.
Both abstracts and full papers may be submitted, however, priority will be given to completed papers. All submissions must be in English. Authors should ensure that both the regulatory context and the accounting research issue are made clear in the abstract.

Please provide us with your document by:
April 24th, 2026
Please submit your paper via email to
roberto.dipietra@unisi.it

Acceptance

Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 4th, 2026.
Please note that final inclusion in the program is contingent upon completing the workshop registration by May 18th, 2026

The workshop offers a valuable opportunity to receive feedback on preliminary work for the Special Issue on “Corporate Sustainability Reporting Regulation: Challenges and Opportunities for Accounting and Governance” on Journal of Management and Governance. Further details are available via the dedicated link. Author (s) who may be interested in submitting their paper to this Special Issue following the workshop presentation are kindly invited to indicate this within their submission.