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• APRIL 25th, 2024
• FEBRUARY 29th, 2024
• DECEMBER 7th, 2023
• SEPTEMBER 28th, 2023
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Thomas Ahrens  (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)	Matt Bamber  (York University, Canada)	Christie Hayne  (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)	​Crawford Spence  (King’s College London, UK)

Date: Thursday, April 25th, 2024

The papers that were discussed are the following: 

• CREATIVE COMPLIANCE: ISOMORPHISM AND DECOUPLING IN COMPANIES' AUDITOR SELECTION PROCESSES - Kris Hoang, coauthored with Jonas Vandennieuwenhuysen, Kris Hardies, Marie-Laure Vandenhaute and Marcel van Rinsum

• PROFESSIONAL SKEPTICISM IN AUDIT PRACTICE: A SOCIAL VALUE JUDGEMENT PERSPECTIVE - Cathy S. Jun, coauthored with Roy Suddaby​

Date: Thursday, February 29th, 2024.

The papers that were discussed are the following:

• ACCOUNTING KNOWLEDGE ON TRIAL: FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT COMMUNICATION IN LITIGATION – Nicole Donahoo
   
•  CONTESTING AND DEFENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF ACCOUNTING STANDARD-SETTING: THE CASE OF THE FASB’S CURRENT EXPECTED CREDIT LOSS MODEL -  Kirsten Becker, coauthored with Christoph Pelger and Richard Pucci

Date: Thursday, December 7th, 2023.

The papers that were discussed in this session are the following.

• BRIDGING THE GAP: A FIELD STUDY OF STANDARD SETTERS’ ENGAGEMENT WITH ACADEMIC RESEARCH - Shannon Garavaglia, Christie Hayne, Alan Jagolinzer, and Cassie Mongold
   
• A BROKEN CYCLE: HOW A LACK OF FEEDBACK HAMPERS DISCLOSURES OF AUDIT COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT - Lauren Cunninghan, Sarah Stein, Kimberly Walker, and Karneisha Wolfe

Date: Thursday, September 28th, 2023.

The papers that were discussed in this this session are the following. 

• SUSTAINABILITY (ESG) REPORTING: FIELD EVIDENCE ON MATERIALITY - Di Wang, Stuart Cooper, Chris Chapman, Donato Calace 
   
• BECOMING PARTNER WHILE BLACK: THE BLACK ACCOUNTANT’S EXPERIENCE IN THE CLIMB TO PARTNERSHIP - Dr. Eldar Maksymov, Jennifer Joe, Kerri-Ann Sanderson

A number of fora already exist for presenting and discussing qualitative or interdisciplinary perspectives on accounting, such as APIRA, IPA, CPA, MASOP, ASOP, FRASOP. What is missing from these fora is a specific focus on research suitable for North American journals. Building on the previous EIASM forum organised by Chris Chapman and Yves Gendron, we seek to retain this focus because North American accounting journals have begun to show greater interest in qualitative work. We believe this presents genuine opportunities for finding new audiences, refining our existing methodologies, and developing novel approaches to qualitative research in accounting. These would include, for instance, positive and critical realist ontologies, as well as mixed methods research.

This is an open invitation to anyone who wishes to present their qualitative accounting work. We are non-discriminatory and welcome work from across all traditions, including (but not limited to): interdisciplinary, positivist, critical, ethnographic, interpretive, and so forth. 

The forum will be online in order to better capture and encourage cross-fertilisation of ideas between those in different geographies whose work is often grounded in different traditions. We will run the forum four times per year, in September, December, February, and April. We held the first session on September 28th, the second session on December 7th, the third session will be held on February 29th and there will be a fourth and final session on April 25th.

Next session: Please contact the event manager

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Please state in your document whether the submission is under review anywhere and at what stage of the review process it is. We want well developed submissions but see little value in discussing manuscripts that are already at an advanced stage in the review process. 

Format: 2 papers to be discussed per session. Allocated 45 mins each: 10 min presentation followed by 35 minute Q&A. 

Time: 5.00 pm-6.30 pm CET (11 am-12.30 pm EST). 

Next dates: 29 February. 25 April 2024 

Registration: This forum is free of charge. Participation without submitting or presenting a paper is encouraged. To be included in the list of participants, please contact Pavlos Dimitrakos - pavlos.dimitrakos@eiasm.be 

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