Accounting for Humanity

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  • Sheep on the Beach: Right Person, Wrong Conference

    June has been a fast moving month, while 1 week was a much-needed holiday, it was immediately followed by a conference (and by immediately I mean I travelled from Croatia to Edinburgh to Norwich in one very long day). JIAR 10th Annual Conference @ the University of East Anglia I had been looking forward to

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  • Anti-Social Science: Are we ignoring humans in accounting research?

    I do not claim to know the answer to this as I will admit I am working from the memory of all the academic papers I have read to date however, after attending another fascinating and exceptionally useful SGSSS Summer School this week, the content explored got me thinking about how ‘human’ is accounting research?

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  • BAFA 2023: The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected…

    As mentioned in the previous post, last weekend I set rail for Sheffield to attend the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) annual conference. I mentioned my usual ritual of creating expectations that I am unable to fulfil at such events so now that I am home, it is time to reflect upon my findings…

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  • Expectation vs Reality: A pre-conference pep talk

    This weekend I will make my way to my first conference of the year (there are currently 2 planned) and, as always, I will undergo my pre-event ritual. In the lead up to a conference, I always imagine how I will act. I will introduce myself to people, engage in conversation with people, and make

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  • What is the point? The value of Research, your PhD, and being proud of your mind

    Jeeves, be a good old boy and pass me my pipe and that PhD would you? This week has been enlightening. My eyes have been opened to some surprising views and opinions concerning research and PhDs and, as a result, it has left me somewhat without a clear direction for this week’s post. Thus, we

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  • PhD and Me – Mental Health

    Writing this post a day early (I begin teaching again tomorrow) has somewhat thrown off my thought process in deciding what to write about this week. Thus, considering I mentioned it in my previous post, perhaps now is a good time to introduce the topic of mental health into my PhD reflections. Like many areas

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  • A PhD journey in the world of Accounting, Technology and Humanity

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