Accounting for Humanity

Accountancy

  • Goldilocks and the three research conundrums

    As I find myself now nearly 8 months out from my PhD (or the viva anyway), I am becoming ever more aware of the difficulty in choosing direction. For me it feels like there is a mysterious dilemma in research, there is this line somewhere that, one one side, you stay centred and become an

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  • Recent (self) publications

    I always struggled with my plans for this part of the website. It feels important to have the blog but, as a self publishing platform it felt “messy”. I have always wanted a place designed for reading articles of literary pursuits whilst having a less formal area for all of the other adventures that occupy

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  • New (first) Article on my new Substack

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  • Research “To-Do”: Accounting and Fashion History

    Before a very quick exploration of the topic of Fashion History here are some brief excuses for the prolonged absence of posting. I will create a post about my adventures at some point but, October was a busy month most notably my first time attending a workshop and this is the experience most certainly worth

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  • Research To-Do: Death & Double Entry

    As I (try) to embed the habit of regular posting I have realised that fully researched/cited blog posts in conjunction with researching/writing a thesis may not be entirely plausible as ‘down time’ is very much a PhD necessity (after all, Halloween sweaters do not knit themselves). I do however, desire to share my research thoughts

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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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  • Reflecting on life’s great (accounting) mysteries: Interdisciplinary Research

    Last week I took some time out of some all-consuming writing (also why there was no post last week) to take part in the first of a new series of Research Roundtable sessions (follow the link to find out more should accounting research discussions be your forte). The first session looked at ‘Broadening the boundaries

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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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  • The Legend of PhD: The Focusing of Research Questions…

    (Disclaimer: Here you will learn that I am a dedicated fan of Nintendo’s ‘Legend of Zelda’ series) After almost 2 years, this week I finally hit the milestone that has haunted me from day 1. I defined my research questions. Of all the mental struggles that a PhD can bring (a topic for future discussion

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  • Technology, Accounting and Gender: An introduction to Wootton & Kemmerer’s (2007) study of Mechanical Accounting

    On re-reading Wootton and Kemmerer’s (2007) paper this week, I am once more drawn to the exploration of gender in accounting, and the question of where humans and technology fit in the profession. Wootton and Kemmerer (2007) provide a fascinating analysis of the introduction and adoption of ‘Mechanical Accounting’ in the US during the industrial

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