Management Accounting Research Group (MARG) Conference 2025
in association with the Management Control Association
6th & 7th November 2025 | Birmingham, UK
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 10:00am - 10:45am |
Registration and arrival refreshments Location: Adjacent to Conference Aston Lounge |
| 10:45am - 11:00am |
Welcome Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre |
| 11:00am - 11:55am |
Keynote 1: How to regain relevance for management accounting research, Professor Utz Schäffer Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Teerooven Soobaroyen, Aston University How to regain relevance for management accounting research WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany |
| 12:00pm - 12:55pm |
Keynotes 2: The Data Revolution :Redefining Management Accounting for the AI Era, Professors Filippo Boccali & Franco Visani Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Elaine Pamela Harris, University of Roehampton |
| 1:00pm - 1:55pm |
L: Lunch Location: Courtyard Restaurant |
| 2:00pm - 2:55pm |
Keynote 3: Greening the Numbers: Redefining the Role of Management Accounting in Sustainability Reporting: Professor Kemi Yekini Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Teerooven Soobaroyen, Aston University Greening the Numbers: Redefining the Role of Management Accounting in Sustainability Reporting Aston Business School, United Kingdom |
| 3:00pm - 3:45pm |
Panel Discussion: Panel Discussion Research Agenda and What Next Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Cecilia Olukemi Yekini, Aston Business School Panellists : Prof Utz Schäffer, Profs Filippo Boccali & Franco Visani |
| 3:45pm - 4:15pm |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Conference Aston Lounge |
| 4:15pm - 5:15pm |
Prize Winning Paper: Valorizing innovation:organizing dissonance through visual accounting and categorization work, Dr Chris Ford, Katarina Cepa Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Elaine Pamela Harris, University of Roehampton Valorizing innovation: organizing dissonance through visual accounting and categorization work 1: Lancaster University, United Kingdom; 2: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| 5:15pm - 5:30pm |
Call for Papers Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Elaine Pamela Harris, University of Roehampton |
| 5:30pm - 6:00pm |
MCA AGM (Members Only) Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Elaine Pamela Harris, University of Roehampton |
| 7:00pm - 7:30pm |
Drinks reception Location: Courtyard Restaurant Annex room 1 |
| 7:30pm | Dinner Location: Courtyard Restaurant Annex room 1 |
| 9:15am - 10:45am |
Hybrid Stream 1: •.Human and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Management Control Systems Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Teerooven Soobaroyen, Aston University Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) as an agent : which perspectives on management control ? université de Montpellier, France 9:45am - 10:15am Conjoint effect of AI regulation and Three Lines Model in AI-related risk management: A case study of a Swedish bank Uppsala University, Sweden 10:15am - 10:45am The role of visuals in GCC Sustainability and ESG Reports. Aston University, United Kingdom |
Stream 2: Sustainability and Governance Location: Adrian Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Cecilia Olukemi Yekini, Aston Business School Orders of worth in carbon accounting and rationales of decarbonization 1: University of Oulu, Oulu Business School, Finland; 2: Tampere University, Finland 9:45am - 10:15am The Strategic Divide: Does Business Strategy Shape Board Faultlines? 1: University of St Andrews, United Kingdom; 2: Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan 10:15am - 10:45am Corporate Reporting of Food Waste in the UK Seafood Sector: Symbolic Sustainability or Substantive Governance? Yarmouk University, Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of |
Stream 3: MA tools and Techniques Location: Classroom 2.09 Chair: Richard David Kenyon, Aston University Features of highly cited theory in management accounting - Case Malmi & Brown (2008) 1: University of Eastern Finland, Finland; 2: Ecomina, Chile 9:45am - 10:15am Émile Rimailho and « Homogeneous Sections: » Genesis of a Socially Oriented Accounting Rationality 1: ESSCA School of Management - Lyon - France; 2: Willumstad College of Business - Adelphi University - New York - U.S.A. 10:15am - 10:45am Interconnection standards, partisan composition and renewable energy generation 1: Aston University, United Kingdom; 2: Aston University, United Kingdom; 3: Aston University, United Kingdom; 4: Aston University, United Kingdom |
| 10:45am - 11:15am |
Tea /Coffee break: Refreshment break Location: Conference Aston Lounge |
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| 11:15am - 12:45pm |
Hybrid Stream 4: • Management Accounting Tools and Techniques Location: Susan Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Prof. Utz Schäffer, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management Can rolling forecasts replace budgets? Change and continuity in budgetary control 1: University of Oulu, Finland; 2: Aalto University School of Business Ekonominaukio 11:45am - 12:15pm The use of new management accounting tools in public hospitals, management control as package 1: UMR CNRS 6211 UNIVERSITE DE RENNES, France; 2: UMR CNRS 6211 UNIVERSITE DE RENNES, France 12:15pm - 12:45pm Accounting for Digital Transformation: Reconciling Multiple Logics in a Chinese Integrated Healthcare Consortium Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia |
Stream 5: Public Sector Accountability Location: Adrian Cadbury Lecture Theatre Chair: Dr. Carlene Wynter, Aston Exploring Cultural Controls in Public-Private Partnerships: A Cultural Political Economy Perspective 1: Aston University; 2: University of Essex; 3: University of Essex; 4: University of Essex; 5: University of Sheffield 11:45am - 12:15pm Going Beyond Organizational Forms: How Hybrid Control Practices and Processes Facilitate Sustained Cooperation in Public-Private Partnerships IESEG School of Management, France 12:15pm - 12:45pm Evaluating Sustainability Disclosures and Actual Practices: A Case Study of the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority Aston University, United Kingdom |
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| 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
L2: Lunch Location: Courtyard Restaurant |
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