The accounting research unit covers three primary and interrelated fields; financial accounting, management accounting and auditing. The unit engages in various research areas including
- Surveys, natural fields experiments and register-based research on contemporary topics in accounting.
- Experimental and analytical research.
- Quantitative studies based on archival data using corporate, financial and audit information.
- Qualitative studies of management accounting practices for conceptual development and analytical generalisation.
- Qualitative and quantitative studies on non-financial information such as risk, social sustainability and ESG disclosures and the underlying management practices.