XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium
Overview
Iscte Business School | 30 – 31 January 2026
The XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium marks a significant milestone for Grudis Network – its 25th anniversary, celebrating a quarter-century of fostering excellence in accounting research. Over the years, the Grudis Conference has served as a cornerstone for scholars dedicated to advancing knowledge in accounting and related fields. The addition of the Doctoral Colloquium in 2016 has further strengthened the role of the event in supporting emerging scholars. The XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium embraces wholeheartedly this legacy and endeavours to continue on the path of excellence.
Held in Lisbon, the ‘City of Light’, the Portuguese capital welcomes the 2026 Grudis Conference and provides an inspiring setting. Known for its rich cultural heritage, stunning architecture, and vibrant atmosphere, Lisbon offers the perfect backdrop for insightful discussions, collaboration, and networking.
The event will feature a plenary address by a distinguished scholar which, together with the presentation of research papers and PhD projects, provides a setting for intellectually stimulating debate, free flow of ideas, and the invaluable feedback and insights from discussants and peers. The warmth and collegiality of Grudis Conferences creates the perfect setting for engaging conversations, developing professional networks, and exploring potential research collaborations.
We are warmly inviting accounting scholars, researchers, graduate students, and practitioners to join us in Lisbon for this special 25th-anniversary edition, the XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium.
Submissions and participation from all researchers are welcomed.
We forward to welcoming you to Lisbon in January 2026 to celebrate this milestone together!
Venue
The XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium will be held from 30 to 31 January 2026 at Iscte Business School, a school of Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.
Address: Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa-Portugal
Coordinates: Latitude: 38.748753; Longitude: -9.153692
Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Av. das Forças Armadas
1649-026 Lisboa
Portugal
GPS: 38.748753 -9.153692
Welcome to XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium
On behalf of the Conference Committee, I am delighted to warmly welcome you to the XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium, hosted by Iscte Business School, one of the five schools of Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, in Lisbon, Portugal.
Founded in 1972 as the former Department of Management Sciences, Iscte Business School has grown into a distinguished institution recognised for its innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, international outlook, and academic excellence in both teaching and research. The School maintains strong ties with the business world, fostering collaboration and engagement with industry leaders. With a faculty distributed across six departments, including Accounting, and a diverse community of more than 3,500 students enrolled in seven undergraduate, 17 master’s, and three doctoral programmes, it continues to shape the future of business education. The School’s reputation is reflected in its accreditations by prestigious international bodies such as AACSB and AMBA, as well as its presence in globally renowned rankings, including the Financial Times and Eduniversal, where it consistently strengthens its national and international standing.
However, attending the Grudis Conference in Lisbon offers more than just an enriching scientific and learning experience. Lisbon is a city of contrasts, where history and modernity blend seamlessly. With its winding cobbled streets, historic monuments, and medieval castles, the city exudes an old-world charm, while its thriving contemporary art scene, vibrant street culture, and dynamic gastronomy make it a truly unique destination. The balance between listening to traditional fado music in the Alfama district and exploring cutting-edge galleries and urban art is a remarkable experience. Sunlight bathes Lisbon in a golden glow, giving the city an unparalleled brightness, while a walk along the Tagus River at sunset, with breathtaking views over both banks, offers a moment of tranquillity and reflection before returning to the rhythm of daily life.
This XXV edition marks a significant milestone—a Silver Jubilee, celebrating 25 years of dedication to the Grudis community and Accounting research. Over the years, this conference has become a pillar of academic excellence, fostering intellectual exchange, collaboration, and professional development. Iscte Business School has a strong track record of hosting prestigious international scientific meetings, and we are committed to ensuring that this special edition continues that legacy. You can expect a stimulating platform for high-quality academic discussions, as well as ample opportunities for networking and social engagement.
We are proud to have the continued support of the European Accounting Association (EAA) and the Order of Certified Accountants (OCC). Most importantly, we count on you – accounting scholars, researchers, graduate students, and all those with a passion for accounting research –to contribute to making this XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium a truly memorable and impactful event.
We warmly invite you to join us in Lisbon for this special anniversary edition, and we look forward to welcoming you in January 2026!
On behalf of the Organising Committee,
Ana Isabel Lopes
Conference Chair
Keynote Speaker
Professor Mark Clatworthy
Mark Clatworthy is Professor of Accounting at the University of Bristol Business School. He completed his BSc and PhD in Accounting at Cardiff University. His interests are in the use of accounting information in capital markets and in audit markets. Inter alia, his research aims to understand the role of financial analysts in capital markets, and the decision usefulness of financial reporting information across different user groups.
Mark’s research has been published in various journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Accounting and Business Research, and Accounting in Europe. Along with Mike Peel, Mark was the recipient of the British Accounting Review Best Paper Award in 2022.
Mark is joint Editor-in-Chief of Accounting and Business Research and he sits on the editorial boards of European Accounting Review and Accounting in Europe. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Research Advisory Board and the EFRAG Academic Panel. He has previously served on the Research Panel of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and the Academic Panel of the UK Financial Reporting Council.
He teaches advanced financial reporting and financial statement analysis across undergraduate, masters, and PhD programmes, and has supervised several doctoral students.
Committees
Standing Scientific Committee Members
▪ Chair: Sofia Lourenço [ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa]
▪ Paulo Alves [Católica Porto Business School]
▪ Ana Isabel Lopes [ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa]
Scientific Committee Members
Reviewers invited by the Standing Scientific Committee
Program
PROGRAM OVERVIEW *
(DRAFT)
Friday, 30th January 2026
8:30: Registration opens
9:00: Opening session
9:15: Plenary session
10:15: Cofree break
10:45: Doctoral colloquium - Parallel sessions
12:45: Lunch
14:00: Roundtable or Parallel sessions
15:00: Cofree break
15:30: Conference - Parallel sessions
19:00: End of the day’s proceedings
19:30: Social Dinner
Saturday, 31st January 2026
8:30: Registration opens
9:00: Opening session
9:15: Plenary address
10:15: Cofree break
10:45: Conference - Parallel sessions
12:45: Lunch
14.00: Roundtable or Parallel sessions
15:00: Cofree break
15:30: Conference - Parallel sessions
18:30: Awards + Celebration of Grudis Network’s 25 years + Closing session
19:00: Conference ends
* Draft Conference Program created with best available information as of 4th November 2025. The final conference program can only be finalised after the authors confirm attendance.
Awards
Conference awards
The XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium section offers participants access to the Outstanding Reviewer Award – Professor Ana Maria Rodrigues, the Outstanding Paper Award – Professor Lúcia Lima Rodrigues, and the Accounting and Management Review Award. Eligible PhD students have access to the Doctoral Colloquium Award.
Outstanding Reviewer Award – Professor Ana Maria Rodrigues
The Outstanding Reviewer Award recognises service excellence among peers. This award bears the name of Professor Ana Maria Rodrigues, the late Grudis member who distinguished herself for her selfless sense of service to the Grudis and wider accounting community. Winners receive a certificate in acknowledgement of their exceptional service to the review process.
The award is decided by the Standing Scientific Committee.
Outstanding Paper Award – Professor Lúcia Lima Rodrigues
The Outstanding Paper Award recognises conference papers that stand out for their excellence among peers. This award bears the name of Professor Lúcia Lima Rodrigues, the late Grudis member who distinguished herself for the outstanding contribution to accounting research through numerous and well-cited publications in leading journals. Winners receive a certificate in acknowledgement of the quality of their research.
The award is decided in a two-stage process that entails reviewers’ recommendations and a nomination by an independent panel. All conference papers are eligible.
Accounting and Management Review (AMR) Best Paper Award
The AMR Best paper Award recognises research papers presented during the Grudis Annual Conference whose authors explicitly indicate willingness to publish the work in the Accounting and Management Review. This award exclusively available to papers whose authors explicitly self-nominated for consideration. During the submission process (via EasyChair), authors will be prompted to indicate if they wish to be considered for the AMR Best Paper Award, confirming their willingness to publish their work in the Accounting and Management Review. Winners of the AMR Award will receive a certificate and a 500 euros prize in the acknowledgment of the quality of their research.
The Award is informed by reviewers’ recommendations and requires submission of the paper for publication in the Accounting and Management Review.
Please refer to the Regulation AMR Best Papers Award for further details on the AMR Award.
Doctoral Colloquium Award
Research projects submitted to the Grudis Doctoral Colloquium may participate, upon indication of authors and eligibility, in a selection process under the Grudis-EAA partnership agreement, which offers the following exclusive benefits for selected doctoral students:
- Participation in the EAA PhD Forum (on the first morning of the EAA Congress) of the respective year in which they are nominated (upon registration at the EAA Congress);
- Reduction of the EAA Congress registration fee by 250€ (not cumulative with the discount given to PhD students when they register for the first time);
- Participation in the Peer Mentoring Initiative (PMI) of the EAA's Accounting Research Center (ARC). PMI aims to provide doctoral students with feedback from European experts in the various areas of accounting. PMI works like a peer review system for a scientific journal, with the inherent confidentiality of projects. More information at https://arc.eaa-online.org/peer-mentoring-initiative;
- Two years of free membership of the EAA, granting consequently access to the European Accounting Review and Accounting in Europe, as well as full access to the ARC website.
The Scientific Committee selects (up to) three awardees for the Doctoral Colloquium Award.
Submission
Manuscripts in English and Portuguese are accepted, with presentations and discussions in the language the paper is written.
The submission of the manuscripts is via EasyChair. Please register on the EasyChair platform if you have not done so yet. The submission process will require you to identify the authors of the manuscript and to submit a PDF file. This file needs to meet the follow criteria:
- Be a complete version of the manuscript - i.e. only full papers may be submitted.
- Be de-identified - author(s) identification needs to be removed to ensure the anonymity of the review process; Author information is entered directly on the EasyChair submission page.
- Not exceed 15 000 words.
In parallel, a copy of the full paper, with identification of the authors, should be sent to the conference email conference@grudis.pt to be made available to registered participants ahead of the conference.
The submission deadline is 1 October 2025. All submissions (PhD projects and conference papers) will undergo a double-blind review process conducted by the Scientific Committee. Submitting authors will be notified of the acceptance (or otherwise) of their paper by late October 2025.
Papers from all areas of accounting and drawing in all research methods are welcomed. In particular, we welcome papers focusing on issues in Auditing, Accounting Education, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Accounting and Governance, History, Interdisciplinary/Critical, Accounting and Information Systems, Management Accounting, Public Sector Accounting & Not-For-Profit Accounting, Social and Environmental Accounting & Ethical Issues in Accounting, and Taxation. We also welcome all research method approaches, including Analytical/Modelling, Conceptual Development/Interpretative/Historical, Case/Field Study, Empirical Archival, Experimental, and Survey.
Authors should not submit papers presented at a previous Grudis Conference. Only in exceptional circumstances a second presentation will be permitted, and subject fundamental changes having been made to the paper.
Authors should also indicate through EasyChair if they wish to be considered for the AMR Award, which results from partnership between Grudis and the Order of Certified Accountants (OCC). For more details, see conference awards under the Program above.
Accepted papers will have a discussant. In reciprocating the benefit of receiving a discussion of your paper, by registering for the conference participants agree to serve as a discussant for one paper within their area of interest (if requested by the Organizing Committee).
The acceptance of papers becomes final only after completing the registration of the presenting author, up to two weeks after notification of acceptance (see also Key Dates, under Registration)
Key Dates
The dates for submission, acceptance and registration deadlines for the Conference and Doctoral Colloquium are the following:
- 1 October 2025
Paper submission deadline;
- 27 October 2025
Registrations open (Early bird fee);
- 27 October 2025
Communication of acceptance of papers;
- 14 November 2025
Deadline for registration of presenting authors;
- 14 December 2025
Early-bird registration ends and General registration starts;
- 16 January 2026
Registrations close;
- 30-31 January 2026
XXV Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium
Registration
Key dates
Registrations will open on 27 October 2025 in accordance with the following schedule:
- 27 October 2025
Early bird registrations open - 14 November 2025
Registration deadline for presenting authors - 14 December 2025
Early bird registration ends and General registration starts - 16 January 2026
Registrations close
The following registration fees apply:
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Early-bird fee (2 full days) (2)(3) |
Regular fee |
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€ 120 |
€ 170 |
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€ 160 |
€ 210 |
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€ 80 |
€ 130 |
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€ 35 |
€ 35 |
(1) Members of the EAA, ASEPUC, AICOGéstion, and InSPiR2eS Network benefit from the same registration fee as Grudis Network members.
(2) Early-bird registration fees are subject to payment being cleared by the deadline of 14 December 2025.
(3) Conference registration fee includes participation in all scientific activities across the two days – i.e. plenary sessions, keynote speaker address, parallel sessions, doctoral colloquium – lunch on both days (i.e. Friday and Saturday), and coffee breaks.
(4) Grudis social dinner is an optional activity that is open to conference participants and accompanying persons. The associated charge will be included in the registration fee if selected at the time of registration. Early registration is advised (due to capacity constraints).
Certificates will be issued to registered participants, presenters, discussants, and session chairs.
Join Grudis Accounting Network now HERE to benefit from the member discount.
Useful information
Arriving by Air
There are numerous airlines and flights from different cities across the globe to Lisbon airport (LIS). Then, take Bus, Subway, or Taxi/TDVE (below).
Arriving by Train
Dependent of where are you departing, you can arrive at Lisbon using the trains stations: Oriente, Santa Apolónia or Entrecampos. Check the schedules and routes at: Go to Lisbon by Train
Then, take Bus, Subway, Taxi/TDVE (below).
Arriving by Express BUS
Portugal: Check the schedules and routes at Rede expressos and Flixbus.
Take city BUS
Check the schedules from Airport or city center (e.g., Restauradores): Bus Nº 744
Bus Stop station: “Estação Entrecampos”
Take underground / subway train
The Lisbon Airport and the stops for the Train have a Metro (subway) station with lines to Iscte Business School. The campus area is in Entrecampos metro station.
Check the schedules and routes at : https://www.metrolisboa.pt/en/
TAXI or TVDE
Taxi stands are within the airport's perimeter (arrivals or departures) and within train stations’ perimeter.
Lisbon has a wide variety of hotels to choose from, catering to different preferences and budgets. Given their distance from ISCTE Business School, we have secured promotional rates with VIP Hotels:
Promotional code: GRUDIS25
Exclusive booking at www.viphotels.com (the code does not work outside our website)
Stay period: 29 January to 1 February 2026 (departure day)
Full payment required at the time of booking
Reservation deadline: January 23, 2026
Cancellation deadline: January 23, 2026
- If canceled up to January 23, the first night will not be refunded
- Cancellations after January 23, 2026, will not be refunded at all
VIP Executive Entrecampos Hotel ****
Availability: subject to hotel availability
- Single BB: €94.00
- Double BB: €105.00
Breakfast included
City tax not included (to be paid locally at the hotel
VIP Executive Zurique Hotel ***
Availability: subject to hotel availability
- Single BB: €85.00
- Double BB: €95.00
Breakfast included
City tax not included (to be paid locally at the hotel)
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Partners
The Grudis Conference and Doctoral Colloquium is supported by the European Accounting Association (EAA) and by the Order of Certified Accountants (OCC).
Contacts
The Organizing Committee and the Scientific Committee can be contacted at: conference@grudis.pt.
For all inquiries relating to financial matters (e.g. invoices, cancellations) please contact finance@grudis.pt.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Grudis Network.
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