Positive Perspectives on Accounting (PPoA)

We are pleased to share with you the eight episode of Positive Perspectives on Accounting (PPoA). In this episode, PPoA hosts Lukas Goretzki and Roel Boomsma interview Elise Berlinski about the implications of artificial intelligence and algorithms for accounting research, accounting education, and the accounting profession. Elise is an accounting researcher at the Copenhagen Business School with an interest in artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms, quantification, big data, data science, and the platform economy. We talk to Elise about her research on AI and algorithms and delve into phenomena such as platform organisations, algorithmic decision making, digitalisation, evaluative infrastructure, and machine learning. We also explore the accountability challenges associated with platform organisations and discuss the (arguably unethical) practice of selling user data and trapping users in ecosystems. Finally, we loosely draw on the music of Eurodance group Snap! to discuss how an algorithm – like a dance – can have choreographic power in that it influences our choices and guides our behaviour. Please join the PPoA LinkedIn group (https://bit.ly/Join-PPoA) to share your feedback, suggest topics, and receive updates on future episodes. Happy accounting!

Welcome to Positive Perspectives on Accounting (PPoA), the virtual seminar series that explores the enabling role of accounting in society. In this episode, PPoA hosts Leona Wiegmann and Lukas Goretzki interview Jochen Fellhauer about his perspective on the future of work in controlling. Jochen is an organizational development expert at SAP - one of the world’s leading producers of software for the management of business processes - and popular speaker at international events on accounting, data analytics and digitalisation. We talk to Jochen about the changing role of the controller, the future of controlling, agile controlling, organizational ambidexterity, and what accounting educators can do differently to better prepare graduates for a career as controller. Please join the PPoA LinkedIn group (https://bit.ly/Join-PPoA) to share your feedback, suggest topics, and receive updates on future episodes.

Welcome to Positive Perspectives on Accounting (PPoA), the virtual seminar series that explores the enabling role of accounting in society. In this episode, PPoA hosts Roel Boomsma and Leona Wiegmann interview Ian Thomson about his research on accounting for sustainable development. Ian is Professor of accounting and sustainability at the University of Birmingham, Director of Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, and convenor of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) council. We talk to Ian about the role of accounting in facilitating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and discuss the importance of integrating interconnectivity between the SDGs into accounting for sustainable development. Please join the PPoA LinkedIn group (https://bit.ly/Join-PPoA) to share your feedback, suggest topics, and receive updates on future episodes.

Welcome to Positive Perspectives on Accounting (PPoA), the virtual seminar series that explores the enabling role of accounting in society.   In this episode, PPoA hosts Roel Boomsma and Lukas Goretzki interview Leona Wiegmann from Monash University about the impact of COVID-19 on accounting education. Leona shares her experiences of suddenly shifting from face-to-face to online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about the challenges around facilitating in-class discussions, encouraging student engagement, and building student confidence in an online environment. Leona also reflects on how students have been affected by the shift to online learning and shares how she uses music to boost student motivation. Please join the PPoA LinkedIn group (https://bit.ly/Join-PPoA) to share your feedback, suggest topics, and receive updates on future episodes.

Welcome to Positive Perspectives on Accounting (PPoA), the virtual seminar series that explores the enabling role of accounting in society.   In this episode, PPoA hosts Roel Boomsma and Lukas Goretzki interview Janine Coupe from the University of Sydney about the impact of COVID-19 on accounting education. Janine, who is a highly experienced and award winning accounting educator, shares her experiences of moving to online teaching and online assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about the challenges of mastering online teaching technologies and developing positive teacher-student relations in an online context, and reflects on how accounting education will be different a post-coronavirus era.   Please join the PPoA LinkedIn group (https://bit.ly/Join-PPoA) to share your feedback, suggest topics, and receive updates on future episodes.

Welcome to Positive Perspectives on Accounting (PPoA), the virtual seminar series that explores the enabling role of accounting in society.   In this episode, PPoA hosts Roel Boomsma and Lukas Goretzki interview Martin Carlsson-Wall from the Stockholm School of Economics about virtual conferences in the coronavirus era. Martin shares his experiences of organising a virtual conference and talks about what worked well and what he would do differently in the future. He also reflects upon the role of physical and virtual conferences in a post-coronavirus era. Please join the PPoA LinkedIn group (https://bit.ly/Join-PPoA) to share your feedback, suggest topics, and receive updates on future episodes.

Welcome to Positive Perspectives on Accounting (PPoA), the virtual seminar series that explores the enabling role of accounting in society.  In this pilot episode, PPoA hosts Roel Boomsma and Lukas Goretzki talk about “hybrid organisations” (e.g. sports organisations or social enterprises). They discuss how these organisations attend to competing institutional demands in their day-to-day work and what role accounting plays in this context.  Please join the PPoA LinkedIn group (https://bit.ly/Join-PPoA) to share your feedback, suggest topics, and receive updates on future episodes.