Seminars & Events
We regularly host three seminar events bringing international research to the department and connecting with industry during special topic events.
The Helsinki Accounting Research Seminar regularly hosts national and international guest speakers. The seminar usually takes 60 minutes and includes both presentation and discussion with our faculty. After the seminar, the faculty gets the chance to meet guest speakers privately. Since 2024, this seminar is hosted jointly with Hanken School of Economics.
The Brown Bag Seminar gives our research staff the opportunity to present early-stage papers or initial ideas in an informal and open environment.
Special Topic Events are hosted regularly in cooperation with industry partners. Latest research findings are discussed with practitioners and give our faculty the chance to expand their industry network.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS |
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05 March 2026, Ann-Kristin Großkopf (University of Amsterdam), Accounting Research Seminar
TBA
(11:00 - 12:00 BIZ Lounge 3rd floor, Ekonominaukio 1)
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12 March 2026, Stefan Sundgren (Umeå University), Accounting Research Seminar
Does Mandatory Auditing Reduce Fraud? Evidence from the Swedish Auditing Reform
(11:00 - 12:00 BIZ Lounge 3rd floor, Ekonominaukio 1)
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19 March 2026, Thomas Taussi, Brown Bag
Corporate risk preferences in the context of non-mandatory safety and security investments – a field study
(11:00 - 12:00 BIZ Lounge 3rd floor, Ekonominaukio 1)
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23 April 2026, Seppo Ikäheimo, Brown Bag
AI in the finance function
(11:00 - 12:00 BIZ Lounge 3rd floor, Ekonominaukio 1)
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28 April 2026, Eduardo Schiehll (HEC Montréal), Accounting Research Seminar
TBA
(11:00 - 12:00 tbd)
Past seminars
27 November 2025, Jan Pfister (University of Turku): Economic paradigms and their performativity in accounting research
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20 November 2025, Robert Knechel (University of Florida): Adaptation in the Accounting Labor Supply
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30 October 2025, Ryoko Yamada: Exploring Foucauldian Perspectives on Control: Insights from the Accounting Literature
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23 October 2025, Kirsi-Mari Kallio (University of Turku): Emotional Responses to Calculative Practices in Academia: Discourses of Academic Selves
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09 October 2025, Gilad Livne (Queen Mary University of London) & David Hay (University of Auckland), Editor's Panel
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08 October 2025, Gilad Livne (Queen Mary University of London): The Impact of the FRC Audit Inspection Program on Audit Effort and Audit Fees
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25 September 2025, Meng Guo: Dissertation chapter: Audit firms’ exam cheating scandals
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18 September 2025, Roope Keloharju: Corporate Disclosures and Real Responses to Geopolitical Risk: Evidence from the War in Ukraine
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11 September 2025, Marko Järvenpää (University of Vaasa): Accountants in a Digital Era - The Role of Protective Identity Work and Identity Fluidity
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21 August 2025, Lukas Goretzki (SSE): The role of intermediary controllers in performance brokerage
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06 March 2025, Jukka Sihvonen: Cybersecurity disclosure: Early evidence from 10-K reports
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13 February 2025, Juha-Pekka Kallunki: Executive mental health and corporate bankruptcy
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20 February 2025, Meng Guo: Beyond Compliance: Implications of the Institutional Environment for Clients’ Decisions of Sustainability Assurance
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16 January 2025, Breda Sweeney: Scaling of the clan - Evolution of management control practices in a high growth scale-up
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6 February 2025, Emma Willems: Hybrid Strategies in Service Industries: The Interplay Between Strategic Focus and Operational Efficiency
04 December 2024, Jukka Sihvonen, Brown Bag Seminar
Digitalization and Cybersecurity: Firm-Level Evidence
21 November 2024 David Hay, Seminar
Gatekeepers or Facilitators? The Role of Big-4 Auditors in Tax Avoidance and Financial Reporting
19 September 2024 Peter Carey, Seminar
Connected Board Committees and ESG Performance: Evidence from International Setting
29 August 2024: Helsinki Accounting & Auditing Mini Conference with Linda Myers
PRESENTERS
Ly Pham (Aalto University): “The Impact of Critical Audit Matter on the Value Relevance of Intangible Assets”
Ankita Marwaha (Aalto University): “Risk Factor Disclosure Complexity and Litigation Risk: Evidence from Textual Analysis”
Piia Kori (Hanken School of Economics): “Spillover effects of sustainability reporting mandate through subsidiaries: Evidence from U.S. firms.”
Qinglan Huang (Hanken School of Economics): “Does Mandatory Sustainability Reporting Affect Firm Profitability? Evidence from China”
Roope Keloharju (Aalto University): “Accountability through Public Disclosure: The Impact of Tax Transparency on Private Foundations' Charitable Donations.”
Mansoor Afzali (Hanken School of Economics): “Sharing the Pain between Workers and Management: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic and 9/11 Attacks.”
15 August 2024 Charl de Villiers, seminar
“Sustainability Accounting: Overview and Research Ideas”
19 June 2024 Kerstin Falk, seminar
“Engagement matters – an employee perspective on MC effectiveness”
17 June 2024 Ali Nickpour, seminar
"Baking and slicing the pie: The effect of compensation disparity among audit partners on audit quality"
"Internal control weaknesses and audit partners’ reputation concerns"
29 May 2024 - Helsinki Accounting Seminar with Marco Trombetta (IE University)
Using Large Language Models to study Press Releases
23 April 2024 - Brown Bag Seminar with Juha-Pekka Kallunki (University of Oulu)
Does the apple fall far from the tree? Parental influence on executive financial misconduct
18 March 2024 - Helsinki Accounting Seminar with Thorsten Sellhorn (LMU)
Climate-related information in financial statements
08 February 2024 - Helsinki Accounting Seminar with Kris Hardies (University of Antwerp)
The Importance of Audit Partners in Explaining Audit Outcomes: A Stylized Fact?
25 January 2024 - Department Seminar with Lina Li (University of Auckland Business School)
Social Capital and Business Strategy
(14:00-15:00 - V101 Board Room)
12 January 2024 - Department Seminar with Al Gosh (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Sustainability-linked Loan Contracting
(11:00-12:00 - V301 BIZ Lounge)
21 November 2023 - Brown Bag Seminar with Rounak Gunjal (WHU)
The search, destruction and recreation of meaning: automating accounting in shared service centers
(11:00-12:00 - V101 Board Room)
5 October 2023 - Department Seminar with Tsu-Ting Chiu (NHH) - https://www.nhh.no/en/employees/faculty/tzu-ting-chiu/
"Market Reaction to Voting Intention Disclosures"
(11:00-12:00 - V101 Istuntosali)
21 September 2023 - Online Department Seminar with Piia Korri (Hanken) - https://www.hanken.fi/en/person/piia-korri
"Sustainability reporting"
(11:00-12:00 - online)
29 August 2023 - Department Seminar with Ly Pham (Aalto University)
"The Impact of Critical Audit Matters on the Value Relevance of Intangible Assets"
(11:00-12:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, V101 Istuntosali)
12 June 2023 - Brown Bag Seminar with David Derichs, Teemu Malmi, and Vikash Sinha (Aalto University)
“Digitalization of the Finance Function: Automation, Analytics, and Finance Function Effectiveness”
(14:00-15:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, V101 Istuntosali)
5 June 2023 - Seminar with Erkki Liikanen (chairman of the IFRS Foundation Trustees) - IFRS - Erkki Liikanen
“IFRS Standards and Sustainability ”
(11:00-12:00 - Otakaari 1, U135a U7 PWC)
29 May 2023 - Department Seminar with Sebastian Tideman (Syracuse University) - About – Dr. Sebastian A. Tideman (stideman.com)
“Hidden in the middle? Strategic positioning of earnings-related news during earnings conference calls”
(11:00-12:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, V101 Istuntosali)
23 May 2023 - Young Scholar Auditing Research Seminar, organized by Lasse Niemi.
“Contemporary Issues in Auditing”
(10:00-15:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, T003 ground floor)
22 May 2023 - Department Seminar with Melissa Martin (University of Illinois ) - https://business.uic.edu/profiles/martin-melissa/
"Performance Management System Evolution: Evidence from incentive contracting"
(11:00-12:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, V101 Istuntosali)
4 May 2023 - Brown Bag Seminar with Meng Guo (Aalto University)
"Trust and Non-Audit Services"
(11:00-12:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, V301 BIZ Lounge & Terrace)
31 March 2023 - Department Seminar with David Bedford (UTS Sydney) - https://profiles.uts.edu.au/David.Bedford
"Towards a contingency theory of management control"
(11:00-12:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, V101 Istuntosali)
23 March 2023 - Brown Bag Seminar with Kai G. Mertens (TU Hamburg-Harburg) - https://www.tuhh.de/maccs/team/principal-research-fellow.html
"Death and Decay or Due to Refinement? Understanding the Relationship between information system success and cost system design and use"
(11:00-12:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, V101 - Boardroom)
30 Jan 2023 - Department Seminar with Jan Pfister (University of Turku) - https://www.utu.fi/en/people/jan-pfister
“Towards a social notion of academic freedom—an institutional vision for accounting research.”
(11:00-12:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, V101 Istuntosali)
19 Jan 2023 - Brown Bag Seminar with Bianca Beyer (Aalto University) - https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-accounting-business-law/bianca-beyer
“How Does Carbon Footprint Information Affect Consumer Choice? A Field Experiment”
(14:00-15:00 - Ekonominaukio 1, V301 BIZ Lounge & Terrace)
8 December - Department Seminar with Ingolf Kloppenburg (University of Turku)
Does the Capital Market Recognize Financial Misrepresentations? – Fundamental Value and Market Analysis
17 November – Department Seminar with Matteo Vacca (Department of Finance, Aalto University)
Diversification at Work: Evidence from Employee Stock Option
24 Oct – Department Seminar with Jukka Kettunen (Hanken)
Mandatory CSR disclosure and audit fees
26 Sep – Department Seminar with Bjorn Jorgensen (Copenhagen Business School)
Cheap stock options: Antecedents and outcomes
19 Sep - Department Seminar with Qian Wu (Beijing Institute of Technology)
Born to Be Anxious: Auditor Relative Age and Auditor Behavior
12 Sep - Department Seminar with Rui Li (Beijing Institute of Technology)
Auditor Clique Power and Client Acquirement: Evidence from China
6 June – Department Seminar with Haroon Afzali (Hanken School of Economics)
Reputation Capital of Corporate Directors and Tournament Incentives
23 May - Department Seminar with Richard Hatfield (University of Alabama)
Corporate CSR Disclosures and Regulatory Mandates: The Role of Investors’ Perceptions of Greenwashing
16 May - Department Seminar with Salvador Carmona (IE Business School)
Penal Accountancy and The Spanish Inquisition
7 April – Brown Bag Seminar with Monomita Nandy (Brunel University) and Suman Lodh (Middlesex University)
Relation between Auditing and Cryptocurrency in Europe
25 March - Online Seminar on Tax Avoidance as Research Topic (In Finnish)
16 March - Brown Bag Seminar with Anila Kiran (Aalto University)
Does auditor choice mediate the association between director social networks and financial reporting quality?
23 November - Department Seminar with Thomas Taussi (Aalto University)
Risk Work in Organizations Beyond Formal Enterprise Risk Management
18 November - Department Seminar with Bianca Beyer (Humboldt University)
Paywatch - Director's Skin in the Game and Executive Compensation
16 November - Department Seminar with Sven Hartlieb (University of Bamberg)
Climate change and audit pricing
10 November - Department Seminar with Ly Pham (Aalto University)
Climate risk disclosures and auditor expertise
18 October - Department Seminar with Michelle Carr (Cork University)
Risk and Management Control in the Twilight Zone: The Organization of Emergent Risk
5 October - Department Seminar with Kai Mertens (Technical University Hamburg)
Watch Out for Hidden Noise: Determinants and Consequences of Random Noise in Cost Information
15 September - Department Seminar with Lucie Brabcová (Prague University of Economics and Business)
Information support for liquidity management of international corporates
2 September - Brown Bag Seminar with Timo Punkari (Aalto University)
20 May - Brown Bag Seminar with Ali Nickpour (Aalto University)
Is tax risk a critical audit matter for the auditor's liability? The US evidence on the associations between tax risk, critical audit matters, and audit fees
29 April - Department Seminar with Arpine Maghakyan (Aalto University)
Auditing in the Era of Digital and Policy Uncertainties - The Effects of Auditor Knowledge and Client Bargaining Power on Audit Outcomes
22 April - Brown Bag Seminar with Anila Kiran (Aalto University)
Director social networks and sustainability reporting practices
16 November - Department Seminar with Seppo Ikäheimo and Janet Adelegan (Aalto University)
Mind My Business: Evidence of Performance and Valuation of Finnish Family-Owned Listed Companies
28 October - Department Seminar with Jiahe Liu ((University of Texas at El Paso)
The Impact of Joint Risk Disclosure on Auditor Liability: Evidence from China
5 October - Brown Bag Seminar with Ali Nickpour (Aalto University)