Events and Seminars

We hold seminars throughout the academic year. If you wish to present a paper to the group or if you would like further information on the seminars please contact us on 024 765 28228 or accounting dot group at wbs dot ac dot uk

We have a long-standing and successful Research Seminar Series, recent presenters include Bjorn Jorgensen, Clive Lennox and Mark Bradshaw.

Autumn Term 2026/27

Date	Presenter	Affiliation	Title
25/11/26	Sarah Kroechert	University of Cambridge	TBC
18/11/26	Claudia Imperatore	Bocconi University	TBC
11/11/26	Mircea Epure	Universitat Pompeu Fabra	TBC
04/11/26	Pietro Andrea Bianchi Fedrigoni	Bocconi University	TBC
28/10/26	Thomas Ahrens	United Arab Emirates University	TBC
21/10/26	Marco Errico	Tilburg University	TBC
14/10/26	Robert Raney	IESE Business School, University of Navarra	TBC
07/10/26	Xiumin Martin	Olin Business School, Washington University	TBC

Summer Term 2025/26

Date	Presenter	Affiliation	Title
18/06/26	Raffaele Manini	WBS	Board skill complementarity and board effectiveness: Evidence from structured director expertise
13/05/26	Claudia Custodio	Imperial Collage London	Credit Access and Market Access
29/04/26	Maura Leusder	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Producing (un)profitable pregnancies

Spring Term 2025/26

Date	Presenter	Affiliation	Title
22/04/26	Daniel Martinez	HEC Paris	Brokering work in the aid chain: Accountability in the localization of development
15/04/26	Gaizka Ormazabal	IESE Business School, University of Navarra	Industry (Re)Classifications and Corporate Governance
08/04/26	Dhananjay Nanda	Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami	Supplier Disclosures and Customer Performance
01/04/26	Ruidi Shang	Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University	Management Controls, Firm Growth, and the Maintenance of Corporate Culture
25/03/26	Joachim Gassen	Humboldt University of Berlin	Sustainability Reporting and the Public Good
19/03/26	Dane Pflueger / Han Wu	WBS / SKEMA Business School	Waiters, old pals, beggars, and bribers: The economic and social lives of sell-side analysts in China
12/03/26	Selina Pei	WBS	Opposites Attract and Likes Repel: Social Media Assimilation Effects in Analysts
11/03/26	Javier Gomez Biscarri	Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Management	Net charge-offs in loan loss provision models: an examination of opposing views and empirical proposals
05/03/26	Yuval Millo	WBS	Navigating expectations: How investor relations officers shape and deliver company guidance
04/03/26	Benjamin Whipple	Terry College of Business, Georgia University	The Usefulness of EBITDA in Equity Markets
25/02/26	Martin Jacob	IESE Business School, University of Navarra	Carbon Pricing and Cross-Border Innovation Spillovers
11/02/26	Jacob Zureich	Lehigh University	A Pink Tax on Failure: How Responding to Negative Feedback Harms Female Leaders
09/02/26	Richard Barker	IFRS’s International Sustainability Standards Board	In this session Richard will talk about his work as a sustainability standards setter.
04/02/26	Victoria Honsel	University of St. Gallen	An illusion of control? Scripting performance and the reality of training accounting
28/01/26	Marti Guasch Mercadé	Esade Ramon Llull University	The effects of disclosure deregulation on the informativeness of earnings in newly public firms: Evidence from the JOBS Act
21/01/26	Marcelo Ortiz	Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Management	The Effect of Mandatory Disclosure on the CEO Market for Private Firms
14/01/26	Thomas Bourveau	Saïd Business School, University of Oxford	Signaling in the Twilight Zone: Disclosure and Credibility in the OTC Market