Call for Papers

Please see below a list of Call for Papers

Special issue - Call for papers

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Management, reporting, and assurance to address social and environmental challenges

Guest Editors:

Sumit Lodhia (Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia)

Amanpreet Kaur (Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia)

Nathalie Crutzen (HEC Liège, ULiège, Liège, Belgium)

The United Nations established the SDGs in 2015. These represent 17 global goals and 169 associated targets (UN, 2015).  Organisations are impacted by these goals, and they have responded through their management, reporting and assurance processes (Lodhia, 2025, Lodhia et al, 2023 2025, Kaur et al, 2025) to address systemic societal and environmental challenges (Dimes et al, 2025, Grana et al, 2025). However, existing research has touched the surface only and there is scope for exploring the management, reporting and assurance of the SDGs in greater depth (Bebbington and Unerman, 2018, 2020), given that more than a decade has elapsed since these goals were formulated. This Special Issue is an opportunity to bring together research that addresses how organisations have responded to the SDGs since their inception.

Organisations respond to their sustainability challenges internally (sustainability management) and externally (sustainability reporting) (Lodhia, 2013). Assurance provides credibility to these processes (Farooq and de Villiers, 2019, 2020). Thus, the development of SDGs management, reporting and assurance is critical and provides an understanding of how organisations respond to these goals.

SDGs impact most organisations, including corporations (Lodhia et al, 2023), the public sector (Kaur et al, 2025, Lodhia et al, 2025), and other institutions such as NGOs, B-Corps, charities, social enterprises, universities and hybrid organisations (Lodhia, 2025). An understanding of SDGs management, reporting and assurance overall in specific sectors or across the sectors is lacking. Research approaches such field research encompassing methods such as interviews, content analysis, observation and focus groups are needed to understand the context within which management, disclosure and assurance of SDGs takes place. It is also essential to consider country specific and regional studies into SDGs management, reporting and assurance in order to understand the similarities and differences in these practices.

There is also a need to explore specific SDGs, as each of the 17 goals aims to address a distinct social, environmental or economic issue affecting global communities. Moreover, the SDGs are inherently interconnected, whereby progress in one area can generate cascading effects, either beneficial or adverse on others (Nilsson et al, 2018). Despite this complexity, the interrelationships among the goals remain largely underexplored in current research and practice. Hence, it becomes worth exploring how organisations address specific goals and whether a tradeoff is involved in addressing the goals. 

There is indeed further scope for expanding our knowledge base in relation to the management, reporting and assurance of the SDGs and this special issue attempts to address this. Potential issues to consider in this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The management of SDGs by organisations, the organizational and behavioral processes involved, and the measurement of SDGs.
• The disclosure of SDGs, the motivations for such disclosures and the links with internal processes.
• The assurance for SDGs and the role of auditors in this process.
• The role of stakeholders in management, reporting and assurance of SDGs, stakeholder perceptions of corporate SDGs practices, and stakeholder engagement processes
• The role of modern technologies (such a blockchain and artificial intelligence) in SDGs management, disclosure and assurance
• The use of social media for corporate information dissemination on SDGs
• The impact of the Covid pandemic on SDGs management, reporting and assurance.
• The impact of regulatory requirements on the management, disclosure and assurance of SDGs
• Partnerships between organisations for the management, reporting and assurance of SDGs
• Rainbow washing of SDGs management, disclosure and assurance.

Submission deadline: 28^th February 2026.

Papers should be submitted through the journal’s online submission system at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/medar choosing the SDG special issue in step 5 of the submission process.

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There is a special issue running in Meditari Accountancy Research on the main topic "ACCOUNTING INFORMATION USE IN PUBLIC SECTOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", which stands out and calls for innovative pieces of research in the area.

The guest editors Susana Jorge (University of Coimbra, PT), Sandro Brunelli (University of Roma Tor Vergata, IT), Eugenio Caperchione (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT), and Liliana Pimentel (University of Coimbra, PT) would like to invite your entity to spread the voice of this SI and to encourage your members and associates to propose valuable research and make the related submission(s).

There is an opportunity for your scholars that might elevate the quality and interest of this special issue.

Further information can be found in the following link:

https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/accounting-information-use-public-sector-financial-management

The deadline for full paper submissions is December, 31st 2025.

Accepted papers will be published on a rolling basis and the related journal issue will be released in the late 2026 or early 2027.

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We invite submissions for a special issue of Pacific Accounting Review dedicated to advancing research in accounting education with a focus on the Pacific region. This region presents a rich educational landscape, offering unique accounting educational challenges and opportunities that merit deeper exploration.

This special issue aims to highlight innovative and forward-thinking approaches to accounting education that are of relevance to the Pacific region.

Guest editor(s): Nicola Beatson, James Wakefield

For all information and submission details, go to Accounting Education in the Pacific Region: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Directions | Emerald Publishing

Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 16th March 2026
Closing date for manuscripts submission: 14th September 2026

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Accounting History is pleased to announce that the 13th Accounting History International Conference (AHIC) will be hosted by the University of Wollongong, Australia from 8-11 July 2026. We invite scholars, practitioners, and researchers to contribute to “Accounting through the ages: Lessons for modern challenges,” a conference that bridges our rich accounting heritage with contemporary challenges. You can view conference details HERE, and paper submissions are open HERE with a closing date of 13th Feb 2026.  The Call for Paper document can be downloaded HERE.

Special Issue: ‘Accounting and Totalitarianism in an Historical Perspective’: Accounting History invites historically grounded scholarship that interrogates the many ways accounting has intersected with, enabled, resisted, or been transformed by totalitarian projects understood as a form of rule that seeks to penetrate and re-engineer every sphere of collective and private life.  The closing date for submissions is 31 July 2026. The Call for Paper document can be downloaded HERE.

Special Issue: ‘Accounting History - Women and Accounting's Past’ invites submissions that seek to expand and deepen the body of scholarship on women and accounting. The closing date for submissions is 28 September 2026. The Call for Paper document can be downloaded HERE.

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ATTA proudly presents the 37th Annual Conference of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association

Wednesday, 14 to Friday, 16 January 2026

Victoria University Wellington - Te Herenga Waka, Wellington Aotearoa, New Zealand

PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY, TAXATION

To date there are scheduled:

• 25 presentations on the PhD half day on Wednesday
• 60 presentations over the Thursday and Friday in main conference

Further details including the program is on the conference web page HERE

2 Keynote speakers are set down for Friday:

• Peter Mersi, Commissioner and Chief Executive of Inland Revenue and
• Ruth Owen CBE, Tax Ombudsman

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