Accounting for Indigenous Perspectives Special Interest Group

Call for Abstracts – 2026 Accounting for Indigenous Perspectives Special Interest Group

Theme: Still Here, Still Deadly: Reimagining Accounting Research through an Indigenous Lens

We invite submissions for paper presentations or panels that centre on Indigenous voices, knowledges, and experiences in accounting and finance related research. This event will explore how accounting and finance scholarship can be reimagined through Indigenous worldviews, challenge colonial structures embedded in institutions, and contribute to self‑determination, truth‑telling, and justice for First Nations peoples in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

We welcome abstracts that focus on research that:

• Engages with Indigenous ontologies, epistemologies, and methodologies in accounting and finance research
• Critically examines how existing standards, regulations, or reporting frameworks affect Indigenous communities, organisations, or governance structures
• Highlights case studies, partnerships, or collaborations with Indigenous communities, organisations, or leaders that foreground Indigenous agency and consent
• Uses innovative, culturally safe, or community‑driven methodologies to generate insights that are meaningful to Indigenous stakeholders
• Demonstrates strategies for knowledge translation that respect Indigenous intellectual property, protocols, and decision‑making processes

Submission Details
Interested persons are invited to submit an abstract of up to 250 words to Professor Kerry Bodle at [k.bodle@griffith.edu.au] by 21 May 2026. Successful applicants will be notified by 26 May 2026 and will be required to submit a one‑page summary of their study or research project by 18 June 2026.

We look forward to receiving contributions that showcase how accountability research, grounded in Indigenous perspectives, can challenge dominant paradigms and support transformative change in policy, practice, and institutions.

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