2025 Early Career Accounting Scholars Conference
The 5th ECAS (Early Career Accounting Scholars) conference will be held at the University of Bristol Business School, Bristol. The conference is organized jointly with Bayes Business School, City, St George’s University of London.
The conference will allow early-career accounting scholars to present their research in a stimulating environment and receive constructive feedback on their papers from the audience and a discussant. Early career accounting scholars are recent PhD graduates (within 5 years of graduation).
Date: 17th October 2025
Venue: Goldney House, University of Bristol
Conference Schedule
ECAS Presentations (15min + 10min discussion and 5min Q&A)
- 14.45 - 15.14 Registration and refreshments
- 08.50 - 09.00 Welcome
| Time | Paper | Presenter | Room | Discussant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.15 - 15.45 | Does Public Attention Raise Corporate Biodiversity Awareness? Evidence from Conference Calls in Europe | Irina Gazizova | Room 1 | Zilu Shan |
| 15.15 - 15.45 | Rating Agency Disagreement on Sovereign Debt Levels | Marion Boisseau-Sierra | Room 2 | Mariano Scapin |
| 15.45 - 16.15 | Voluntary ESG Disclosure and Heterogeneous Beliefs among ESG Investors | Cong Tao | Room 1 | Xiaochi Ge |
| 15.45 - 16.15 | Excess Volatility and Fair Value Measurement | Sarah Kroechert | Room 2 | Ruby Brownwen-Trinh |
| 16.15 - 16.45 | There is a “university” outside our university: A look at how practitioners create knowledge on the relationship between corporate activities and nature-related issues in sustainability reporting through epistemic strategies | Di Wang | Room 1 | Claire Decottingnies |
| 16.15 - 16.45 | Opposites Attract and Likes Repel: Social Media Assimilation Effects in Analysts | Selina Pei | Room 2 | Hui Tan |
| Join us in the main room for the Conference close | ||||
| 16.45 - 16.50 | Close |
Format: 15 minutes presentations + 10min discussion + 5 min Q&As. The presentations will be face-to-face.
Fees: £50.
Click here to register for the conference
We look forward to seeing you there.
Pawel Bilinski, Mark Clatworthy and Guangyu Li