Second Cohort of the IAAER ACCA

Early Career Researcher Development Program Announced

(Funding Provided by ACCA Global)

On February 3, 2025, the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) launched the second cohort of the Early Career Researcher Development Program (ECRDP) by naming 13 associate and assistant professors from Croatia, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Turkey to participate in the program. The program will run for 2025-2026 and consist of, inter alia, at least two events per year. The first event for the second cohort will be a virtual workshop addressing Qualitative Research Methods run by Professor Lisa Baudot of HEC Paris on February 10, 2025. A second workshop for the Scholars will be hosted by Prague University of Economics and Business on May 21, 2025 immediately prior to the university’s ACFA conference (May 22-23).

IAAER faculty will supervise the program and provide training and mentorship opportunities. The IAAER ACCA ECRDP is designed to support the Scholars’ exposure to internationally recognized accounting researchers, best practices in accounting and accounting-related education and research and becoming part of a global peer network. 

The 13 Scholars are:

1.   Oana Bogdan, West University of Timisoara, Romania

2.   Valentin Burca, West University of Timisoara, Romania

3.   Ivan Dionisijev, University “SS. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje, North Macedonia

4.   Olga Grzybek, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

5.   Grygorii Kravchenko, Kozminski University, Poland

6.   Radu Marian, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

7.   Mirela Nichita, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

8.   Mustafa Oguz, Balikesir University, Turkey

9.   Mirela Paunescu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

10. Ivana Perica, University of Split, Croatia

11. Maria Sandulescu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

12. Inna Tselinko, Kozminski University, Poland

13. Maciej Tuszkiewicz, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

IAAER faculty for the May 21, 2025 workshop hosted by Prague University of Economics and Business will include Professors Catalin Albu (Bucharest University of Economic Studies), Nadia Albu (Bucharest University of Economic Studies), Mukesh Garg (Monash University), Leslie Hodder (Indiana University), Joanna Krasodomska (Krakow University of Economics), Michaela Rankin (Monash University), Katherine Schipper (Duke) and Donna Street (University of Dayton).

For more information about the program email dstreet1@udayton.edu.