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Dr Abi O'Connor.

Dr Abi O’Connor joins CRAFiC through the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme

Abi O’Connor will join Sheffield University Management School’s Centre for Research into Accounting and Finance in Context to research a project titled ‘Following urban assetisation: a comparative theory of local state restructuring’.
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Reimagining Accounting and Finance: Doctoral Research Highlights from the 2025 Management School Doctoral Conference

CRAFiC is proud to support critical, interdisciplinary and impact-driven research that addresses some of the most pressing questions in finance, accounting, sustainability and governance.
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Strengthening worker voice in Bangladesh's garment industry

A new book chapter, written by Dr Sharmin Shabnam Rahman, alongside Jette Steen Knudsen and Jeremy Moon, shares insights from their latest research on Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment sector.
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Dr Matt Burke receives Financial Times award for the impact of his academic research

Dr Matt Burke, alongside colleagues, is working to integrate climate science into real world financial indicators. This is essential for communicating the risk that climate change poses to the economy.
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New report critiques supply-side urban development

The new report, written by Richard Goulding, Adam Leaver and Jonathan Silver, critically examines the supply-side, property-led urban development model, using Manchester as a case study.
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Dr Mirna Jabbour publishes new book about implementing Enterprise Risk Management

Dr Mirna Jabbour’s first book, Enterprise Risk Management: Technical, Cognitive, and Social Perspectives, has been published by Routledge.
Shengyao presenting to her classmates about the G20.

Finance and Accounting masters student attends G20 Summit in Rio

Shengyao Guo, MSc Finance and Accounting student, takes up a unique opportunity to attend the G20 Summit in Brazil, alongside peers from across the Faculty of Social Sciences.
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The Management School hosts global discussions during the annual FSN conference and a workshop in collaboration with YSI

We are proud to have hosted the Finance and Society Network (FSN) Conference and a workshop in collaboration with the Institute for New Economic Thinking Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) this September.
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Dr Callum Ward appointed Early Career & Digital Media Editor for Finance and Space journal