Arcticle’s by Anastasia Kopita

Brief description The EAA Education Committee recently conducted a survey to gather members’ perspectives of accounting education. We received a total of 90 responses, primarily from tenured faculty members with extensive teaching experience (over 50% of respondents have been teaching for more than 16 years). The respondents underscore the importance of their educational activities, though this is perceived as slightly less central compared to their research endeavors. EAA Members’ Future Expectations Respondents expressed a clear interest in enhancing their teaching skills and methodologies. Many indicated a desire to learn more about adopting innovative learning approaches, such as case studies, collaborative…

This year’s EAA Education Committee Hackathon entitled AI Driven Sustainability: Transforming Accounting Education for a Sustainable Future took place on the eve of the annual conference. The event was run by Karen Brickman (University of Greenwich), David Derichs (Aalto University), Jenni Rose (University of Manchester) and Susan Smith (University College London) supported by two Education Committee members, Joan Ballantine (Ulster University) and Greg Stoner (University of Glasgow). Hackathons are hands-on, time-limited events where participants work in teams to solve real problems by creating prototypes or new ideas using various tools (like AI) to accelerate the development process. This is a…

The call for a more sustainable world is reshaping industries—and the accounting profession is no exception. The recent EAA Education Committee Symposium in Rome, “Envisioning Accounting Education for Sustainability,” explored how accounting education can become a powerful force in addressing today’s ecological and climate crises. The event underscored the vital role of embedding sustainability at the heart of accounting curricula, with the aim of equipping future professionals to foster responsible practices and drive meaningful change. The symposium was designed to offer educators adaptable examples and to spark a ripple effect—from classrooms to boardrooms—worldwide. Moderated by David Derichs (Aalto University), the…

It was great to see Patricia Everaert holding a fantastic hands-on Classroom session during the EAA Annual Congress at Espoo, Helsinki. We left the room with several ideas and readily-available tools to use in our accounting courses, that will certainly make learning more engaging, novel, surprising and exciting! More specifically, to have a look at the DUGA tool, you can go to www.duga.castars.net and register.  Add the code 590de1 and you can start playing some sample questions of financial accounting. Interested to use DUGA as a teacher with your students? Please contact the creators and they will be happy to…

Sustainable Futures Hackathon 2024 – Hacking Place in Accounting Education Nick McGuigan, Charles H. Cho & David Derichs   This year the EAA Education Committee worked collaboratively with the Centre for Social and Environmental Research (CSEAR) to host the 2024 Sustainable Futures Hackathon during the opening of the annual congress, recently held in Bucharest, Romania. This year’s co-organisers Nick McGuigan (Monash University, Australia), Charles H. Cho (Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada) and David Derichs (Aalto University, Finland) instigated a very different and somewhat unusual format to the hackathon, challenging participants’ educational worldview by interrogating where accounting education takes…