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Alessandro Ghio
Alessandro Ghio

Associate Professor

Alessandro Ghio is an Associate Professor in Accounting at ESCP Business School (Paris, France). They hold a Ph.D. in financial accounting from ESSEC Business School (Paris, France) and a Ph.D. in management from the University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy). Their research focuses on issues surrounding the sociology of the accounting profession (in particular about issues concerning women and queer people in the accounting profession), and corporate social media communication. Alessandro is an associate editor of Accounting Horizons and a guest editor of Issues in Accounting Education. Alessandro teaches the capstone course “Seminars in Accounting”. They received the prestigious 2019 Global Award 'Ideas Worth Teaching' by the Aspen Institute (NYC, USA). Alessandro has published in several leading academic journals and he co-authored three books. They are the co-instigator of the projects “Working Women and Wellbeing” and “Queering Accounting” and they have led and/or taken key roles in competitive research funded projects equating to over one million Australian dollars. Prior to joining Laval University, Alessandro has been faculty staff at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) and at Laval University (Quebec, Canada), and they have been a controller in a large telecommunication organization, a consultant for the Italian Ministry of Education on social mobility in education, and a visiting scholar at Indiana University (USA).
Member since: 2022
Articles published: 9
Acknoledgements: 0

Arcticle’s by Alessandro Ghio

Accounting scholars: Let’s stand up for Diversity
“Democracy is like air: we notice it when it’s missing” – Piero Calamandrei Companies are increasingly stopping to report on diversity. Fairer performance systems that account for discrimination are being progressively dismantled. Countless data have been removed simply due to associations with words such as women, queer, or diversity. Diversity is being erased in and through,accounting. Accounting is at the heart of these attacks on diversity. What can we, as an epistemic community of accounting scholars within the European Accounting Association, do in response? Accounting’s Double Role in Diversity: Both Oppressive and Emancipatory We know that, within traditional neoliberal approaches,…
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Diversity in Accounting: Trends, Gaps, and Future Directions
Introduction In accounting, diversity has emerged as a key area of study, reflecting broader societal shifts towards inclusivity and equity. Our recent systematic literature review sheds light on the evolving landscape of diversity within the accounting literature, offering insights into prevailing trends, research gaps, and potential future directions. Trends in Diversity Research The review, spanning publications from 1979 to 2021, analyzed 428 studies, revealing a notable surge in diversity-focused research, particularly from 2017 to 2021, indicating a 171% increase compared to the preceding period of 2012 to 2016. Gender, ethnicity, and race emerged as the most researched, with gender studies…
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A counter account of the EAA Congress Gala Dinner’s keynote
“Our house is on fire”. Three years have passed since these famous Greta Thunberg’s words at the World Economic Forum and at the European Parliament. Countless global strikes, manifestations and discussions have taken place since then. We are also witnessing a growing interest in social and environmental reporting/disclosure, including from regulators and policymakers. However, we are still celebrating oil companies, their activities, and their investment strategies. The recent keynote at the 2022 EAA Congress gala dinner in Bergen showcased how Norges Bank Investment Management (responsible for managing the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund) has become a very large investment company by…
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