Public Service Accounting and Accountability Group – PSAAG

Advancing rigorous, plural perspectives on accounting and accountability in public services

Welcome to the Public Service Accounting and Accountability Group!

The Public Service Accounting and Accountability Group (PSAAG) is a community of scholars and practitioners dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of accounting and accountability in public services and governments.
The Group embraces interdisciplinary and pluralistic perspectives, working at the intersection of different disciplines to provide novel, robust understandings and reflections on the roles of public sector accounting, accountability and performance measurement systems in organizations, governments, nonprofits, and in our society and economy.

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Meet the Executive Committee

News & Updates

PSAAG Biennial Workshop - November 2026

RETHINKING ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Politecnico di Milano (Polimi), 17th to 18th November 2026 We invite submissions and participation for the Public Service Accounting and Accountability Workshop 2026, which will take place at Politecnico di Milano on 17–18 November 2026. The workshop aims to provide a stimulating and supportive environment for academic scholars and practitioners interested in public service accounting and accounta

Events

Apr 20

Workshop on Transformative Accountability

3 June 2026 | Northumbria University, Newcastle In an era of democratic backsliding, rising misinformation, and deepening inequalities, traditional models of accountability are proving inadequate. This workshop creates space for critical engagement with transformative accountability as an emergent, situated practice that empowers citizens, builds relational power, and reconfigures unjust systems. About the Workshop While accounting scholarship has long highlighted how dominan

Call for Papers

Jan 26

New Journal Launched: Interdisciplinary Accounting Review

Dear All, The Editors are delighted to announce the launch of a new journal, Interdisciplinary Accounting Review: https://journals.ed.ac.uk/iar Key features of the journal: It is completely open access to everyone who can connect to the internet (“diamond access”) A supportive review process designed to help authors develop high‑quality academic work A broad and inclusive scope, welcoming submissions from around the world in three forms: Full manuscripts intended for dou

News

Jan 22

Upcoming events

PSAAG Workshop 2026

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

November (dates TBC)

Due to the unexpected closure of EIASM and the resulting cancellation of the 2026 EIASM Public Sector Conference, we will be organising a PSAAG workshop in Milan (at Polimi) this year. More information soon.