IRSPM Conference 2021

The IRSPM 2021 Conference stood out in the history of the Public Service Accounting and Accountability Group’s (PSAAG) history at IRSPM. In 2021, there were two opportunities for scholars and practitioners to present and discuss work on public service accounting and accountability – at the Public Service Accounting and Accountability’s Panel (P26) and the panel on Gender and Gendering jointly organized with the IRSPM Special Interest Group on Public Sector Human Resources (P27).

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P26 – Accounting for extraordinary times – ensuring accountability in extraordinary times

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The P26 panel focused on accounting for extraordinary times, with three key topics: shifting paradigms in accounting for public value(s), social equity, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); accounting for financial resilience in the face of shocks, crises, and uncertainty; and ensuring accountability in extraordinary times through smart approaches in analytics, reporting, and visualization.

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P27 – Gender and Gendering in the Public Sector: All are equal in crisis?

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The P27 panel examined gender and identity intersections in public management during extraordinary times, seeking both conceptual and empirical contributions. Topics of interest included the lack of female leadership in the public sector workforce, discrimination and bias towards gender and gender identities during crises, the impact of public sector reforms on employees and service recipients from a gender perspective, gender inequalities in the allocation and distribution of public funds (gender budgeting), and the role of accounting systems in addressing gender equality in public services delivery and ensuring accountability during non-standard, extraordinary times.

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Find some impressions of the panels below.

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