July 13–16, 2026
UFRJ and FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference brings together accounting faculty, doctoral students, and researchers from other disciplines interested in critical accounting research.
The Conference, held every three years, offers a collaborative and supportive atmosphere. It aims to build and consolidate the network of active supporters of critical accounting scholarship. It also seeks to encourage critical reflexivity on the development of accounting prescriptions and the practice of accounting in a world facing many challenges. Notably, the Conference aims to generate substantive conversations on how accounting might be improved to construct a better and fairer world, aiming focus on socio-political and environmental transformations.
The 2026 Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference will be held in two venues in Rio de Janeiro (BR) city: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Management and Accounting School (UFRJ-FACC) and Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil’s School of Public and Business Administration (FGV-EBAPE).
Emerging Scholars Colloquium: July 13, 2026
Main Conference: July 14-16, 2026
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Register here: https://www.even3.com.br/cpa2026/
General Program – Preliminary Draft
CPA-2026_General Program_Draft_28.out.2025
Conference Detailed Program – available soon!
https://www.even3.com.br/cpa2026/
ESC Detailed Program – available soon!
https://www.even3.com.br/cpa2026/
ESC is a free event designed for graduate students and will take place on July 13, 2026, at the UFRJ University Palace, located in the Management and Accounting School, in the Urca neighborhood.
A committee of students and professors is planning lectures, panels, a mini-course, and sessions for submitting authors’ research presentations (at different stages of development).
Free admission is available to graduate students (doctoral and master’s) who submit and approve a 2,000-word abstract of their thesis or dissertation proposal (in .doc format), specifying the stage of their doctoral or master’s degree. Additionally, documentation proving active student status in a graduate program must be attached.
More experienced researchers, whether presenters or panelists, will be invited to participate in the colloquium free of charge.
Other participants registered for the conference who are interested in attending the ESC activities but are not eligible for free admission as students or guests must pay an additional fee of US$50.00.
A detailed program of the Colloquium will be available soon!
CPA will hold an in-person pre-opening panel for all registered participants on July 13th at 6:00 PM at the UFRJ CCJE Building, following the ESC Colloquium activities.
Pre-Opening Panel:
“Accounts of Genocide – debating accounting and settler colonial violence through the lens of Palestine”
Panelist mini-bio here.
Panel detailed content here.
The panel will be followed by a social gathering featuring music and light refreshments. All registered CPA participants are welcome.
| The languages spoken during CPA-2025 and the ESC colloquium will be Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English. Simultaneous translation services will be provided for the keynote lectures between Portuguese, English, and Spanish. |
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“The Crisis of Neoliberalism and the Rise of Neoliberal Fascism” Alfredo Saad Filho is Professor of International Political Economy at Queen’s University Belfast, Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa), LUT University (Finland), and the Università degli Studi della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ (Italy), Senior Research Associate at the University of Brasília (Brazil), and Visiting Research Professor at SOAS University of London (UK). He was Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva and has taught at universities and research institutions in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, Switzerland, and the UK. His publications include 20 books, 85 journal articles, 60 book chapters, and 30 reports for the UN and other international agencies.
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“The role of violence in Latin American societies”. Ignácio Cano, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro Ignacio Cano holds a PhD in sociology, specializing in social psychology, from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1991, with a thesis that received a national award from the Center for Sociological Research in Spain that same year. He worked on human rights and care for populations in war zones in El Salvador from 1991 to 1993, as a researcher at the Central American University and as a member of the United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador. He also participated in human rights research projects related to Guatemala and other countries in the region. He completed postdoctoral studies at the Universities of Surrey (UK), Michigan, and Arizona (USA), focusing on social program evaluation and data analysis between 1994 and 1996. In 2008, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Lancaster University (UK) on spatial statistics applied to crime data. Since 1996, he has worked in Brazil in the areas of Violence, Public Security, and Human Rights, as well as in education. He was a researcher at the Institute of Religious Studies between 1996 and 2001, and a visiting professor at the Fluminense Federal University and the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Since 2000, he has been a full professor of sociology at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, where he has been a full professor since 2019. He founded and coordinated the Laboratory for the Analysis of Violence (LAV) at the same university. Over the past 25 years, he has worked as a researcher, consultant, and evaluator on numerous public security and human rights projects in Brazil and several Latin American countries. In 2020, he was a visiting researcher at the Safety Lab and the African Police Civil Oversight Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2021, he served as an advisor to the Mexican NGO México Evalúa in the area of public security. In 2022 and 2023, he was a researcher at the Institute for Social Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. |
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Authors of accepted papers are responsible for presenting their own submitted papers.
All authors and co-authors (and papers or other formats), upon submitting, agree to serve as discussants for other papers and/or session moderators.
Accepted submissions can be presented in their original language. However, when the author’s native language is Portuguese, Spanish, or French, the organizing committee recommends the use of presentation slides in English to enhance feedback from international audiences. When the author’s native language is English, the organizing committee recommends the use of presentation slides in one of the three other languages to facilitate comprehension and enhance feedback from non-English-speaking audiences.
A recommended layout format for all presentations is available at:
Early Bird Fees (until March 30, 2026)
Categories (amounts in US dollars)
(1) Full fee for international authors and participants: US$500
(2) Authors and participants working in Latin American countries: US$250 (*)
(3) Authors and participants working in Brazil: US$250 (*)
(4) Authors and participants in online sessions: US$100
(5) Students (phd, masters, or undergrad): US$150 (*)
Regular fees (from April 1 up to May 30th*)
Categories (amounts in US dollars)
(1) Full fee – international authors and participants: US$600
(2) Authors and participants working in Latin American countries: US$300 (*)
(3) Authors and participants working in Brazil: US$300 (*)
(4) Authors and participants in online sessions: US$150
(5) Students (phd, masters, or undergrad): US$150 (*)
(6) Social Event Fee for companions: US$50,00 (does not include conference access)
*Submitting Authors Registration Deadline: April 30, 2026. Registration deadline is motivated by conference operational logistics details.
Colloquium Registration (up to May 30th):
Categories (amounts in US dollars)
• Presenting Students, presenters, and moderators: 0.00 (*)
• Other registered conference participants: US$50.00
(*) To confirm registration in these categories, the participant will need to present documentation proving affiliation with an institution in Latin America or Brazil/Brazil or proof of active graduate/undergraduate student status.
Scientific and Organizing Committees
⦁ Adriana Rodrigues (Santarém Polytechnic University)
⦁ Alessandro Ghio (ESCP Business School)
⦁ Alex Faria (Ebape/FGV)
⦁ Camila Nganga (Federal University of Uberlandia)
⦁ Candy Chamorro Gonzáles (Universidad Católica Luis Amigó)
⦁ Carlos Larrinaga (Universidad de Burgos)
⦁ Charles Cho (York University)
⦁ Charlotta Bay (Stockholm University)
⦁ Cheryl R. Lehman (Hofstra University)
⦁ Christine Cooper (Edinburgh University)
⦁ Christine Gilbert (University of Laval)
⦁ Daniel Martinez (HEC Paris)
⦁ Francisco Javier Husillos Carques (Universidad Pública de Navarra)
⦁ Hector Sarmiento (Politécnico Colombiano)
⦁ Iago França Lopes (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ Jane Andrew (University of Sydney)
⦁ Jérémy Morales (University of Bristol)
⦁ Jim Haslam (University of Durham)
⦁ João Paulo Resende (Glasgow University)
⦁ Luciana Sardeiro (Federal University of Tocantins)
⦁ Marcelo Castañeda (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ Mary Vera-Colina (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
⦁ Ricardo Lopes Cardoso (Ebape/FGV)
⦁ Sandra Maria Silva (Estadual University of Feira de Santana)
⦁ Stewart Smyth (Cork University Business School)
⦁ Tassiani Aparecida dos Santos (University of Durham)
⦁ Yves Gendron (University of Laval)
Local Organizing Committee
⦁ Fernanda Sauerbronn (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ Iago Lopes (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ Marcelo Castañeda de Araujo (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ Juliana Molina Queiroz (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ Alex Faria (Ebape/FGV)
⦁ Ricardo Lopes (Ebape/FGV)
⦁ Elisabeth Vendramin (Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul)
⦁ Susana Raffaelli (Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul)
⦁ Alann Bartoluzzio (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
⦁ Rayla Dias (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
⦁ Cleia Silva (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ Thauan Carvalho (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
⦁ Tania Almeida (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
ESC Local Committee
⦁ Adriana Rodrigues (Universidade Politécnica de Santarém)
⦁ Thauan Carvalho (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
⦁ Tania Almeida (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ Camila Silveira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ João Henrique Zupirolli (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
⦁ Juliette Tavares (Universidade Federal do Pará)
⦁ Levy Ruan Silva (Universidade Federal da Paraíba)
⦁ Lourival Junior (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Jointly Organized by:
Technical Support:
Sponsors:
| Main Conference: July 14-16, 2026
Submission Start: October 15, 2025 |
Emerging Scholars Colloquium: July 13, 2026
Submission Start: From February 2, 2026 |
(*) Early submissions and registrations are welcome
(**) We recommend that authors with special visa requirements or early travel authorizations and funds submit their submissions in advance and contact the event coordinator at cpa2026@facc.ufrj.br .
All submissions can be written in Portuguese, Spanish, English, or French.
Each author may have up to 3 submissions in any format (paper, research communication, workshop, or panel).
Submission Types:
Full Paper:
Authors may submit papers of up to 20,000 words (preferably in .doc format), including references. Papers with a reasonable level of development will be considered. Doctoral students whose dissertations are nearing completion may also submit full papers.
All full paper submissions for the 2026 CPA Conference and Colloquium must be anonymous.
• It is PERMITTED to submit NEW upgraded versions of papers already presented at other conferences.
• It is PROHIBITED to submit papers that have already been approved, are in pre-print, or have been published in journals.
Arts-Based Research Communications:
Works based on poetry, music, photos, videos, and cartoons may be displayed in an art gallery.
The standard submission must include the artwork followed by a summary of the discussion articulating the connection between the artwork and accounting, between 1,000 and 3,000 words, in a .doc file.
Authors are responsible for providing the poster (or any other necessary media) in the format agreed upon with the conference organizers. Please send an email to cpa2026@facc.ufrj.br.
Concurrent Panels and Workshops:
Proposals for panels or workshops scheduled to run in parallel with the conference will be considered for inclusion in the program.
Submissions for this type of activity must describe, between 1,000 and 3,000 words, in a .doc file: (i) title of the activity; (ii) a brief description of the topic, its relevance to critical accounting, and the anticipated dynamics; (iii) full names, affiliations, photo, and mini-CVs of the activity participants.
Each panel or workshop participant may be included in only one submitted proposal to provide opportunities for multiple researchers, groups, and topics.
ESC Colloquium
Graduate students (doctoral and master’s) may submit a 2,000-word abstract of their thesis or dissertation proposal (in .doc format), specifying the stage of their doctoral or master’s degree program.
Submission Template:
A recommended layout format for all submissions is available at: Doc File Submission Template
Submissions
https://www.even3.com.br/cpa2026/
The activities of the CPA 2026 Conference and Colloquium will be held at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro an'd the Getulio Vargas Foundation - EBAPE, at the following addresses:
Av. Pasteur, 250 - Urca - Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22290-240 Praia Vermelha – Palácio Universitário
Rua Jornalista Orlando Dantas, 30 - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22231-010 Edifício Roberto Campos e Centro Cultural (auditorium)
CPA conference and ESC attendees are free to choose their own accommodations.
However, the conference organizers offer some options through a partner agency (Follow-Up), available at the following link:
| Hotels with conference support:
The conference organizers will provide students (acting as guides) to escort participants to/from the venues and hotels in Praia de Botafogo, as well as to/from Botafogo and Flamengo subway stations at predetermined times. |
These hotels are:
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Travel Arrangements:
Arriving in Rio – Main Airports
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| Regarding VISA information, we recommend accessing official links from the Brazilian External Relations Ministry at: https://www.gov.br/pt-br/servicos/obter-visto-para-viajar-ao-brasil |
Registration Opens March 1st, 2026
https://www.even3.com.br/cpa2026/
Contact us:
cpa2026@facc.ufrj.br
Administrative, Operational, and Financial Support
For Conference Operational Support:
Raquel@skl.tur.br
For accommodations and travel support:
https://www.net-expert.com/followuptour/Site/Contato/?setor=eventos
