BA (Business Studies), MSc (Op. Res.), PhD (Acc. Ed.), Cert. TESOL, CA
Chair in Accounting History
- About
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- Email Address
- alan.sangster@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
MacRobert 809
- School/Department
- Business School
External Memberships
Editor-in-Chief, Accounting Education (Routledge)
Trustee of The Academy of Accounting Historians
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
Latest Publications
A Profession at a Crossroads—Insights from a Historical Lens
Accounting HorizonsContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/HORIZONS-2024-135
A critical history of double entry accounting 1150-1800
World Scientific. 440 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/14382-711443
Lodovico Flori's Treatise on Household Accounting for the Jesuit Order (1636): A Critical Translation
Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. 202 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004742543
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Time to reboot accounting history – evidence from scholarship on double entry
Accounting History, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 368-391Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10323732251357606
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The Diffusion of Double Entry Bookkeeping before 1800—Establishing a New Research Agenda
Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 95-113Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/AAHJ-2023-036
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Prizes and Awards
2025 Le Prix Joseph Colleye d'Histoire de la comptabilité from the Association pour l'Histoire du management et des organisations, Paris, France.
The 2022 'Outstanding Accounting Educator Award' of the American Accounting Association.
The 2022 'Outstanding Contribution to Accounting & Finance Education Award' of the British Accounting & Finance Association
The 2021 ‘Barbara D. Merino Award for Excellence in Accounting History Publication’ from the Academy of Accounting Historians section of the American Accounting Association.
The 2015 ‘Hourglass Award’ of the Academy of Accounting Historians.
The 2014 ‘Premio Enrique Fernández Peña de Historia de la Contabilidad' from The Spanish Association of Accounting and Business Administration (AECA).
The 2013 British Accounting and Finance Association ‘Life-Time Achievement Award’.
The 2009 Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Accounting Education’ from the British Accounting Association Special Interest Group in Accounting Education.
The 1997 Award for ‘Excellence in Teaching Innovation’ from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
The 1995 Award for ‘Outstanding Educator’ from the Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems Section of the American Accounting Association.
- Research
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Research Overview
Accounting History
Business History
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in History.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Accounting
- History
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
History of Accounting, business practice, and business education in the Medieval, early modern, and modern periods (c.1200-2000)
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Accounting education and ethics in the 15th century
Accounting Ethics Education: Teaching Virtues and Values. 1st edition. Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 3-30, 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429321597-2
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Manzoni’s sixteenth-century ‘Quaderno Doppio’: The evolution of accounting education towards modern times
Accounting History, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 580-601Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1032373220942330
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Impact of Research Assessment Exercises on Research Approaches and Foci of Accounting Disciplines in Australia
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 1277-1302Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-12-2019-4293
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Monopolistic professional closure, family credentials and examination procedures in the Venetian College of Accountants (16th-17th century)
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 965-989Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-11-2017-3241
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The formation and use of a profit reserve at the end of the fourteenth century
Accounting History, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 69-88Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1032373219870316
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Insights into accounting education in a COVID-19 world
Accounting Education, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 431-562Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAccounting as a tool of state ideology to control captive workers from a House of Correction
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 285-308Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-04-2018-3444
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Accounting as a tool of State governance: The tutelage system of ‘Free Africans’ in Brazil between 1818 and 1864
Accounting History, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 383-401Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1032373218809519
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De Raphaeli: Venetian double entry bookkeeping in 1475
Lomax Press, Stirling. 150 pagesBooks and Reports: Scholarly EditionsPacioli's lens: God, humanism, Euclid, and the rhetoric of double entry
Accounting review, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 299-314Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/accr-51850
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