Professor Alan Sangster

External Memberships

Editor-in-Chief, Accounting Education (Routledge)

Deputy Chair, BAFA Accounting History SIG

Trustee of The Academy of Accounting Historians

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)

Prizes and Awards

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 Overview

Accounting History

Business History

Current Research

History of Accounting, business practice, and business education in the Medieval, early modern, and modern periods (c.1200-2000)