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
Digital Accounting History—Adoption of a Digitalized Historical Research Methodology
Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 35-51Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA 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, Singapore. 440 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/14382
- [ONLINE] Book on publisher website
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
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/28efd4ee-29df-467e-af61-f03d1797b2d1/download
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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)
- Publications
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Pacioli'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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- [ONLINE] University of Sussex repository
Earnings management, Ultra vires borrowing, and auditing of a scottish brewery 1884–1927
Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 1-15Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/aahj-10542
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Accounting and the state: The Portuguese-Brazilian empire
The Italian and Iberian Influence in Accounting History: The Imperative of Power. Bigoni, M., Funnell, W. (eds.). Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 259-283, 25 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315164724
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Mapping forensic accounting in the UK
Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, vol. 28, pp. 43-56Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2016.12.004
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Strategic manoeuvres and impression management: communication approaches in the case of a crisis event
Business history, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 903-924Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2015.1128896
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The Genesis of Double Entry Bookkeeping
Accounting review, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 299-315Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/accr-51115
The earliest known treatise on double entry bookkeeping by Marino de Raphaeli
Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 1-33Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.42.2.1
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Jacob Roll: The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Making and Breaking of Nations, Allen Lane, Penguin Books Ltd: London, 2014, 276 + xvii pp: ISBN: 9781846146411
Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 139-156Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.42.1.139
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The Impact of Accounting Education Research
Accounting Education, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 423-444Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2015.1091740
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You Cannot Judge a Book by Its Cover: The Problems with Journal Rankings
Accounting Education, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 175-186Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2015.1055929
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