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)
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
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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.

History
Accepting PhDsResearch 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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The printing of pacioli’s summa in 1494: How many copies were printed?
Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 125-145Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.34.1.125
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Translating theory into practice: Facilitating work-based learning through IT
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 50-58Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/135580000362089
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The Perrow framework and the selection of management accounting tasks for expert system development
New Review of Applied Expert Systems and Emerging Technologies, vol. 5, pp. 129-139Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The relationship between information technology and corporate financial reporting
Information Technology & People, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 11-30Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09593849710166138
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Using the world wide web in accounting research: A huge step forward or a new constraint?
British Accounting Review, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 395-407Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/bare.1997.0058
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Strategy and impacts of expert systems for bank lending
Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 455-461Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0957-4174(96)00061-9
Editorial Comment: The integration of expert systems within the accounting curriculum
Accounting Education, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 211-216Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09639289500000025
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The bank of Scotland's COMPASS-The future of bank lending?
Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 457-468Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0957-4174(95)00016-X
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The bank of Scotland's lending adviser expert system, COMPASS
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CAIA.1995.378793
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AI Supply and Demand Agents on the WWW
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus