Dear PSAAR Friends,

We would like to share a call for chapter proposals to a new Emerald book titled “Co-assessment of the Performance of Public Services: Theoretical perspectives and practical issues” that will be published within the Emerald Studies in Public Service Accounting and Accountability series (tentative deadline: mid-2025). Book editors: Carmela Barbera, Mariafrancesca Sicilia, and Ileana Steccolini.

The book welcomes contributions from different research communities that help enhance current understanding around government-led and citizens-led performance assessment initiatives, adopting different theoretical and methodological approaches, from different contexts.

More details on this Call can be found in the document attached.  

For further information, you can contact Carmela Barbera (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Key Dates:

1^st of June 2024: Submission of chapter proposals (1.000 words max)

30^th of November 2024: Chapter submission

1^st of June:  Notification of chapter acceptance 

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Dear Psaar friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the call for papers for a special issue (SI) under the theme “Digitalization, Sustainaibility and Public Sector Value Creation: New Perspectives under the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Polar Star” in the International Journal of Public Administration.

The Guest editors of the SI are Sandro Brunelli, Giuseppe Nicolò, Ferdinando Di Carlo and Camilla Falivena.

To foster wide participation from scholars active in these fields, a special track of the next Spring workshop of the EGPA Permanent Study group XII – Public Sector Financial Management – that will be held in Matera (Italy) on 9th and 10th May 2024 – will be dedicated to testing and discussing early-stage research and related ideas for those interested in submitting for the special issue.

The key dates are listed below:

1st February 2024 – Abstract submission to the EGPA PSG XII workshop special track (please specify in the proposal that is for the special track on digitalization, sustainability and value creation);
15th April 2024 – Full paper submission to the EGPA PSG XII workshop;
9th and 10th May 2024 - EGPA PSG XII workshop;
1st November 2024 – Proposal due;
15th November 2024 – Decisions on the proposal;
15th April 2025 - Paper submission to the journal for peer review
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Dear Psaar friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the call for papers for a Special Issue (SI) under the theme “Public sector entities building a more sustainable world: managing, measuring and informing on the SDGs” in Public Money and Management. 

The Guest editors of the SI are:

Francesca Manes Rossi, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy

Patria De Lancer Julnes, University of New Mexico, USA

Annamaria Zampella, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy

Research may touch on—but should not necessarily be limited to—the following topics:

• SDG reporting practices and experiences.
• SDG budgeting and green budgeting.
• Performance management in support of SDGs.
• Digitalization as a challenge for communication on SDGs.
• Experiences in participatory budgeting oriented to SDGs.
• Artificial Intelligence challenges and opportunities in managing SDGs.

The deadline for submission of research articles via the PMM online platform is 31 March 2024. The deadline for debate and new development articles is 31 May 2024.

Contact Francesca Manes Rossi (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for questions about the theme.

For the call for papers https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/public-sector-entities-building-sustainable-world/

Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the 2024 Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (JAAF) Conference that will  be hosted by the University of Naples Federico II, Italy on July 7-10, 2024.

Key Dates are:
• Conference paper submission opens: December 1, 2023
• Submission deadline: January 31, 2024
• Acceptance decisions: March 31, 2024
• Registration deadline for presenters: April 30, 2024

For more information, please visit: https://jaafnaples.webnode.it/

Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to  the 17th CIGAR 2024 Workshop, which will be held June 12-14, 2024, in Udine, Italy. The workshop theme is "Digital and smart governance for public sector accounting, auditing, and accountability."

The workshop also covers a PhD symposium, and it will host the 4th IPSASB Research Forum.

Extended abstracts (max. 800 words, including references) should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by January 15, 2024.

Authors will receive feedback in mid-February after a double-blind review by the Academic Committee.

The deadline for full paper submission is April 30, 2024.

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Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to inform you that the EPGA PSG XII Spring Workshop will be held in Matera, Italy, on May 9-10, 2024 at the University of Basilicata. Please save the date.

 
The theme of the workshop is:

The Role of Sustainability and Digital Transformation as Propellers of Public Value Creation

You are kindly invited to submit your papers for the Workshop. For the Call for papers click here.

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