Professor Justin Chircop
Professor of AccountingProfile
Professor Justin Chircop is an accomplished academic in Accounting and Finance at Lancaster University Management School, where he currently serves as Professor of Accounting. He holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University, an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Aberdeen, and a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) from the University of Malta.
Professor Chircop’s research spans financial reporting, accounting comparability, corporate governance, and the economic consequences of regulation, with publications in leading journals such as The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Journal of Corporate Finance. His work has received awards at international conferences and featured in media outlets like Bloomberg Opinion, ICAEW Insights, and Columbia Law School’s CLS Blue Sky Blog.
He has held visiting positions at the University of Padua, the University of Iowa, and UNC Chapel Hill as a Fulbright Scholar. He also serves as Associate Editor for the British Accounting Review and sits on the editorial board of Accounting Forum.
Beyond research, he has developed innovative teaching modules on financial data platforms and supervised multiple PhD students. He is a Fellow of the ACCA and the UK Higher Education Academy and actively contributes as a reviewer for top-tier journals and grant bodies.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) (Melit.); MSc (ECON) Accounting & Finance (Abdn.); PhD Accounting & Finance (Lancs.); PGCAP (Lancs.); MCSE; MCAD; FCCA; FHEA; CPA.
Firm-Level Political Risk and Corporate Misconduct
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2024
Research
US Fulbright Scholarship
01/04/2017 → 30/09/2017
Other
Common auditors and cross-country M&A transactions
01/05/2016 → 31/12/2016
Research
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Banking and Finance (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Banking and Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Review of Accounting Studies (Journal)
Editorial activity
Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility (Journal)
Editorial activity
International Review of Financial Analysis (Journal)
Editorial activity
Social Responsibility Journal (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
Management Science (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Banking and Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
European Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Applied Economics (Journal)
Editorial activity
BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants SRG 2025 Round (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Finance Research Letters (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (Journal)
Editorial activity
Economic Modelling (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
2025 FARS Midyear Meeting (Event)
Membership of committee
International Review of Financial Analysis (Journal)
Editorial activity
Finance Research Letters (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants SRG 2024 Round (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting in Europe (Journal)
Editorial activity
Management Science (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (Journal)
Editorial activity
European Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Review of Accounting Studies (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants SRG 2023 Round (External organisation)
Membership of committee
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Banking and Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Economic Modelling (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
Contemporary Accounting Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
2023 AAA Annual Meeting (Event)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Banking and Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
International Review of Financial Analysis (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
European Accounting Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Social Responsibility Journal (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Accounting Review (Journal)
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Managerial Finance (Journal)
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Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (Journal)
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Journal of Business Research (Journal)
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Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
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Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
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Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
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Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (Journal)
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British Journal of Management (Journal)
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Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
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British Accounting Review (Journal)
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Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
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Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
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British Journal of Management (Journal)
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Managerial Finance (Journal)
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Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting in Europe (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
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Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
Business Ethics: A European Review (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
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Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
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Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
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Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
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British Journal of Management (Journal)
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Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of International Accounting Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
Journal of International Accounting Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Publication peer-review
British Accounting Review (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Contemporary Accounting Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Accounting and Economics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Social Responsibility Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Business Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Social Responsibility Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Social Responsibility Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Accounting in Europe (Journal)
Publication peer-review
European Accounting Review (Journal)
Publication peer-review
2018 AAA Annual Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Research Paper Presentation
Invited talk
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Accounting Forum (Journal)
Editorial activity
Management Science (Journal)
Publication peer-review
2017 AAA Annual Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Research Paper Presentation
Invited talk
Journal of Banking and Finance (Journal)
Publication peer-review
2nd Entrepreneurial Finance Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
2017 FMA European Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Research Paper Presentation
Invited talk
Research Paper Presentation
Invited talk
40th EAA Annual Congress
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (Journal)
Publication peer-review
39th EAA Annual Congress
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
CFA-FRL-JIFMIM-Schulich Conference on Developments in Financial Institutions, Governance and Misconduct
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
2015 Journal of Accounting and Economics Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
38th EAA Annual Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Joint conference of the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Research Task Force of the BCBS
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
2014 AAA Annual Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
4th WHU Doctoral Summer Program in Accounting Research (SPAR)
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
2012 AAA Annual Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
35th EAA Annual Congress
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
American Accounting Association (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
The Higher Education Academy (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
7th Annual International Conference on Business
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
32nd EAA Annual Congress
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
European Accounting Association (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Pentland Centre
- Accounting, Finance, Governance and Banking
- Bank Accounting and Regulation