Professor Justin Chircop

Professor of Accounting

Profile

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.

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

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)
Editorial activity

Managerial Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (Journal)
Editorial activity

Journal of Business Research (Journal)
Editorial activity

Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Editorial activity

Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity

Accounting and Business Research (Journal)
Editorial activity

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)
Editorial activity

Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity

Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity

British Journal of Management (Journal)
Editorial activity

Managerial Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity

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)
Editorial activity

Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity

Business Ethics: A European Review (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

Journal of Corporate Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity

British Journal of Management (Journal)
Editorial activity

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

  • Accounting, Finance, Governance and Banking
  • Bank Accounting and Regulation