BA (Business Studies), MSc (Op. Res.), PhD (Acc. Ed.), Cert. TESOL, CA
Chair in Accounting History
- 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 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)
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The emergence of double entry bookkeeping
Sangster, A.Economic History Review, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 499-528Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13358
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'Going digital': Its place in research into the history of modern accounting
Sangster, A.Accounting History, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 7-22Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAccounting History in the Digital Age
Sangster, A., Leoni, G.Accounting History, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 3-6Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAccounting history in the digital age
Leoni, G., Sangster, A.Accounting History, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 3-6Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10323732251313890
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Digitalising medieval accounting research: Andrea Barbarigo’s Venetian Cash Account 1430–1434
Kuter, M., Sangster, A., Gurskaya, M., Lugovsky, D., Evtykh, S.Accounting History, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 44-67Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10323732241301777
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Digitalising medieval accounting research – Andrea Barbarigo's Venetian Cash Account 1430-1434
Kuter, M., Sangster, A., Gurskaya, M., Lugovsky, D., Evtykh, S.Accounting History, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 44-67Contributions to Journals: Articles‘Going digital’ – Its place in research into the history of modern accounting
Sangster, A.Accounting History, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 7-22Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10323732231196256
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Special issues in Accounting History from the guest editors’ perspective
Maran, L., Lai, A., Napier, C. J., Sandu, R., Sangster, A.Accounting HistoryContributions to Journals: ArticlesThe diffusion of double entry bookkeeping before 1800 - establishing a new research agenda
Sangster, A.Accounting Historians JournalContributions to Journals: ArticlesTime to reboot accounting history – evidence from scholarship on double entry
Sangster, A.Accounting HistoryContributions to Journals: ArticlesUnethical Peer Review
Sangster, A.Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 95-109Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/AAHJ-2023-029
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The emergence of double entry bookkeeping
Sangster, A.Economic History Review, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 499-528Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBookkeeping, but not for profit: A special form of double entry in a 16th century Venetian charity
Lusiani, M., Pancot, C., Sangster, A., Vedovato, M.British Accounting Review, vol. 55, no. 5, 101175Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAccounting and accountability practices in the obraje of San Ildefonso of Quito: An eighteenth century productive proto-capitalist model
Rossi, R., Sangster, A.Accounting History, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 58-89Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVale Lúcia Lima Rodrigues
Sangster, A.Accounting History, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 5-8Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10323732231153417
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Avoiding Whig interpretations in historical research: an illustrative case study
Vasconcelos, A., Sangster, A., Rodrigues, L. L.Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1402-1430Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-10-2020-4977
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Lost in translation: Pacioli’s de computis et scripturis
Sangster, A., Santini, F.Accounting History, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 311-342Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Business Needs that Drove the Emergence of Double Entry: In Defense of Pacioli, again … It is Time to Remove Those Dark Glasses
Sangster, A.Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 93-109Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/AAHJ-2021-022
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Basil yamey (1919–2020): A reflection on his contribution to accounting history
Sangster, A.Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 67-70Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/AAHJ-2020-024
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The Life and Works of Luca Pacioli (1446/7‒1517), Humanist Educator
Sangster, A.Abacus, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 126-152Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/abac.12218
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Luca Pacioli and his art
Sangster, A.De Computis, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 9-27Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAccounting education and ethics in the 15th century
Sangster, A.Accounting Ethics Education: Teaching Virtues and Values. 1st edition. Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 3-30, 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429321597-2
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Manzoni’s sixteenth-century ‘Quaderno Doppio’: The evolution of accounting education towards modern times
Mari, L. M., Picciaia, F., Sangster, A.Accounting History, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 580-601Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1032373220942330
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15089/1/Mari_etal_AH_Manzoni_AAM.pdf
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Impact of Research Assessment Exercises on Research Approaches and Foci of Accounting Disciplines in Australia
O'Connell, B., De Lange, P., Stoner, G., Sangster, A.Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 1277-1302Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMonopolistic professional closure, family credentials and examination procedures in the Venetian College of Accountants (16th-17th century)
Sargiacomo, M., Corsi, C., D'Amico, L., Di Cimbrini, T., Sangster, A.Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 965-989Contributions to Journals: Articles