Professor Robert Scapens

Contact information Tel: 0161 275 4020 Email: robert.scapens @mbs.ac.uk Room: 1.14 Office hours: email only

Qualifications and Degrees 

• Chartered Accountant (1968)
• MA(Econ), Manchester (1970)
• PhD, Manchester (1979)
• DSc (Econ & Bus Adm) honoris causa, Vaasa, Finland (2006)
• DEcon honoris causa, Lund, Sweden (2009)

University of Manchester

• Teaching Fellow (1970-72)
• Lecturer (1972-78)
• Senior Lecturer (1979-83)
• Professor (1983-2006)
• Emeritus Professor (2006-date)

Other Current Appointments

• Professor of Management Accounting
  University of Groningen, the Netherlands (1997-date)
• Swedbank Visiting Professor, University of Lund, Sweden (2006-date)
• Visiting Professor, University of Birmingham (2006-date)
• Visiting Professor, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (2008-date)

• Editor-in-Chief of Management Accounting Research

Teaching Specialisms

Current teaching includes the following:

• Case study research methods for doctoral students
• Also supervising Phd research students

Professional

• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Member of the Research and Development Group of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Enland and Wales,
  Faculty of Finance and Management Executive Committee