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Reflections from the CRAFiC workshop

In June Sheffield University Management School hosted a CRAFiC workshop bringing together leading researchers to explore how AI is transforming finance and accounting. Here we share some reflections from the day.
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Audit costs for English councils more than tripled from 2022/23 to 2023/24

English Councils are now charged more than double Welsh and Scottish Councils per hour of additional audit work. In their new report, the Audit Reform Lab calls on Labour to beef up its plans for local audit regulation.
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Voluntary Local Review report published following knowledge transfer partnership with Basildon Borough Council

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Dr Abi O’Connor joins CRAFiC through the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme

Abi O’Connor will join Sheffield University Management School’s Centre for Research into Accounting and Finance in Context to research a project titled ‘Following urban assetisation: a comparative theory of local state restructuring’.
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Financial Literacy – From Sheffield, UK to Patna, India and beyond

A financial literacy workshop for secondary school pupils in India has been held by CRAFiC as part of a project to develop resources to guide financial literacy education.
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Reimagining Accounting and Finance: Doctoral Research Highlights from the 2025 Management School Doctoral Conference

CRAFiC is proud to support critical, interdisciplinary and impact-driven research that addresses some of the most pressing questions in finance, accounting, sustainability and governance.
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Strengthening worker voice in Bangladesh's garment industry

A new book chapter, written by Dr Sharmin Shabnam Rahman, alongside Jette Steen Knudsen and Jeremy Moon, shares insights from their latest research on Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment sector.
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New report critiques supply-side urban development

The new report, written by Richard Goulding, Adam Leaver and Jonathan Silver, critically examines the supply-side, property-led urban development model, using Manchester as a case study.
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Dr Matt Burke receives Financial Times award for the impact of his academic research

Dr Matt Burke, alongside colleagues, is working to integrate climate science into real world financial indicators. This is essential for communicating the risk that climate change poses to the economy.