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The International Journal of Accounting (TIJA) Symposia

The Symposium began in 1967 with the goal of fostering research in international accounting and populating the ranks of scholars who are interested in the field. Since 2003, the Symposium has been held abroad in collaboration with other universities to help benefit by the talents of scholars in different regions of the world.

The Symposium has three objectives:

  • Improving the quality of research through an in-depth discussion of six to ten papers
  • Learning additional research skills
  • Helping to generate new ideas.


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Group photo from the 2023 TIJA Symposium in Vienna, Austria.

2025 Illinois International Accounting Symposium

 May 19 - 22, 2025 | Leuven, Belgium

The 2025 Illinois International Accounting Symposium will be held jointly with the Accounting Research Group at KU Leuven's Faculty of Economics and Business in Belgium.

Today's rapidly evolving business and reporting environment is undergoing significant changes due to new regulations, heightened stakeholder expectations, and global initiatives aimed at improving transparency, accountability, and sustainability. The theme of the symposium will be "Regulatory Reform" (as related to accounting, corporate reporting, auditing, ESG, ...). However, innovative papers on other subjects will also be welcome. Selection of papers will depend on novelty, quality, and incremental contribution to the accounting literature. Submitted papers must not have been published or submitted elsewhere.

We will also be holding a doctoral consortium on the first day of the symposium (May 19) to assist up to 25 PhD students with their research and development of their dissertations.

Faculty of Economics and Business building at KU Leuven

Previous Symposia

1967 - 2002University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
2003University of Göttingen, Germany
2004Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
2005Kobe University, Japan
2006HEC Paris School of Management, France
2007University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA
2008Kozminski University, Poland
2009University of Catania, Italy
2010National Chengchi University & National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2011University of Macedonia, Greece
2012Brock University, Canada
2013Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China
2014University of São Paulo, Brazil
2015Xiamen University, China
2016LUISS University, Italy
2017University of Cyprus & Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
2018KAIST College of Business, South Korea
2019University of Piraeus, Greece
2023 WU, Vienna University of Business and Economics, Austria
2024Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2025(planned) KU Leuven, Belgium

Please contact the Journal Manager at tijajournal@business.illinois.edu with queries.