PhD schol­ar­ship in Pub­lic Sec­tor Man­age­ment Ac­count­ing and Con­trol

Apply now Unit Department of Accounting Application deadline 11 November 2026 The Department of Accounting invites applications for a PhD position in Public Sector Management Accounting and Control. The Department of Accounting is one of the oldest and largest accounting departments in Europe.

We have a growing and flourishing research environment within financial accounting, management accounting and control, auditing, and corporate governance. Public sector organizations continuously face demands for high service quality under increasingly tighter budget constraints while simultaneously being held accountable for their performance.

Several attempts have been made to strengthen management accounting and control practices such as introducing new costing techniques, performance-based budgeting, benchmarking, and performance management. But despite these initiatives, public organizations still struggle to realize political objectives, which is further complicated by the development of new technologies and societal demands for sustainability.

Within this context, the PhD application should 1 …