Maria Major

Maria João Major (publication name, Maria Major) is Full Professor of Management Accounting and Control at ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon, Portugal). She holds a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK and a Post-doc from the Manchester Business School, UK. Maria João was visiting researcher fellow at Alliance Manchester Business School, UK in 2016 and at Griffith University, Australia in 2001. She has published in academic journals such as ‘Management Accounting Research’, ‘European Accounting Review’, ‘Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal’, ‘Accounting, Organizations and Society’, ‘Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management’ and ‘Total Quality Management and Business Excellence’, among others. Maria João is also the author or co-author of several books and international book chapters. She is on the editorial board of ‘Qualitative Research on Accounting and Management’, ‘Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change’, ‘Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management’ and earlier on the editorial board of the ‘European Accounting Review’. She is additionally active in refereeing articles for a number of leading accounting journals. Maria João has served as member of scientific committees in several international accounting conferences. She was the convenor of ‘Manufacturing Accounting Research (EIASM) 2016’ and of the ‘European Network for Research on Organizational and Accounting Change (ENROAC) 2011’ conferences. Aditionally, Maria João has received teaching awards as best professor. Prior to joining ISCTE-IUL she was Associate Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics where she taught in the PhD, Master, Bachelor and Executive Education programmes.

Education

• Post-doc researcher University of Manchester - Manchester Business School (2009 — 2010)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) The University of Manchester (1998 — 2002)
• MSc in Finance Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (1994 — 1996)

Companies

• Full Professor (Professora Catedrática) ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (2019)
• Associate Professor ('with aggregation') in Management Accounting and Control Nova School of Business and Economics (2014)
• Visiting Research Fellow Alliance Manchester Business School (2016 — 2016)
• Associate Professor ISCTE-IUL (2010 — 2015)
• Head of the Accounting Department ISCTE-IUL (2012 — 2015)
• Research seminar speaker at Essex Business School University of Essex (2013 — 2013)
• Research Seminar Speaker at FEA / University of S. Paulo University of São Paulo (2013 — 2013)
• Director of the Doctoral Programme in Accounting ISCTE-IUL (2011 — 2012)
• Assistant Professor ISCTE-IUL (2002 — 2010)