Sofia Lourenço

Biografia

I am an Associate Professor at ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, with a PhD from Harvard Business School. 

My research is in the field of management accounting, specifically I address how incentives and control systems affect the behavior of employees and managers in organizations. I use field experiments and surveys to address these issues.

I have published in leading academic journals in the field of accounting such as The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research and Management Accounting Research. My research has also been distinguished with academic awards such as the Outstanding Management Accounting Section Dissertation Award and the Notable Contribution to the Management Accounting Literature Award, both from the American Accounting Association.

I am the organizer of the 2024 Management Accounting Section Midyear Conference (American Accounting Association) and the co-organizer of the 2023 Management Accounting Section Midyear Conference. I am also the Chairperson and Co-Organizer of the EIASM Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control (2021, 2023).

I was elected the National Representative of Portugal in the Board of the European Accounting Association (term 2022-2026) and I belong to the Scientific Committee of ENEAR – European Network of Experimental Accounting Research.

I also contribute to the development of the accounting academic community in Portugal. I am on the board of GRUDIS – Portuguese Network of Accounting Research. Since 2017 I am the President of the Scientific Committee of the Grudis Conferences and the co-organizer of Grudis workshops.