Professor Justin Chircop is an accomplished academic in Accounting and Finance at Lancaster University Management School, where he currently serves as Professor of Accounting. He holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University, an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Aberdeen, and a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) from the University of Malta.

Professor Chircop’s research spans financial reporting, accounting comparability, corporate governance, and the economic consequences of regulation, with publications in leading journals such as The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Journal of Corporate Finance. His work has received awards at international conferences and featured in media outlets like Bloomberg Opinion, ICAEW Insights, and Columbia Law School’s CLS Blue Sky Blog.

He has held visiting positions at the University of Padua, the University of Iowa, and UNC Chapel Hill as a Fulbright Scholar. He also serves as Associate Editor for the British Accounting Review and sits on the editorial board of Accounting Forum.

Beyond research, he has developed innovative teaching modules on financial data platforms and supervised multiple PhD students. He is a Fellow of the ACCA and the UK Higher Education Academy and actively contributes as a reviewer for top-tier journals and grant bodies.

Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) (Melit.); MSc (ECON) Accounting & Finance (Abdn.); PhD Accounting & Finance (Lancs.); PGCAP (Lancs.); MCSE; MCAD; FCCA; FHEA; CPA.