Professor Ileana Steccolini
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Email
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Location
EBS.3.13, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Ileana Steccolini is a Professor of Accounting and the Director of Research at Essex Business School. She held previous positions at Newcastle University and Bocconi University and was a visiting scholar at the University of Sydney, the University of Edinburgh, RMIT Melbourne, Universit脿 della Svizzera Italiana, Getulio Vargas Foundation. Her expertise develops at the interface among accounting and public administration and management. She has published on public sector accounting, budgeting, performance management, accountability and accountee-abilities, reform and change processes, governmental financial resilience, inclusion, participation and gender in public services. She is the editor in Chief of Financial Accountability and Management and serves/d in the editorial boards of Public Administration Review, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, Public Budgeting and Finance, the Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management, the International Journal of Public Sector Management, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, and the Journal of Government and Nonprofit Accounting. She is the President of the International Research Society of Public Management, the Chair and founder of the Public Service Accounting and Accountability Group, the Chair of the EIASM conference on Public Sector Accounting and Accountability, and she was the Chair of the Standing Scientific Committee of the European Accounting Association until 2025. She is a member of the Advisory board of CIPFA International.
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Governmental financial resilience
Public sector accounting reforms
Roles, uses and users of accounting information in public services
Performance measurement in public services
Roles of accounting and accountability in inclusive public services and societies
Corruption and Supreme Audit Institutions
Digitalization of public services, accounting and accountability
Inclusion, participation and coproduction in public services: roles for accounting and accountability systems
Conferences and presentations
鈥淔rom public accountability to accountee-ability: potential and challenges鈥�
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, Public Organization Management Accounting and Accountability conference, Gothenburg University., Public Organization Management Accounting and Accountability conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15/5/2024
鈥淓volutions in non-financial reporting: Towards public values Accounting鈥�.
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, International Congress of Accounting, Portuguese Order of Certified Accountants and University of Minho., 14/3/2024
"Qualitiative research methods", Research Methods seminars, National PhD in "Regulation, Management and Law of Public Sector Organizations", Italy
Research Methods seminar series, National PhD in "Regulation, Management and Law of Public Sector Organizations", Italy, Research Methods seminars, National PhD in "Regulation, Management and Law of Public Sector Organizations", Italy, 16/3/2023
Keynote speaker, 鈥淎ccounting and publicness: reflections on possible ways forward鈥�
GRUDIS conference, Coimbra University, Portugal, GRUDIS conference, Coimbra University, Portugal, 27/1/2023
Keynote speech - APIRA Thought Leadership - Critical issue in the qualitative tradition
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, 9/9/2021
Chair - Editors' forum - EAA annual conference
Invited presentation, 27/5/2021
Plenary Speech - "Publicness as pluralism: reflecting on the scope of acconting(studies)"
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, EGPA Permanent Study Group XII Public sector financial management, 21/1/2021
"Digitalization, Accounting and Accountability: A literature review and reflections on future research in public services"
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, CAAGA-NCAFA conference, Trilogi University, Indonesia, 15/12/2020
"Learning from public sector accounting research? Accounting for...resilence"
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, MARG conference, Aston Business School, 20/11/2020
Governmental financial resilience - invited speech - CIPFA annual conference
Invited presentation, CIPFA annual conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 10/7/2019
Connecting public management, accounting and financial management: a European/international perspective
Invited presentation, Financial Dimensions of Public Organization Performance and Theory - PMRA pre-conference workshop - invited speech, 11/6/2019
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Accounting Project (BE936)
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In-Site Workshop Series (BE961)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree type: Occasional Postgraduate Study
Awarded date: 26/6/2021
Publications
Journal articles (89)
Licsandru, T., Meliou, E., Steccolini, I. and Chang, SM., (2025). . Public Administration
Sicilia, M., Steccolini, I., Mauro, SG., Barbera, C. and Grossi, G., (2025). . Financial Accountability and Management. 41 (3), 583-601
Barbera, C., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2025). . Public Administration. 103 (3), 814-827
Steccolini, I. and Barbera, C., (2025). . Contemporary Accounting Research. 42 (3), 1589-1619
Wickramasinghe, D., Adhikari, P., Steccolini, I. and Jayasinghe, K., (2025). The Recovery of Public Sector Accounting as a Site of Possibility: Publicness and Localised-led Development. Financial Accountability and Management
Albrecht, N., Korac, S., Saliterer, I. and Steccolini, I., (2025). . Public Management Review, 1-33
Steccolini, I., (2025). . Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 1-28
Dom, BK., Lino, A. and Steccolini, I., (2025). . Public Money & Management, 1-6
Steccolini, I., Saliterer, I., Korac, S., Dom, BK., Barbera, C. and Duboys, C., (2024). . Public Administration Review. 85 (3), 717-736
Nitzl, C., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2024). . International Public Management Journal. 27 (6), 972-997
Vollmer, H., van Helden, J. and Steccolini, I., (2024). . Public Money and Management. 44 (8), 733-736
Anessi Pessina, E. and Steccolini, I., (2024). . British Accounting Review. 56 (3), 101327-101327
Barbera, C., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2024). . Public Money and Management. 44 (8), 727-732
McDonald, BD., Ferry, L., McCandless, SA., Jordan, MM., Steccolini, I., Bartle, JR., Ahrens, T., Haslam, J., Joyce, PG. and Polzer, T., (2024). . Public Administration
Columbano, C., PIanezzi, D. and Steccolini, I., (2024). . Abacus: a journal of accounting, finance and business studies. 61 (1), 143-161
Steccolini, I., (2023). . Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 36 (3), 1032-1057
Grossi, G., Steccolini, I., Adhikari, P., Brown, J., Christensen, M., Cordery, C., Ferry, L., Lassou, P., McDonald III, B., Raudla, R., Sicilia, M. and Vinnari, E., (2023). . Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management. 20 (1), 1-37
Galizzi, G., Meliou, E. and Steccolini, I., (2023). Editorial: Gender budgeting鈥擨nsights from contemporary experiences. Public Money & Management. 43 (6), 527-529
Steccolini, I., Trivellato, B., Cristofoli, D., Galizzi, G. and Sicilia, M., (2023). . Public Management Review. 27 (4), 956-980
Lino, A., Azevedo, RRD., Aquino, ACBD. and Steccolini, I., (2022). . Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 83, 102384-102384
Agostino, D., Saliterer, I. and Steccolini, I., (2022). . Financial Accountability and Management. 38 (2), 152-176
Leoni, G., Lai, A., Stacchezzini, R., Steccolini, I., Brammer, S., Linneluecke, M. and Demirag, I., (2022). . Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 35 (1), 1-19
Steccolini, I., Rana, T., Bracci, E. and Mihret, D., (2022). . Financial Accountability and Management. 38 (3), 337-359
Arnaboldi, M., de Bruijn, H., Steccolini, I. and Van der Voort, H., (2022). . Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management. 19 (3), 241-254
Agostino, D., Bracci, E. and Steccolini, I., (2022). . Financial Accountability and Management. 38 (2), 145-151
Ferry, L., Radcliffe, VS. and Steccolini, I., (2022). . Financial Accountability and Management. 38 (3), 325-336
Capalbo, F., Watkins, D., Steccolini, I. and Alvino, F., (2021). . Public Money and Management. 41 (3), 181-183
Galizzi, G., Meliou, E. and Steccolini, I., (2021). Theme: Experiences and challenges with gender budgeting and accounting. Moving towards gender-responsive forms of accountability?. Public Money & Management. 41 (7), 499-501
Barbera, C., Jones, M., Korac, S., Saliterer, I. and Steccolini, I., (2021). . International Review of Administrative Sciences. 87 (1), 154-170
Steccolini, I., Bracci, E., Saliterer, I. and Sicilia, MF., (2021). . Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 34 (7), 1513-1526
Leoni, G., Lai, A., Stacchezzini, R., Steccolini, I., Brammer, S., Linnenluecke, M. and Demirag, I., (2021). . Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 34 (6), 1305-1319
Tucker, B., Ferry, L., Steccolini, I. and Saliterer, I., (2020). . Public Money & Management. 40 (1), 5-7
Thomasson, A., Lapsley, I. and Steccolini, I., (2020). . Financial Accountability & Management. 36 (2), 113-116
Aquino, ACBD., Caperchione, E., Cardoso, RL. and Steccolini, I., (2020). . Revista de Administra莽茫o P煤blica. 54 (1), 1-10
Anessi-Pessina, E., Barbera, C., Langella, C., Manes-Rossi, F., Sancino, A., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2020). . Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management. 32 (5), 957-965
Lapsley, I., Miller, P. and Steccolini, I., (2020). . Financial Accountability and Management. 36 (4), 343-346
Aquino, ACBD., Caperchione, E., Cardoso, RL. and Steccolini, I., (2020). Influ锚ncias estrangeiras no desenvolvimento e inova莽玫es recentes em contabilidade e finan莽as do setor p煤blico na Am茅rica Latina. Revista de Administra莽茫o P煤blica. 54 (1), 1-10
Safari, M., Bicudo de Castro, V. and Steccolini, I., (2020). . Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 33 (8), 1761-1789
Korac, S., Saliterer, I., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2020). Contrasting and explaining purposeful and legitimizing uses of performance information: a mayor鈥檚 perspective. Public Management Review. 22 (4), 553-577
Barbera, C., Guarini, E. and Steccolini, I., (2020). . Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 33 (3), 529-558
Steccolini, I., Saliterer, I. and Guthrie, J., (2020). . Public Administration. 98 (1), 3-13
Steccolini, I., (2019). New development: Gender (responsive) budgeting鈥攁 reflection on critical issues and future challenges. Public Money & Management. 39 (5), 379-383
Steccolini, I., Anessi-Pessina, E., Caruana, J. and Sicilia, MF., (2019). . International Journal of Public Sector Management. 33 (2/3), 285-306
Steccolini, I. and Dabbicco, G., (2019). . International Journal of Public Sector Management. 33 (2/3), 229-245
Reichborn-Kjennerud, K., Gonz谩lez-D铆az, B., Bracci, E., Carrington, T., Hathaway, J., Jeppesen, KK. and Steccolini, I., (2019). . The British Accounting Review. 51 (5), 100842-100842
Baekgaard, M., Belle, N., Serritzlew, S., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2019). . Journal of Behavioral Public Administration. 2 (2)
Hyndman, N., Liguori, M., Meyer, RE., Polzer, T., Seiwald, J. and Steccolini, I., (2019). . Abacus. 55 (3), 582-609
Nitzl, C., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2019). Exploring the links between different performance information uses, NPM cultural orientation, and organizational performance in the public sector. Public Management Review. 21 (5), 686-710
Steccolini, I., (2019). . Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 32 (1), 255-279
Hyndman, N., Liguori, M., Meyer, RE., Polzer, T., Rota, S., Seiwald, J. and Steccolini, I., (2018). . Public Management Review. 20 (9), 1374-1399
Liguori, M. and Steccolini, I., (2018). The power of language in legitimating public-sector reforms: When politicians 鈥渢alk鈥� accounting. The British Accounting Review. 50 (2), 161-173
Fattore, G., Iacovone, D. and Steccolini, I., (2018). . Public Management Review. 20 (4), 587-606
Belardinelli, P., Bell茅, N., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2018). Framing Effects under Different Uses of Performance Information: An Experimental Study on Public Managers. Public Administration Review. 78 (6), 841-851
Liguori, M., Steccolini, I. and Rota, S., (2018). Studying administrative reforms through textual analysis: the case of Italian central government accounting. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 84 (2), 308-333
Barbera, C., Jones, M., Korac, S., Saliterer, I. and Steccolini, I., (2017). Governmental financial resilience under austerity in Austria, England and Italy: How do local governments cope with financial shocks?. Public Administration. 95 (3), 670-697
Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2017). Public budgeting in search for an identity: state of the art and future challenges. Public Management Review. 19 (7), 905-910
Anessi-Pessina, E., Barbera, C., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2016). Public sector budgeting: a European review of accounting and public management journals. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 29 (3), 491-519
Giacomini, D., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2016). Contextualizing politicians鈥� uses of accounting information: reassurance and ammunition. Public Money & Management. 36 (7), 483-490
Barbera, C., Guarini, E. and Steccolini, I., (2016). Italian Municipalities and the Fiscal Crisis: Four Strategies for Muddling Through. Financial Accountability & Management. 32 (3), 335-361
Barbera, C., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2016). What Mr. Rossi Wants in Participatory Budgeting: Two R鈥檚 (Responsiveness and Representation) and Two I鈥檚 (Inclusiveness and Interaction). International Journal of Public Administration. 39 (13), 1088-1100
Bracci, E., Humphrey, C., Moll, J. and Steccolini, I., (2015). Public sector accounting, accountability and austerity: more than balancing the books?. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 28 (6), 878-908
de Lancer Julnes, P. and Steccolini, I., (2015). Introduction to Symposium: Performance and accountability in complex settings鈥擬etrics, methods, and politics. International Review of Public Administration. 20 (4), 329-334
Arnaboldi, M., Lapsley, I. and Steccolini, I., (2015). Performance Management in the Public Sector: The Ultimate Challenge. Financial Accountability & Management. 31 (1), 1-22
Grossi, G. and Steccolini, I., (2015). Pursuing Private or Public Accountability in the Public Sector? Applying IPSASs to Define the Reporting Entity in Municipal Consolidation. International Journal of Public Administration. 38 (4), 325-334
DITILLO, A., LIGUORI, M., SICILIA, M. and STECCOLINI, I., (2015). CONTROL PATTERNS IN CONTRACTING鈥怬UT RELATIONSHIPS: IT MATTERS WHAT YOU DO, NOT WHO YOU ARE. Public Administration. 93 (1), 212-229
Grossi, G. and Steccolini, I., (2014). Guest Editorial: Accounting for public governance. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. 11 (2), 86-91
Grossi, G. and Steccolini, I., (2014). Guest Editorial: Accounting for public governance. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. 11 (2), 86-91
Liguori, M. and Steccolini, I., (2014). Accounting, innovation and public-sector change. Translating reforms into change?. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 25 (4-5), 319-323
Anessi鈥怭essina, E., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2012). Budgeting and Rebudgeting in Local Governments: Siamese Twins?. Public Administration Review. 72 (6), 875-884
Liguori, M., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2012). Some Like it Non-Financial聽鈥�. Public Management Review. 14 (7), 903-922
Alesani, D., Jensen, G. and Steccolini, I., (2012). IPSAS adoption by the World Food Programme: an application of the contingency model to intergovernmental organisations. International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management. 2 (1), 61-61
Liguori, M., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2011). Some Like it Non-Financial …. Public Management Review. 14 (7), 903-922
Liguori, M. and Steccolini, I., (2011). Accounting change: explaining the outcomes, interpreting the process. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 25 (1), 27-70
Lapsley, I., Midwinter, A., Nambiar, T. and Steccolini, I., (2011). Government budgeting, power and negotiated order. Management Accounting Research. 22 (1), 16-25
Steccolini, I. and Liguori, M., (2011). CALL FOR PAPERS. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 22 (3), I-I
Steccolini, I., (2010). Financial management for local government. European Accounting Review. 19 (2), 385-389
Cristofoli, D., Ditillo, A., Liguori, M., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2010). Do environmental and task characteristics matter in the control of externalized local public services?. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 23 (3), 350-372
Liguori, M., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2009). Politicians versus managers: roles and interactions in accounting cycles. International Journal of Public Sector Management. 22 (4), 310-323
Marcuccio, M. and Steccolini, I., (2009). Patterns of voluntary extended performance reporting in Italian local authorities. International Journal of Public Sector Management. 22 (2), 146-167
Nasi, G. and Steccolini, I., (2008). Implementation of accounting reforms. Public Management Review. 10 (2), 175-196
Nasi, G. and Steccolini, I., (2008). Implementation of accounting reforms. Public Management Review. 10 (2), 175-196
Mussari, R. and Steccolini, I., (2006). Using the Internet for Communicating Performance Information. Public Money and Management. 26 (3), 193-196
Mussari, R. and Steccolini, I., (2006). Using the Internet for Communicating Performance Information. Public Money & Management. 26 (3), 193-196
Caccia, L. and Steccolini, I., (2006). Accounting change in Italian local governments: What's beyond managerial fashion?. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 17 (2-3), 154-174
Marcuccio, M. and Steccolini, I., (2005). Social and environmental reporting in local authorities. Public Management Review. 7 (2), 155-176
Alesani, D., Steccolini, I. and Guthrie, J., (2005). An Extended Performance Reporting Framework for the Italian Healthcare Industry
Marcuccio, M. and Steccolini, I., (2005). Social and environmental reporting in local authorities. Public Management Review. 7 (2), 155-176
Anessi鈥怭essina, E. and Steccolini, I., (2005). Evolutions and Limits of New Public Management鈥擨nspired Budgeting Practices in Italian Local Governments. Public Budgeting & Finance. 25 (2), 1-14
Steccolini, I., (2004). Is the Annual Report an Accountability Medium? An Empirical Investigation into Italian Local Governments. Financial Accountability & Management. 20 (3), 327-350
Book chapters (10)
Steccolini, I., Barbera, C., Duboys, C., Dom, BK., Korac, S. and Saliterer, I., Government financial resilience 鈥� a European perspective
Steccolini, I. and Barbera, C., (2024). TACKLING CRISES AND AUSTERITY: RECONSIDERING THE RELEVANCE OF GOVERNMENTAL CAPACITIES FOR RESILIENCE. In: The Resilience of New Public Management. Oxford University PressOxford. 160- 177. 0198883811
Van Helden, J. and Steccolini, I., (2024). . In: Handbook of Accounting in Society. Editors: Vollmer, H., . Edward Elgar. 91- 106. 9781803922003
Barbera, C., Kofi Dom, B., Duboys, C., Korac, S., Saliterer, I. and Steccolini, I., (2023). . In: Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance. Editors: Johnson, CL., Moldogaziev, TT. and Ross, JM., . Edward Elgar. 408- 432. 9781800372955
Steccolini, I., (2022). . In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management. Editors: Schedler, K., . Edward Elgar. 234- 238. 9781800375499
Saliterer, I., Korac, S., Barbera, C. and Steccolini, I., (2021). . In: Local Public Finance an International Comparative Regulatory Perspective. Editors: . Springer International Publishing. 319- 332. 9783030674656
Saliterer, I., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2018). Public Budgets and Budgeting in Europe: State of the Art and Future Challenges. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 141- 163. 9781137552686
Barbera, C., Borgonovi, E. and Steccolini, I., (2016). Popular Reporting and Public Governance: The Case of 鈥淏ilancio in Arancio鈥� in Milan Municipality. In: Governance and Performance in Public and Non-Profit Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 3- 30. 9781786351081
Liguori, M., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2014). Public Value as Performance: Politicians鈥� and Managers鈥� Perspectives on the Importance of Budgetary, Accruals and Non-Financial Information. In: Public Value Management, Measurement and Reporting. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 85- 104. 9781784410117
Liguori, M., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2012). Politicians and administrators: Two characters in search of a role. In: Reforming the Public Sector how to Achieve Better Transparency Service and Leadership. 157- 170
Conferences (1)
Barbera, C., Sicilia, M. and Steccolini, I., (2016). The Participatory Budgeting as a Form of Co-production
Grants and funding
2024
Local Authorities锟� Financial Resilience
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
Online toolkit development for assessing Local governments锟� financial resilience
黑料网
2023
Assessing Sweden's municipalities Financial Resilience
Association of Local Government Economists (KEF)
EU-CIEMBLY: Creating an Inclusive European Citizens锟� Assembly
European Commission
2020
Incoming Visiting Fellowship for South African colleague
黑料网 (GCRF)
Tackling Covid19 through co-production: engaging Brazilian vulnerable communities in facing the consequences of pandemics
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council