Bettina Forget, Sylvie Ouellette and Erica Pimentel are members of the Public Scholars program at Concordia University in Montreal. They talk to us about the link between art and space science, how bacteria scavenge iron from their surroundings, and how accountants work with blockchain. We also talk about a problematic article in a chemistry journal.

Prof. Marcia Annisette studies the accounting profession from an interdisciplinary perspective. She talks about the importance of having a PhD supervisor who is excited by the same questions that you are.

Emeritus Prof. Prem Sikka is a fearless accounting scholar. He talks about what it’s like to do research where you need to consult a lawyer before publishing your work.

Prof. Marie-Soleil Tremblay is a public sector accounting scholar who coaches media in Quebec on how to ask better questions about provincial budgets. Her work also looks at how diversity on boards of directors and audit committees makes them more effective. She says that simply forcing boards to include more women doesn’t fix the lack of diversity all by itself.

Prof. Markus Milne is a critical accounting scholar who examines corporate social and environmental reporting. A passionate mountaineer and a passionate teacher, he has become increasingly pessimistic about our ability to put an end to the effects of consumer capitalism on the planet.

Prof. Christine Cooper is a critical accounting scholar whose research helps us understand how accounting is used to govern the neoliberal state.