29 teachers are part of the Department; most are full-time. Among the professors with doctorates, several completed theirs at prestigious European and North American universities. Likewise, the Department has a group of guest professors with management roles in important national companies and institutions, as well as prestigious professionals in the areas of auditing and taxation, which has enabled greater and more effective interaction between teaching activities and business reality in the Department and in Iscte Business School. Also noteworthy is the authorship of numerous books, many of which are reference manuals in Portugal at both the teaching and professional levels, which well portrays the pedagogical quality of the Department's teaching staff.
In addition to the Department's pedagogical reputation, international-level research has assumed increasing importance in the activities of its teachers. As a result, the Department's professors have published articles in the best international scientific journals in the field of Accounting, including European Accounting Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Management Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Abacus, Accounting and Business Research, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, among many others.
The Department periodically holds research seminars in Accounting, inviting prestigious international academics in the field to present their latest research. Furthermore, the Department actively collaborates in hosting international conferences in Accounting, having organised, in 2011, the 8th European Network for Research in Organisational and Accounting Change (ENROAC) Conference, in association with Manchester Business School (UK) and Exeter Business School (UK).
