Susana Jorge is a Professor of Public Sector Accounting and Financial Business Accounting at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, and an integrated member of the Research Center in Political Science (CICP), working within the group of public finance and accounting.
Susana is a member of the Portuguese public sector accounting standard-setter since March 2013, and has been deeply involved in the preparation of the new IPSAS-based public sector accounting system. As a consequence of this participation, Susana is also involved in an international project addressing the public sector accounting reforms as a result of the IPSAS adoption in the Iberian Peninsula.
Since a few years, she has also been involved in several research international networks, related to public sector accounting and management: CIGAR – Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research (Board Member since June 2009); EGPA – European Group of Public Management (PSG XII in “Public Sector Financial Management”); and IRSPM – International Research Society for Public Management (SIG in “Accounting, Accountability and Performance Measurement”). Susana is a member of GRUDIS – Portuguese Network of Accounting Research too, since 2008.
Susana Jorge works in public sector financial reporting in different perspectives. Recently she has worked in the relationship between governmental accounting (micro perspective) and the national accounts (macro perspective), also linked with transparency and open government issues. Her research focuses relies especially on the local government context.
Regarding recent projects, Susana became involved in issues related to the use of accounting information by politicians and the role of information intermediaries in this setting.
Reflections on being CIGAR Executive Board Chair
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
Measuring local public expenditure effectiveness using sustainable development goals
International Journal of Public Sector Management
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
The IPSASB’s Conceptual Framework and views on selected national frameworks
European Public Sector Accounting
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Reporting components and reliability issues
European Public Sector Accounting
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
European Public Sector Accounting
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book
Editorial: PMM CIGAR theme: Public sector accounting—educating for reform challenges
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
The institutional environment of gender budgeting: Learning from the Portuguese experience
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
Municipal revenue over-budgeting: a dynamic analysis of its determinants
Local Government Studies
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
Debate: Data science challenges to financial information in the public sector
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
Debate: Auditing and political accountability in local government—dealing with paradoxes in the relationship between the executive and the council
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
FINANCIAL INFORMATION USE IN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES IN A CHANGING CONTEXT
Public Organization Review
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
Public sector accounting: educating for reform challenges
Public Money and Management
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Issue
European Public Sector Accounting (2nd edition)
IUC – Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Edited Book
Debate: Auditing and political accountability in local governmentdealing with paradoxes in the relationship between the executive and the council
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Journal Article
Financial Vulnerability
Local governments financial vulnerability: analyzing the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Public sector accounting educationstocktaking, challenges and innovations
Public Money and Management
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Journal Issue
Editorial
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Journal Article
New development: The development of standardized charts of accounts in public sector accounting
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Journal Article
Local government auditing in Portugal
Auditing practices in local governments. An international comparison
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Debate: On the ‘why’ of gender budgeting
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
Municipal financial vulnerability in pandemic crises: a framework for analysis
Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
Enforcement and accounting quality in the context of IFRS: is there a gap in the literature?
International Journal of Accounting and Information Management
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
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The Institutionalization of a New Accrual-based Public Sector Accounting System: The Case of Cape Verde*
International Journal of Public Administration
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
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Measuring the Quality of the Strategic Financial Planning Information (Q-FPI) in the Local Government
International Journal of Public Administration
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
Country Performance in the South American Region: A Multivariate Analysis
International Journal of Public Administration
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
Debate: On the why of gender budgeting
Public Money & Management
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
The institutionalization of public sector accounting reforms: the role of pilot entities
Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
The Institutionalization of a New Accrual-based Public Sector Accounting System: The Case of Cape Verde*
International Journal of Public Administration
Publication date: 2021
Type of publication: Journal Article
The Institutionalization of a New Accrual-based Public Sector Accounting System: The Case of Cape Verde
International Journal of Public Administration
Publication date: 2020
Type of publication: Journal Article