Professors

Raluca SANDU

Associate Professor

Socio-political studies of accounting, Accounting history, CSR, Accounting profession, Critical discourse analysis, Governmentality studies

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Raluca SANDU

Academy

Transformation

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Global Risks

Location

Paris

Discipline

Accounting

Dr. Raluca Sandu is Associate Professor of finance and accounting at SKEMA Business School. She is Faculty Dean since October 2024, and a member of the Executive Committee since 2023, after acting previously as Associate Dean of Faculty, and Associate Dean of the Academy Globalisation. Before joining SKEMA in 2009 she was lecturer and International Relations Director at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest. Raluca Sandu holds a doctorate in management sciences from the University of Orleans – France. Her research interests are in interdisciplinary studies on accounting, geopolitics of accounting, and accounting history. She is member of the editorial board of Accounting History (with an expertise in transitional economies), and invited editor of a 2022 special issue on accounting and work in a historical context. Raluca Sandu is co-leading the thematic group on accounting history of the French Accounting Association (AFC). She is also a graduate of the faculty leadership program from EFMD (2024), and of the International Teachers Program at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS, 2015), as well as member of various professional and academic associations.

Education
2013
Doctorate in Management Sciences, Université d'Orléans, France
2004
Master in Finance and management control, Université d'Orléans, France
2003
BA in Bachelor in Business administration in foreign languages, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2014
Associate Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
2009 - 2013
Assistant Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
2003 - 2009
Assistant Professor, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Other academic affiliations and appointments
2019 - 2022
Associate DEAN of the Globalisation Academy, SKEMA Business School, France
2013
Erasmus exchange teacher, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
2013 - 2014
Visiting lecturer, Université de Lille, France
2009 - 2013
Scientific Director of the MS Audit, Contrôle de Gestion et Systèmes d'Informations - Paris campus, SKEMA Business School, France
2009 - 2019
Scientific Director of the MSc in Auditing, Management Accounting and Information Systems - Paris campus, SKEMA Business School, France
2008 - 2009
International Relations Director, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
2008 - 2009
Visiting lecturer, Université d'Orléans, France
2005 - 2008
International Relations Representative for French speaking countries, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
2005 - 2009
Program Manager of the Master (DESS) in Finance and Management Control, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Other professional experiences
Since 2024
Dean of Faculty, SKEMA Business School, France
2022 - 2024
Associate DEAN of Faculty, SKEMA Business School, France
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2024
Joseph Colleye prize in history of accounting 2024 (international)
2017
SKEMA Prize for Pedagogical Innovation, France
Other research activities
Organization of a conference or a research seminar
2019
Accounting History Conference
2012
The third Accounting History International Emerging Scholars' Colloquium, France
Affiliations
Since 2021
Joint coordinator of the GT History of AFC
PhD Supervision
Since 2022
Henley Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis Reviewer
Other academic activities
2018 - 2020
Member of the Lifelong Learning Committee with an advisory role., Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
2018 - 2022
Member of the Board, Association des Professionnels et Directeurs Comptabilité et Gestion (APDC), France
Since 2010
Member of APDC "Association des Professionnels et Directeurs Comptabilité et Gestion"
Since 2010
Member of DFCG "Association Nationale des Directeurs Financiers et de Contrôle de Gestion"
Since 2009
French branch of the Association of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants France and UK

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Guest editor of a journal special issue

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