
Biography
Afshin Mehrpouya is an associate professor of accounting and management control systems at HEC Paris. Trained as a medical doctor in Iran, Afshin also holds an MBA and PhD in management. His research is broadly in role of performance measurement in transnational governance. He currently studies the construction and use of different calculative knowledge forms such as rankings and ratings in transnational governance regimes. He is a member of the editorial board of Accounting, Organizations and Society. Prior to starting his academic career Afshin had years of experience in the design of environmental and social rankings and ratings. He has advised a range of development and sustainability related initiatives such as Access to Medicine Index, Aid Transparency Index, Medicines Transparency Alliance, Access to Nutrition Index and Responsible Mining Index.
Scientific articles
Chapters edited in books
Proceedings
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2013
Scientific articles
Accounting, Organizations and Society, July 2019, vol. 76, pp 12-31, (in coll. with M-L. SALLES-DJELIC)
Journal of Management Studies, June 2018, vol. 55, n° 4, pp 728-734, (in coll. with H. WILLMOTT)
Advances in Strategic Management, 2018, vol. 38, pp 227-255, (in coll. with Imran CHOWDHURY)
Accounting, Organizations and Society, November 2016, vol. 55, pp 12-31, (in coll. with R. SAMIOLO)
Chapters edited in books
Proceedings
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2014
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2013
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2013
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2013
Education
Academic appointments
Academic responsabilities at HEC
- 2017- Associate Professor, Accounting and Management Control HEC Paris
- 2011-2017 Assistant Professor HEC Paris
- 2015- Member of GREGHEC (CNRS) HEC Paris
External Academic Responsabilities
- 2017- Associate Researcher - Global foresight Stockholm centre for organizational research (SCORE)
- 2010-2010 Visiting Scholar Center for Analysis of Risk & Regulations (CARR), London School of Economics and Political Sciences
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- Consulting for the office of the French Prime Minister in CSR and related topics - Plateforme RSE - France Strategie
- President of the jury for FIR/PRI Research Prize
- European Accounting Association
- European Group for Organization Studies
- Academy of Management
Editorial activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2010 Eurosif (European Sustainable Investments Forum) - Prize for research proposal - Marketization of ethics; does it work? Exploring the scenarios where firms social behavior is not reflected in its market performance