About this Webinar
Accreditation is an important milestone for an academic journal, but this conversation showed that the real journey is about much more than recognition.
In this webinar, Prof. Sezer Bozkuş Kahyaoğlu and Dr Lindie Grebe reflect on the development of Advances in Corporate Governance, the work behind its accreditation journey, and the role that trust, academic integrity and strong editorial governance play in building a credible journal.
The discussion also looks ahead to the Journal’s next stage of development: growing its international reach, bringing academics and practitioners into the same conversation, and ensuring that growth is supported by strong systems and sustainable editorial processes.
This Conversation Explores
- Why accreditation should be viewed as more than a compliance exercise
- The difference between having policies in place and applying them consistently in practice
- How peer review, editorial independence and accountability contribute to academic credibility
- The importance of managing conflicts of interest through clear governance processes
- How the Journal aims to bridge the gap between governance research and real-world practice
- Why practitioners, emerging researchers and international contributors are encouraged to participate
- The difference between simply growing a journal and developing it sustainably
Bridging Research and Practice
A central theme of the webinar is the role of Advances in Corporate Governance as a meeting point between scholarship and practice.
Dr Lindie Grebe reflects on the Journal’s ambition to contribute to governance thinking internationally while also creating space for perspectives from South Africa, Africa, developing economies and the Global South. The speakers also encourage practitioners to contribute their own experience to the academic conversation.
Prof. Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu
Professor Kahyaoglu is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Izmir Bakircay University and a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Advances in Corporate Governance (ACG) Journal. Her professional and academic interests encompass financial markets and instruments, applied econometrics, energy markets, corporate governance, risk management, forensic and fraud accounting, sustainable finance, ethics, and auditing.
Dr Lindie Grebe.
Dr Lindie Grebe is a Chartered Accountant, Head of Department at Akademia, has served as coordinator of Master’s and Doctoral Degrees, as chair of a research ethics committee, as chair of the Gauteng North Region of the Southern African Accounting Association, and is a founding editorial board member of the Advances in Corporate Governance Journal.
Before entering academia, Dr Grebe gained ten years of experience in audit practice and commerce.
Watch the Webinar
Watch the full conversation to learn more about the Journal’s accreditation journey, the governance behind scholarly publishing, and the next steps for Advances in Corporate Governance.