Michele Bigoni is a Reader in Accounting at Kent Business School, University of Kent, having been a Lecturer in Accounting at Queen’s Management School, Queen’s University Belfast. Her main areas of research are Critical Accounting and the History of Accounting. Accounting in the public sector is another area of interest, within which Michele conducts research on the measurement and management of public value. Michele has been recognized as one of the leaders in the field of Accounting and Religion research. Michele has received numerous awards for his teaching and research activities, including the Academy of Accounting Historians’ Margit F. and Hanns Martin Schoenfeld Award, the Head of School Prize for Research at Queen’s Management School, and the Kent Union’s Above and Beyond Award. His work has been published in prestigious international journals, including Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, British Accounting Review, Accounting History, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Public Money & Management, and The Accounting Historians Journal. Some of his work is part of the permanent collection at Yad Vashem, the world center for Holocaust remembrance. The international prominence of his work is also confirmed by the book he edited for the prestigious international publishing house Routledge. The volume acknowledges the contributions of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese scholars in the field of accounting history. Michele is also a member of the editorial board of Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal and Accounting History.