I am professor of Business Administration (with a focus on Public Management and Accounting) at the Department of Business administration at Kristianstad University (Sweden), research professor in Accounting at Nord University (Norway) and visiting professor at Kozminski University (Poland).

I have a PhD degree (2000) in Business Administration from the University of Pisa. My doctoral thesis was focused on "Group Management and Accounting in the Italian and Swedish local governments". I act as part-time associate professor at the University of Siena (Italy). I have also acted as research fellow and visiting professor in various countries: Stockholm University (2010-2011); Sydney University (July-August 2011); Victoria University of Wellington (September 2011); Kozminsky University (2015- present).

My research focuses on smart cities, hybrid organizations, government accounting and auditing. I have been involved as coordinator or participant in national and international research projects funded by different sources (Swedish Research Council, National Science Center of Poland, Portuguese Foundation for Science and technology, UArtic, Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education, and Nordic Council of Ministers). All my articles are published in international peer-review journals of accounting, public management/administration and organization studies. A summary of significant achievements in research: Google Scholar Guiseppe Grossi

I am ad hoc referee for several international scientific journals and have been a member of the scientific and organizing committee of several international conferences and workshops. I am member of the editorial board of several national and international journals: Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal; International Journal of Auditing; International Journal of Public Sector Management; Management Business Administration Central Europe; International Review of Public Administration; Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies; Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change; Journal of Accounting & Organization; Journal of Management & Governance;  Pacific Accounting Review; Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration; Tekhne. Review of management studies review, Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services.

I am editor in chief of the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management since 2018, and associate editor of Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management since 2021. 

I act as Guest Editor in several international peer-reviewed journals: Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal (2020; 2022); Accounting Forum (2017); Baltic Journal of Management (2012; 2019); British Accounting Review (2024); Critical Perspective on Accounting (2013); Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management (2014; 2023); Qualitative Research in Management and Accounting (2014; 2020); Public Management Review (2020); Public Money & Management (2009, 2014, and 2017); Public Performance & Management Review (2016); Pacific Accounting Review (2017).

Since June 2023 I am Chair of Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research (CIGAR) network.

I have been external examiner and opponent of several doctoral theses in Europe, Australia and South Africa.  I have acted as supervisor of several PhD students in Estonia, Italy and Norway.

I have collaborated as advisor with national and local governments, Supreme Audit Institutions, the European Court of Auditors, International Public Sector Accounting Standard Board (IPSASB) of IFAC.