Per Ahblom's current research projects revolve around various topics on financial reporting and social studies of accounting and finance, with empirical foci such as the role of preparers in crafting communicative messages to capital market audiences, the role of face-to-face interactions in capital market settings, as well as coordination of complex services in public sector settings.
He defended his PhD, titled "The Financial Performance: A study of how financial numbers become meaningful" in 2017 at Stockholm School of Economics. He was awarded the Peter Högfeldt Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis in Business Administration.
Per Ahblom joined NTNU Business School in 2025 as associate professor of accounting, and he is part of the Center for Management, Innovation and Public Sector. He is an affiliated researcher at Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (MISUM) and the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR). He previously held an assistant professor position at the Department of Accounting at London School of Economics and Political Science.
He acts as ad hoc reviewer for Accounting, Organizations and Society; Critical Perspectives on Accounting; European Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; and Valuation Studies.
