just reply in details to them about your point 2:
what topics you are interested in? say XXX.
and then list out that their department of accounting has some prof conducting research in XXX, and your background are well prepared for XXX.
会计到目前为止不是太完美。所以有很多有意思的话题啊!比如会计信息是向后看的,决策者是向前看的。历史成本法到底好不好?会计遵循谨慎性。那么到底谨慎性从资本成本的角度,以及内部控制的角度讲好不好?重要性标准是否应该随着科技的进步和信息自动化程度降低?会计信息有没有必要更频繁?有没有必要从季报年报搞到月报日报?也许没有任何会计背景的人反倒更加creative,而不受那些既有框架的限制。当然啦,你还是要be honest about your thoughts