People

People

Members of GAS

Centre Advisory Board

Professor Audrey Paterson GAS Director and Director of Postgraduate Research Healthcare accounting, anti-fraud, and corruption, public and third sector accounting, Gender in the accounting profession, accounting history
Professor Alan Sangster GAS Associate Director Accounting history, the theory, practice and teaching of double entry bookkeeping, accounting education, accounting systems, accounting theory.
Professor M. Azizul Islam GAS Associate Director Sustainability accounting, Human rights & modern slavery related accountability and transparency, SDGs & social audits, corporate anti-bribery measures

 

University of Aberdeen Business School

Dr Nglaa Ahmad Corporate accountability and modern slavery in the global supply chain, gender equality, climate change and sustainability issues
Dr Alessandro Ala  
Mr Alex Arthur Technical aspects of accounting with a specific focus on financial accounting, auditing, and sustainable development reporting
Professor George Boyne The performance of public sector organisations, Devolution and Regulation, Strategy and Performance Measurement.
Ms Desidre Coopasamy  
Dr Yanghong (Alice) Hu Sub-national institutions in emerging economies, institutional theory, corporate diversification, strategic management, entrepreneurship in emerging economies.
Dr William Jackson Accounting history, Healthcare accounting, Public and third sector accounting, Management control, Gender and the Accounting profession
Dr Naser Makarem Financial reporting, earnings management, audit quality, real activities manipulation
Dr Likun Mao Health Economics, Education Economics, Economics of Ageing
Professor Catia Montagna International trade theory; firms in the global economy; labour markets, trade, FDI; globalisation and labour markets; welfare state policies
Dr Elham Moonesirust Identity and subjectivity; power; science and technology studies; critical management studies; gender studies, ethics of care; qualitative methodologies
Mr Andrew Mulhern Accountancy education; philosophical issues in accounting; financial statement analysis; double-entry bookkeeping; and music and creative sector
Dr Mohamed Osman Accountancy history, sustainable development reporting in emerging countries, accounting education
Dr Chathurani Rathnayake

Cultural political economy of accounting, Organizational controls and governance in third world, Accounting for circular economy, Accounting and accountability in Buddhism

Dr Thereza Sales de Aguair Corporate social responsibility, climate change, gender, accounting education and MNCs
Dr Sarah Smith Financial accounting & reporting; Corporate communication including voluntary disclosure and impression management; Leasing; Academic faculty issues and accounting education
Ms Lindsay Tibbetts Auditing, Feedback and Assessment, Employability, Professional Education in an academic environment
Dr Kenneth Weir Wellbeing in accounting; Social finance and impact investment; Biodiversity accounting
Dr Mark Whittington Strategic management accounting, accounting and the cloud, accounting education, non-financial reporting and financial statement analysis

 

Other Schools within University of Aberdeen

Dr Lucia D’Ambruoso

The Institute of Applied Health Sciences

Works on the lack of recording and report on deaths that occur outside clinics or without registration. The use of accounting and improved data recording aims to improve the ability health systems to respond to the needs of vulnerable and excluded populations through partnership approaches with communities and researchers. Likewise, her work on food poverty and insecurity provides opportunities for interdisciplinary research collaborations with people with both the accountancy group and business school.

Dr Georgios Leontidis 

Director - Interdisciplinary Centre for Data & Artificial Intelligence

Discusses the key role Artificial Intelligence can play in helping to build a more sustainable world. Collaborations with School of Natural and Computing Science opens possibilities to conduct interdisciplinary research in the area of energy transition, agri-food, life sciences & healthcare, and others, while enabling new collaborations with industry and other organisations in support of their digital transformation journeys.

Dr Ben Marsden 

School of Divinity, History and Philosophy

Research into science and technology in Britain (18th and 19th centuries); the humanitarian movement and veterinary professionalization; science and music; food and history.

 

External Academic Members

Dr Stefano Amelio University di Insurbia, Italy
Dr Julie Bertz DCU Business School, Ireland
Dr Frank Conaty University of Galway, Ireland
Professor Colin Dey University of Dundee, UK
Dr Zeinab Elrashidy Faculty of Commerce, Cairo, Egypt
Dr Mohammed Elsharkawy Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Cairo, Egypt
Ms Menna Emam Faculty of Commerce, Cairo, Egypt
Dr Temitope Fagbemi Robert Gordon University, UK
Dr Patrizia Gazzola University di Insurbia, Italy
Dr Martyn Gordon Robert Gordon University, UK
Dr Nhung Hoang SKEMA Business School, France
Professor Aage Johnsen Oslo Met University, Norway
Dr Vicky Lambert University of Dundee, UK
Dr Julia Morley London School of Economics, UK
Dr Raeni Raeni University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Ali Reda Faculty of Commerce, Cairo, Egypt
Dr Rilwan Sakariyahu University of Dundee, UK
Dr Simona Scarparo Deakin University, Australia
Dr Agnieszka Trzeciakiewicz University of York, UK
Dr Hendrik Vollmer University of Warwick, UK
Dr David Yates University of Sheffield, UK

 

Non-academic Members

Rebecca McCaffry CIMA Research
Marie Gardner Head of Research, Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAS)