Amir Allam

Email: a.allam@aston.ac.uk

 Room: ABS405

Phone: +44(0)121 204 4031

Amir Allam is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Aston University. He holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Birmingham and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research interests include corporate governance, board composition and its impact on corporate disclosures, corporate tax avoidance, and tax evasion. Some of his work is published in Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, International Journal of Auditing, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Australian Accounting Review, and Accounting Education.

Corporate disclosures (i.e. cyber security, modern slavery, environmental, etc.)

Corporate board characteristics

Corporate ESG disclosure and performance

Accounting reports complexity

Corporate tax avoidance

Country-level tax evasion

Country-level financial development/inclusion

An examination of UK firms’ modern slavery disclosures: A gender socialisation theory perspective (2022-2023) – Funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants 2022 Round. Co-applicant with T. Moussa and M. Elmarzouky (£9,702 – Reference: SRG22\220712).

An Investigation of Recent Technological Developments in Accounting Curricula in UK Universities (2012-2014) – Funded by the Higher Education Academy (HEA), with A. Kotb and M. Abdel-Kader (£57,702 – HEA Reference: GENTDG98).

Measuring and Understanding the Use of Online Investor Relations Information (2002-2003) – Funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC). Co-applicant with A. Lymer and N. Rowbottom (£80,000 – ESRC Reference: RES-335-25-0038).

Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy

Honour Student Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Eastern Michigan University, 1998.

Applied Management Accounting

Accounting in Practice

Research Design, Practice and Ethics

Accounting Field Leader, University of East London, Business School (2011-12)

King’s College London (UK) – Spring 2018

Visiting Lecturer: Advanced Financial Reporting

London School of Economics and Political Science (UK) – Summer School 2017

Guest Teacher: Principles of Accounting

The American University in Cairo, Business School, Accounting Department

January – May 2013: Adjunct Professor of Accounting