Dr Galina Goncharenko

Dr Galina Goncharenko is a Reader in Accounting at Aston University. She holds a PhD in Accounting from the Norwegian School of Economics (2016). Her research focuses on social accounting, accountability at work, workplace democracy, and netnography. Her work is published in a number of accounting and management science journals, such as Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Business Ethics Quarterly, Financial Accountability & Management and Accounting Forum.  

Prior joining Aston University in October 2023, Galina was a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Head of Accounting & Society Research Mobilisation Group at the University of Sussex. Galina has held visiting positions at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Norwegian School of Economics, Leuphana University Lüneburg and the University of Wageningen. Galina is an external examiner (accounting) at Queen Mary University of London. 

Galina is a Guest Editor of the British Accounting Review (Special Issue: “NGO Performance, Governance and Accountability in the Era of Digitalisation”). She is an ad-hoc reviewer for the National Science Centre of Poland, the British Academy of Management Peer Review College and six accounting and management journals; and an Editorial board member of the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management.

Galina’s research and impact acceleration activities have been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Leverhulme Trust. Her research on organisational accountability for workplace misconduct contributed to the newly launched United Nations Knowledge Hub. Galina has also been a Principal Investigator of a Leverhulme Trust funded project “Understanding workplace democracy through corporate and employee disclosures”.