Research output per year
Research output per year
Aston Triangle
B4 7ET Birmingham
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I am willing to work with PhD students who would like to explore the role of accounting in operationalizing policy / strategic aims, using a qualitative research approach. The following are some broad research areas which I am happy to consider for PhD supervision:
1. Operationalisation of Sustainable Development Goals.
2. Governance and control in Higher Education Sector including how Business Schools are contributing to the SDGs.
3. Rationalisation and operationalisation of public policies in education, health and infrastructure sectors.
4. Implications for accounting controls in network form of public sector organisations.
5. How accounting is used for representing and controlling social (wicked) problems, including crimes.
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As an Accounting academic my primary motivation is to contribute to improving public policy and practice through research and dissemination of knowledge. To align my research to this motivation, I aim to explore and better understand the roles and implications of management accounting as technologies for control, governance and in operationalizing public policies.
Areas of interest for research in which I am also happy to consider PhD candidates (Qualitative / mixed-methods):
Presently I am supervising five doctoral students. Two are DBAs, one of whom is looking at the operationalization of CSR in the Caribbean region, by the multi-national corporations. The other DBA project is chiefly concerned with conflict management in Bostwana's major infrastructure projects. The other three are PhD students, focusing on examining SDGs' implementation and disclosure in Middle East countries..
My main teaching (and research) interest is in Management Accounting.
At Aston I have been teaching on UG first-year accounting modules to both specialist and non-specialist students, including module-lead role for the non-specialist accounting module.
At PG level, I am involved in teaching Management and Strategic Management Accounting modules for the MSc Accounting and Finance and the Aston-Online (MBA) programme. Besides, I also facilitate PG and PGR students for their Research Methods modules.
I regularly supervise MSc (research) dissertation and project students as well as the UG Year-3 work placement students.
Presently I am involved as a co-researcher, along with two other accounting academics from Aston, in a seed-corn funded research project, The project seeks to further our understanding on the pricing and accountability practices in the UK's Social Housing sector, in relation to service charges. Particularly, in the first phase of the project, the research team aims to learn the perceptions of the tenants about service charges and how that impact on their well being. In the second phase, the research team plans to include the management of Housing Associations as the research participants. The field work is currently in progress.
PhD, Exploring the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in the UK's Transport sector of Roads; a governmentality perspective, Queens University Belfast
Award Date: 10 Dec 2014
MSc, University of Strathclyde
Award Date: 2 Nov 2005
MBA, University of Peshawar
Award Date: 13 Aug 1998
Field External Examiner, University of the West of England
1 Oct 2023 → 30 Sept 2027
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
29/11/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research