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Project Name Staff Member(s)
Convergence of judgement in applying accounting and auditing standard
(Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia)
Parmod Chand
Philomena Leung
Nonna Martinov-Bennie

Determining viable thresholds for SME reporting in Australia
(Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia)

Elaine Evans 
Developing and pilot-testing a scale to measure the personality trait of professional scepticism of auditors Maria Dyball 
Developing a set of National Guidelines for Evaluating and Reporting Occupational Injury and Disease
(Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia)

Ethics MVP: An interactive game to immerse learning in ethical decision making Mauricio Marrone  Philomena Leung
Formal and Social Controls in Inter-organisational Innovations of Australian Firms
(CIMA COE)

Maria Dyball 

Effects Analysis of Exposure Draft of Australia Water Accounting Standard 1
(Bureau of Meteorology Research Report)

Lorne Cummings
Philomena Leung

Organisational Justice and in the Design of Management Control Systems in Inter-Organisational Relationships: A study of Australian listed domestic firms
(CPA)

Maria Dyball
Recasting the university/profession relationship as a global imperative: The alternate pathways project
(Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia)
Elaine Evans
The need for Engineering Accounting – Identifying current and future demand and supply
(Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia)
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How to successfully attract and retain indigenous employees in local government accounting
(Local Government Association of South Australia)
(South Australian Local Government Financial Management Group) 
(Adelaide City Council)
Australia-China business in the Asian century: understanding business cultures, developing skills and establishing linkages with the Australian-Chinese business community through MOOCs
(CPA Global Research Programme)
Samantha Sin
Nicholas McGuigan
Babak Abedin 
Investigation of the Skills and Capabilities Required for Professional Accountants to Effectively Engage in Integrated Reporting
(Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia)
Nicholas McGuigan
Thomas Kern
Nonna Martinov-Bennie 
Realising the Potential: Assessing Professional Learning through the Integration of ePortfolios in Australian Business Education
(Australian Federal Government Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) Competitive Grant)
  • Nicholas McGuigan
  • Professor Kim Watty (Project Leader)
  • Dr Shona Leitch
  • Associate Professor Dale Holt
  • Dr Leanne Ngo
  • Professor Marie Kavanagh
  • Gillian Davies
Nicholas McGuigan 
Academic integrity in Australia - understanding and changing culture and practice
(Australian Federal Government Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) Strategic Project Competitive Grant) 
  • Nicholas McGuigan
  • Dr Abhaya Nayak (Project Leader)
  • Professor Deborah Richards
  • Associate Professor Judi Homewood
  • Leanne Cameron
  • Dr Roger Vallence
  • Associate Professor Fiona White
  • Dr Caleb Owens
  • Professor Donald McCabe
  • Dr Ian Solomonides
  • Sonia Saddiqui
Nicholas McGuigan
The Endogenous and Exogenous Power and Conflict: Reforms of the Japanese Accounting System Since the Late 1990s. Chris Patel
Audit Committee Effectiveness in China: An Integrated Institutional Perspective. Chris Patel
Linguistic Relativity of Accounting and Global Convergence of Financial Reporting Standards. Chris Patel
Andreas Hellmann
Hector Perera 
Industry Specialization, Market Position and Audit Fees" Evidence from the Chinese Audit Market. Chris Patel
Culture or Commercialisation? Contextualising the 'Paradox of Chinese Learners' in Tertiary Accounting Education. Chris Patel
Dale Tweedie
Examining the influence of enforcement sanctions on compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards using brain imagining technologies Andreas Hellmann
Flexible working and the gender pay gap in the Australian accounting profession
(Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia)
Philomena Leung
Anywhere Working (Telework) and Telehealth Delivery: Productivity, Wellbeing and Service Quality (Phase 2) Yvette Blount
Professor Ray Markey 
IT Project Management: Project Feasibility Measures and Decision-Making Yvette Blount
Tim Kyng
Professional scepticism in audit engagements
(Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia)
Nonna Martinov-Bennie
Asymmetric Timeliness in Operating Cash Flows in Australia
(AFAANZ)

The Effect of the Civilian Transition Experience on the Health and Resilience of Younger Veterans
A critical review of Management Control and Performance Management Research: Implications and future directions
Chinese direct foreign investments (CFDIs) in Australia
Critical Discourse Analysis in social and environmental accounting (SEA) research
Internal Assurance and Consulting on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Information. Nonna Martinov-BenniePhilomena Leung
The Effect of Multiple Large Shareholders on Firm Valuation and Corporate Investment in 45 Countries
(AFAANZ)

The Global Research Perspectives Program
(CPA)
Nonna Martinov-Bennie
The Critical Role of Effective Audit Teams on Audit Quality at an Engagement Level
(ICAA)
Nonna Martinov-Bennie
Shadows in the sunshine: Response of health and social resources to widowhood on the Mid North Coast, NSW, Australia
Examining the effects of corporate governance on intellectual capital disclosure: Evidence from biotechnological firms in Australia
Exploring strategic and professional obligations in management accounting Dale TweedieMaria Dyball
Disclosure of Australian corporate political donations
Not-for-profit governance and the limits of agency theory: Understanding the impact of new accountability demands on Not-for-profit organisations Dale Tweedie
The Influence of Institutional Pressures on the Adoption of the Balanced Scorecard and its Effectiveness.
Australian evidence on the Accuracy of Financial Analysts' Earning Forecasts.
Innovation Performance and Accounting.
Behavioural accounting and corporate communications: Examining conscious and subconscious responses of annual report readers to visual imagery. Andreas Hellmann
Tax risk management as a corporate governance issue in Australia and the impact on income tax compliance by large corporate taxpayers.
An Experimental Examination of Translation and Back Translation in Accounting Research: Evidence from China. Chris Patel
Creating conceptual capacity in the accounting curriculum: Building an Intelligent Tutoring System to enhance the delivery of cash flow statement construction Thomas Kern
Nicholas McGuigan
Samantha Sin

Accounting for Energy Efficiency: A Roadmap for Transition
(NSW Office of Environment and Heritage)

Lorne Cummings
Determining viable thresholds for SME reporting in Australia (Institute of Charted Accountants Australia)
  • Dr Karen Handley
  • Associate Professor Elaine Evans
  • Associate Professor Sue Wright

Asbestos and Corporate Moral Responsibility: the case of James Hardie Industries
  • Professor Barry J Cooper
  • Professor Philomena Leung
  • Dr Lusia Lombardi
  • Dr Karen Handley

Examination of Governance and Performance in Listed SMEs
  • Associate Professor Alan Kilgore
  • Associate Professor Elaine Evans
  • Dr Karen Handley

Female Board Member Archetypes
  • Professor Anne Ross-Smith
  • Associate Professor Sue Wright
  • Dr Karen Handley

Movers and Shakers in the Australian Mining Industry
  • Professor Andrew Ferguson
  • Alexey Feigin
  • Dr Karen Handley

CSR reporting and the camouflaging of corporate (un)sustainability
  • Professor James Guthrie
  • In collaboration with researchers from Universita degli Studi di Padova

The new frontiers of managing intellectual capital for the development of sustainable strategic planning in the public sector
  • Professor James Guthrie

The influence of interactive and diagnostic approaches to using controls on organisational performance across organisational life cycle stages
  • Dr Sophia Su
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird
  • Honorary Associate Professor Herbert Schoch

Management control systems: The role of interactive and diagnostic approaches from an organisational life cycle perspective
  • Dr Sophia Su
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird
  • Honorary Associate Professor Herbert Schoch

The role of leaders in generating management innovation
  • Dr Sophia Su
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird

The association between performance appraisal system, work-related attitudes and academic performance
  • Dr Sophia Su
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird

Reflecting on Using SAP in Business Programs
  • Dr Savanid Vatanasakdakul
  • Dr Yvette Blount
  • Dr Babak Abedin (CI)

The Impact of Presentation Order on the Judgments of Non-Professional Investors
  • Chiing Yeow
  • Dr Andreas Hellmann
  • Dr Lurion De Mello

Widening Participation opportunities for Accounting Students in the Community
  • Dr Rahat Munir
  • Professor Philomena Leung
  • Nicholas McGuigan
  • Associate Professor Alan Kilgore

Analysing Undergraduate Student Perceptions of a Seminar-based Learning Approach
  • Dr Rahat Munir
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird

Evaluation of Students and Industry Partners  Experience in ACCG315 and BUS303
  • Dr Rahat Munir
  • Professor Philomena Leung
  • Dr Leanne Carter
  • Nicholas McGuigan
  • Associate Professor Alan Kilgore
  • Associate Professor Yue Wang

IT governance in the Thai tourism industry: Digitised tourism organisations (Tourism Authority of Thailand)
  • Dr Savanid Vatanasakdakul

External Researchers from Chulongkorn University Thailand

  • Dr. Wachara Chantratub,  (CI)
  • Dr. Kanlaya Vanichbuncha
  • Dr. M.L.Sawika Unahanandh
  • Dr. Chaiyasut Jongtavornvitaya
  • Dr. Pornanong Budsaratragoon
  • Dr. Pimmanee Rattanawicha
  • Dr. Teerayout Wattanasupachoke
  • Dr. Janjao Mongkolnavin
  • Dr. Wattana Viriyasitavat

The World IT Project: Case study of Thailand
  • Dr Savanid Vatanasakdakul (CI)
  • Dr. Chadi Aoun (University of Technology Sydney)
  • Dr. Wachara Chantratub (Chulalongkorn University)
  • Prof Prashant Palvia (University of North Carolina)

Beyond Speculation: A Holistic Investigation into Factors Affecting Social Media Utilisation in the Workplace
  • Dr. Savanid Vatanasakdakul

External Researches from University of Technology Sydney

  • Dr. Chadi Aoun (CI)
  • Professor Eng Chew

Where is the Feedback! A Decomposition of Feedback Mechanisms in an Introductory Information Systems Course
  • Dr. Savanid Vatanasakdakul

External Researches from University of Technology Sydney

  • Dr. Chadi Aoun (CI)
  • Karyne Ang

A National Portable Long Service Leave Scheme
  • Professor Ray Markey
  • Dr Nick Parr
  • Ms Shauna Ferris
  • Mr Timothy Kyng
  • Ms Catriona Lavermicocca
  • Dr Louise Thornthwaite
  • Dr Salut Muhidin
  • Dr Sharron O'Neill
  • Dr Chris Wright (USyd)

Professor Ray MarkeyNick ParrShauna FerrisTim KyngCatriona LavermicoccaLouise ThornthwaiteSalut MuhidinSharron O'NeillChris Wright

Embracing the full set of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and IFRS for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). Parmod Chand
Examining conscious and subconscious responses of annual report readers to photographs using eye-tracking and skin conductance response amplifier Andreas HellmannChris Patel

see ACCG Past Projects Past Projects

Project Name Staff Member(s)

Digital Productivity in the Workplace of the Future Conference
(CSIRO Flagship)

Yvette Blount
Developing the reflective professional: developing a capacity to reflect in future accounting professionals Nicholas McGuigan
Stakeholder Salience and Accountability in the Australian Not-for-Profit Sector
(AFAANZ)
Jessica Chen
Maria Dyball
Lorne Cummings

The Concept of Decision Usefulness in Small and Medium-sized Entity (SME) Reporting in Australia in the context of AASB 2010-2
(AFAANZ Research Grant)


Teleworkers and Telehealth Delivery: Case Studies from Regional and Rural Australia Yvette Blount
Research themes literature review and gap analysis for accounting and corporate governance.
(CIFR)
Philomena Leung
Nonna Martinov-BennieThomas Kern

Building SMEs capacity to tackle climate change issues: identifying enablers and barriers to engagement
(CPA Australia)

Lorne Cummings
Maria Dyball
Cultural fit or misfit! Investigating the use of e-collaborative technologies in multiple cultural contexts Savanid Vatanasakdakul 
A Critical Success Factors Model for Communicating with Social Networking Sites Users: A Business Perspective.
  • Dr Babak Abedin
Babak Abedin
Are Islamic banks more stable during financial crisis? A comparitive study
Ethical thinking through self-awareness and a sense of connectedness with others - design and evaluation of an ethics module in a postgraduate unit Maria Dyball
Gender Analysis of Economic Growth Policy Reforms in Vietnam
  • Associate Professor Melanie Beresford
Photo of Melanie Beresford
Global convergence of accounting standards: the Australian experience of adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Parmod Chand

Accounting for Health and Safety (Macquarie University External Grant Support Scheme)

  • Professor James Guthrie
  • Professor Nonna Martinov-Bennie
  • Dr Sharron O'Neill

Innovation, Performance and Accounting (External Grant Support Scheme)

  • Professor James Guthrie
  • Professor Philomena Leung
  • Associate Professor John Dumay

External Researcher

  • Professor Roy Green

Employee Organizational Commitment in the Australian public sector

  • Dr Sophia Su
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird
  • Mr Bill Blair

Management control systems from an organisational life cycle perspective: the role of input, behaviour and output controls

  • Dr Sophia Su
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird
  • Honorary Associate Professor Herbert Schoch

Management control system effectiveness: the association between types of controls with employee organisational commitment across organisational life cycle stages

  • Dr Sophia Su
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird
  • Honorary Associate Professor Herbert Schoch

Ethical Issues in the Context of Earnings Management

  • Professor Chris Patel
  • Philip Heinz
  • Dr Andreas Hellmann

Adoption of Anglo-American Models pf Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting in China

  • Professor Chris Patel
  • Huiying Wu

A study on how firms conceptualise and apply professional scepticism in an audit context
(Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia)

  • Professor Philomena Leung
  • Professor Nonna Martinov-Bennie
  • Associate Professor Maria Dyball

The Organizational Culture of Public Sector Organizations in Australia

  • Emeritus Professor Graeme Harrison
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird

The adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in a non-colonized developing country: The case of Nepal

  • Ghanshyam Poudel Dr Andreas Hellmann
  • Emeritus Professor Hector Perera

Adoption of IFRS in Japan: Challenges and Consequences

  • Noryuki Tsunogaya Dr Andreas Hellmann
  • Simone Scagnelli

Continental European accounting model and accounting modernization in Germany

  • Dr Andreas Hellmann
  • Emeritus Professor Hector Perera
  • Professor Chris Patel

Contextual issues of the convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards: The case of Germany

  • Dr Andreas Hellmann
  • Emeritus Professor Hector Perera
  • Professor Chris Patel

The Influence of Institutional Pressures on the Adoption of the Balanced Scorecard and its Effectiveness.

  • Dr Rahat Munir
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird

Widening Participation Opportunities for Accounting Students in the Community

  • Dr Rahat Munir
  • Professor Philomena Leung
  • Nicholas McGuigan
  • Associate Professor Alan Kilgore

Analysing Undergraduate Student Perceptions of a Seminar-based Learning Approach

  • Dr Rahat Munir
  • Associate Professor Kevin Baird

Building sustainability into the cross faculty

Business Information Systems major

  • Associate Professor
  • Debbie Richards (CI)
  • Dr. Savanid Vatanasakdakul

I Don't Like IT!: Exploring Challenges in Accounting Information Systems Education (Phase II)

  • Dr. Savanid
  • Vatanasakdakul (CI)
  • Dr. Chadi Aoun

see AFAS Projects Projects

Project Name Staff Member(s)

A Bayesian Nonparametric Approach for Corporate Default Risk Analysis
Australian Actuarial Research Grants (AARG) 

Ken SiuDavid PittLeonie TicklePhoto of Stefan TrueckXian Zhou
Computer-Aided Assessment in Finance and Actuarial Studies using STACK Photo of Leonie Tickle
Elements of Risk Governance and Culture
(CIFR)
Sue Wright 
Effect of the Basel Accord capital requirements on the loan-loss provisioning practices of Australian banks
(CIFR)
Sue Wright

Risk management with real-time financial and business conditions indicators
(ARCDG)

Photo of Stefan Trueck 

Operational Risk Capital Modelling
(CBA)

Photo of Piet De JongPhoto of Stefan Trueck
The Viability of North Ryde Community Bank Sue Wright 

Pathways for Women to Boards and Executive Positions

Sue Wright
Flexible models of losses on default of corporate debt. David Pitt
Analysts' Forecasts and the Determination of Reported Profit Sue Wright
A bivariate shot noise Hawkes process for catastrophe insurance Leonie Tickle
The dynamics of crude oil prices: A Markov Switching Vector Error Correction (MS-VECM) Approach.
The Econometric Analysis of Energy, Weather and Carbon Emission Markets. Photo of Stefan Trueck
A national portable long service leave scheme

Professor Ray MarkeyNick ParrTim Kyng
Salut Muhidin
Sharron O'Neill
Louise Thornthwaite
Catriona Lavermicocca
Shauna FerrisSachi Purcal
Chris Wright

see AFAS Past Projects Past Projects

Project Name Staff Member(s)

Capital issues for a mutual health fund in Australia
Australian Actuarial Research Grants (AARG) 

Photo of Sachi Purcal

Developing an Excel spreadsheet tool for local governments to compare and prioritise investment in climate adaptation
(NCCARF)

Photo of Stefan Trueck 

Enhanced models of disability and medical costs
Australian Actuarial Research Grants (AARG) 

Photo of Leonie TickleDavid PittPhoto of Xian Zhou
Fair Valuation of Modern Insurance Products Under GARCH type Models: From Market Risk to Mortality Risk
Australian Actuarial Research Grants (AARG)
Ken Siu
Leonie Tickle
Xian Zhou
Financial Literacy of Retirees and their Decisions about Retirement Village Residency
Australian Actuarial Research Grants (AARG) 
Tim Kyng
Photo of Leigh Wood
Actuarial applications of model selections strategies using the Gibbs Sampler
Australian Actuarial Research Grants (AARG) 
David Pitt
Xian Zhou
An evaluation of the forecasting performance of the Poisson common factor model
Australian Actuarial Research Grants (AARG) 
Leonie Tickle 
Pricing, Hedging and Optimal Policies in a Changing Economic Environment.
  • Associate Professor Ken Siu
Ken Siu
The Analysis and Management of Risk in Australian Financial Markets using Dynamic Semi-Parametric Factor Models. Photo of Stefan Trueck

Premium liability estimation and reserving
Australian Actuarial Research Grants (AARG) 

Photo of Piet De Jong

see Ecc Projects Projects

Project Name Staff Member(s)
The Australian Book Industry: Authors, publishers and readers in a time of change
(ARC DP 2014-2016)

David Throsby

Endgame: managing superannuation in later life
(ARC DP 2012-2014)

Photo of Geoff KingstonPhoto of George MilunovichPhoto of Lance Fisher

Developing a unified approach to dating periods of financial crisis and measuring financial contagion using non-linear econometric systems Photo of George Milunovich
Risk management with real-time financial and business condition indicators
(ARC DP 2012-2014)

Photo of Jeffrey SheenPhoto of Stefan Trueck

The value of Aboriginal cultural heritage: cultural production and regional economies in Eastern Arnhem Land and the Western Desert.
(ARC DP 2012-2014)

David Throsby
Inference for Change - Point and Related Processes
Managing Superannuation / forecasting Fiscal policy Photo of Geoff Kingston

see Ecc Past Projects Past Projects

Project Name Staff Member(s)
Regulation of financial plans and allocated pensions
(CIFR)
Photo of Geoff KingstonPhoto of Lance Fisher
  1. Developments in the theory of multivariate GARCH models: Hierarchical models, risks and dynamic correlations;
  2. International Gas Market Integration

Application of the Bayesian Model Averaging method to studying the determinants of the sacrifice ratio in the OECD countries
Analyses of child labour rehabilitation policy and old age income security in South and South East Asia Photo of Pundarik Mukhopadhaya 
A new research agenda on labour mobility as an effective response to skill shortages
  • Max Tani
Photo of Massimiliano Tani

see MM Projects Projects

Project Name Staff Member(s)

Employee Voice in Australia: the impact of employee participation arrangements on organisational performance and employee well -being
(ARC Linkage 2011-2014)

  • Professor Paul Gollan
Paul Gollan 

Investigating the impact of precarious employment and contracting chains on aviation safety, security and work health and safety
(Australian Transport Workers Union)

Lucy Taksa
Alison Barnes
Chris Baumann
Community Engagement in Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality through 2H2 System in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia Salat Muhidin
Capstone courses in undergraduate business degrees: better course design, better learning activities, better assessment
Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) Grant 
Photo of Leigh Wood
Embedding and building teamwork capabilities in business Photo of Leigh Wood
Fertility Levels and Intentions in New South Wales
(NSW Department Planning and Infrastructure)
Nick Parr
Member-based organisations and social media technologies Louise ThornthwaiteAlison Barnes
Exploring the social and economic impact of living with lymphoedema Professor Paul Gollan - Associate Dean, ResearchLucy Taksa
Improving Occupational Health and Safety through Human Resource Best Practices: the Case of Chinese Multinationals in the Australian Mining Sector Dr Candy Lu
Health Condition Peer Support Initiative
(Multiple Sclerosis Limted)
Dr Denise Jepsen
Affinities in Multicultural Australia Lucy TaksaFei Guo
The effects of co-locating on knowledge sharing and innovation – an in-depth study of The Australian Hearing Hub Photo of Erik Lundmark
Software development from Intersect and the Tobii Eye Tracker Glasses Photo of Scott Koslow
Photo of Hume Winzar
Dr Yimin (Stephanie) Huang
Understanding the Australian Self Medication Industry: A Foot Print and Field Study  Photo of Scott Koslow
Photo of Hume Winzar
Dr Yimin (Stephanie) Huang 
The psychological contract, retention and career attitudes in Allied Health workers Dr Denise Jepsen
Capitalising on Culture: Investigating the cultural diversity of the Board members of Australia's leading companies Lucy Taksa
Consumer engagement with luxury brands Dr Yimin (Stephanie) Huang
The High Price of Retail Therapy: Teenagers' Trait Aspects and Consequences of Living in a Material World Kanika Meshram
Union Strategies for Member Engagement Alison Barnes 
Korean Wave study Chris Baumann
Female Board Member Archetypes Anne Ross-Smith - Associate Dean - Curriculum and Quality Assurance
Scholarly enquiry on the topic of Clinical Leadership
Current Recruitment Processes in Australia Dr Denise Jepsen
Understanding internal migration dynamic in Asian countries: Cross-national and time series analysis. Salut Muhidin
The 'Third Way' - a conceptual development and testing of Chinese management practice in an international context. Fei Guo
Legal regulation and the evolution of organisational practice: The impact of good faith bargaining rules on employment relations strategies. Troy Sarina 
Investigating the impact of precarious employment and contracting chains on aviation safety, security and occupational health and safety. Lucy TaksaAlison BarnesChris Baumann

see MM past-projects Past Projects

Project Name Staff Member(s)
Amaysim Australian mobile phone brand switching study David Gray
Leanne Carter
Steve D'Alessandro
Australian management practices extension study
(Cochlear; ResMed)
Paul Gollan
Troy Sarina
Gordon Brooks
Building Linkages for Internationalisation: Comparison of Manufacturing and Services Small - Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for Pathways to Internationalisation. Meena Chavan
City of Ryde Customer Engagement and Disengagement Project
Customer engagement and disengagement in the service sector: Development of a measurement approach
Closing the Gap Between Consumer Green Rhetoric and Purchasing Behaviour: Perceptions of environmentally-responsible products and drivers to increase their uptake Photo of Scott Koslow
Cross-cultural management of education: The roles of ethnicity, personality and competitiveness in academic performance Dr Chris Baumann
Australia's demographic transition and its impacts on the residential property markets
(RESIMAC)
Fei Guo
Lucy Taksa
The effectiveness of procurement as a mechanism for regulating employment standards.
  • Dr Chris Wright
Chris Wright 
Sustainability Principles in Business Models from a Value Creation and Capture Perspective. Gordon Brooks
Understanding Chinese Domestic Labour Market Conditions and International Student Migration: Implications for Australia Fei Guo
Acquisition, joint-venture, or new venture: Chinese investors in Australia, their choice of market location, and entry mode. Robert Jack
Baxter Asia Pacific Gender Diversity Survey
  • >Dr Peter McGraw

Census Research Project and Sponsorship 2010
(Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency,  Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA))
  • Dr Peter McGraw

Exploring the business case for a sustainable construction industry through market, fiscal and education based solutions Meena Chavan
Factors which determine the adoption of and satisfaction with self service technology in higher education
  • Dr Steve D'Alessandro
Steve D'Alessandro

see CFR Projects Projects

see CFR Past Projects Past Projects

Project Name Staff Members
Regulation of Financial Plans and Allocated Pensions (CIFR - E045)

RMI Credit Rating Research Grant (Risk Management Institute, National University of Singapore - 2010)
  • Associate Professor Ken Siu (Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies)

Prospects for Longevity in Australia (Actuarial Research Grants of Australia - 2010)

Estimated Life Expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (Actuarial Research Grants of Australia - 2010)
  • Associate Professor Leonie Tickle (Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies)
  • Professor Richard Madden (University of Sydney)
  • Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver (University of NSW)
  • Professor Ian Ring (University of Wollongong)

Capital Issues for a Mutual Health Fund in Australia (Australian Actuarial Research Grant - 2011)

Stochastic Scheduling for Production and Delivery of Perishable Products with Imperfect Information (ARC Discovery 2010-12)

Enhanced Models of Disability and Medical Costs (Australian Actuarial Research Grant - 2011)

Actuarial Applications of Model Selection Strategies using the Gibbs Sampler (Australian Actuarial Research Grant - 2011)

Fair Valuation of Modern Insurance Products under GARCH-type Models: From Market Risk to Mortality Risk (Australian Actuarial Research Grant - 2011)

Premium Liability Estimation and Reserving (Australian Actuarial Research Grant - 2011)

Approved Security in Retirement: Forecasting and Managing Macro Investment Risks (ARC Discovery 2009-2010)

Managing the risk of price spikes, dependencies and contagion effects in Australian electricity markets (ARC Discovery 2010-12)

An evaluation of the forecasting performance of the Poisson Common Factor Model (Institute of Actuaries of Australia Grant)

Developing an Excel spread sheet tool for local governments to prioritise investment in climate adaptation (NCCARF Adaptation Grant Scheme)

Developing an operational risk capital model (with Commonwealth Bank of Australia)

see IGAP Projects Projects

Project Name Staff Members
Business models in Integrated Reporting
  • Prof. Nonna Martinov-Bennie
  • Prof. Christian Nielson
  • Dr Dale Tweedie

Assurance of Natural Resource Management

Investigation of the Skills and Capabilities Required for Professional Accountants to Effectively Engage in Integrated Reporting

Critical Discourse Analysis in social and environmental accounting (SEA) research

Craftsmanship and Cleaning Work

Lifting the Lid on Integrated Reporting (IR) in Australia

Balancing Organisational and Professional Obligations in Management Accounting

Corporate Governance codes: an international comparison

Not-for-profit governance and the limits of agency theory

Developing a set of National Guidelines for Evaluating and Reporting Occupational Injury and Disease (aka: WHS Indicators)

Continuous Assurance and Data Analytics

Professional audit scepticism in audit engagements

How professional audit scepticism is conceptualised

The nature and role of audit committees

Familiarity and Efficiency in Different Audit regimes: A Comparison between Tax Auditors and Financial Statement Auditors

The Critical Role of Effective Audit Teams on Audit Quality at an Engagement Level

Transitioning to Integrated Reporting (IR): Issues and strategies for combining sustainability reporting with (IR)

Testing and Evaluating the Draft Work Health and Safety (WHS) Indicators and Guidelines

The Role of Accounting in Work Health and Safety (WHS) Governance (Pilot Project)

The Drivers of Audit Quality

Internal Assurance and Consulting on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Information

see IGAP Past Projects Past Projects