Doctoral study in Accounting
Why study with us?
- We’re a leading education provider in our subject in the Asia-Pacific region
- We’re ranked 1st in New Zealand and in the top 100 globally in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2021
- Postgraduate Research Student Support (PReSS) funding is available for research expenses
Research opportunities
When you undertake your doctorate in Accounting at the University of Auckland Business School, you’ll join a high-calibre research community and have opportunities to publish papers, attend international conferences and develop a network in academia and industry.
We welcome research proposals in topics relating to our two key research specialisations:
Financial accounting
- Financial reporting and its impacts
- External auditing
- Social and environmental accounting
- Accounting policy decisions
- Integrated reporting
Financial management
- Management control
- Diffusion of innovation in management accounting
- Management accounting systems and behaviour in organisations
- Transfer pricing in multinationals
- Performance measurement
Our people
Pursue your topic with us and benefit from the support and supervision of internationally recognised researchers.
Professor Norman Wong (Head of Department)
Financial accounting; capital markets and accounting information; governance issues in accounting; accounting policy choice; taxation and accounting and research methods in accounting
Dr Davood Askarany: Diffusion of innovation, management accounting, organisational change, performance measurement and diffusion theoryDr Sharlene Sheetal Narayan Biswas: Management accounting, new product development, open innovation and auditing
Professor Steven Cahan: Auditing and financial reporting
Dr Lily Chen: Financial reporting and disclosure, financial analysts, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and integrated reporting
Dr Julie Harrison: Performance measurement, data envelopment analysis, revenue management, international tax and transfer pricing
Professor David Hay: Auditing issues internationally and in New Zealand, including auditor independence, corporate governance and privacy auditing
Dr Fred Ng: Revenue management, customer accounting, customer analysis, and revenue and cost drivers.
Dr Winnie O’Grady: Management control systems, viable system approaches to performance management, and adaptive performance management models (eg, beyond budgeting approaches)
Professor Paul Rouse: Performance and productivity measurement with specialist applications to transport, education and health
Professor Jilnaught Wong: Contracting and agency issues in financial accounting, earnings management and corporate governance
Past research topics
- 'The Effect of Earnings Management Constraints on Management Earnings Forecasts: Evidence from Japan' | Supervised by Professor Norman Wong and Professor Steven Cahan
- ‘Sustainability: An Evaluation of Reporting, Disclosure and Performance’ Supervised by Dr Davood Askarany and Professor Paul Rouse
- 'A Multi-Stakeholder Framework for Performance Management of Community Health Services Contractors' | Supervised by Professor Paul Rouse and Dr Winnie O'Grady
- 'Privacy Audits: Expectations and Implementation' | Supervised by Professor David Hay and Associate Professor Gehan Gunasekara
Scholarships and awards
Contact us
Phone the University
- 923 7186 (within Auckland)
- 0800 61 62 63 (outside Auckland)
- +64 9 373 7513 (overseas)