Research in accounting

The Accounting department within the AUT Business School is home to a vibrant and diverse community of active and internationally recognised scholars who are involved in a wide range of accounting research.

In this section:

Excellence in accounting research

The department undertakes research on fundamental issues of accounting affecting the business community and regulatory authorities. In particular, our accounting research focuses on:

  • Accounting education
  • Accounting information systems
  • Assurance
  • Corporate accounting and reporting
  • Managerial accounting and reporting
  • Sustainability accounting and accountability
  • Taxation

The relevance of our research is reflected in our involvement in several accounting research projects, in our substantial research consultancies with industry and government, and our active engagement with professional practice.

About our research staff

Staff at AUT's Accounting department are actively involved as members of a number of organisations, including the:

  • AFAANZ Board
  • CPA Australia New Zealand Council
  • New Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

Research publications our staff are involved in

Our staff members continually strive to publish high level accounting research in leading international journals and maintain the administration of international accounting journals.

They act as editors, co- and guest-editors and editorial board members to several well-known and highly rated international accounting journals including:

  • Accounting and Business Research (Prof Chris Van Staden - Associate Editor)
  • International Journal of Accounting (Prof Asheq Rahman - Co-Editor)
  • Pacific Accounting Review (Prof Asheq Rahman - Co-Editor)
  • Accounting Education: an international journal (Dr Paul Wells - Associate Editor)

Each of the journals make a distinctive contribution to research in accounting theory and practice in the international arena.

In addition, many department staff have authored scholarly books which have been published by major international publishing houses, as well as several leading textbooks in accounting and taxation.

Student involvement

We actively involve our accounting students in our research and welcome any students who would like to get an impression of how exciting research is carried out and those who might be thinking about starting an academic career. Our aim is to provide students with a pathway through undergraduate and postgraduate studies with research assignments that relate to each other.

Every student is welcome to contact any staff member from our department to find a suitable research topic related to accounting.

Resources for research in accounting

The Accounting department uses state-of-the-art technology to carry out cutting edge research in accounting. The resources staff and students have access to include the following databases:

  • Datastream
  • OSIRIS
  • Compustat
  • Refinitiv Eikon
  • NZX Company Research