Conferences, seminars and events
Research seminar series
Each year the Department of Accounting invites some of the brightest minds in the field of accounting to present at our seminar series.
Our research seminars provide an environment in which research ideas are exchanged, discussed and critiqued. It allows our staff and students the opportunity to meet with some of the brightest minds in the field, which makes this series an invaluable learning and networking opportunity.
The seminars cover a wide range of topics, which encompass both pure and applied research. Anyone who is interested in the field of accounting is welcome to attend our research seminar series.
Contact
If you wish to obtain a copy of a paper, or if you have any other enquiries, please email:
Dr Ahmed Abdalla
Accounting seminar coordinator
Email: ahmed.abdalla@monash.edu
Research seminars are held from 11am-12pm and Brown Bags from 10am unless otherwise indicated
Date | Series | Presenter | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb | DVP Seminar | Jake Thornock, BYU Marriott School of Business, Brigham Young University, USA | H8.13 Caulfield |
| 28 Feb | Brown Bag | Satish Sahoo, City University of Hong Kong | H2.24 Caulfield |
| 12 March | DVP Seminar | Christopher Koch, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany | H8.13 Caulfield |
| 13 March | Research Seminar | Daniele Macciocchi, University of Miami, USA | H9.01 Caulfield |
| 20 March | DVP Seminar | Elizabeth Blankespoor, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, USA | H9.01 Caulfield |
| 10 April | Research Seminar | Cassandra Estep, Emory University, Atlanta, USA | H9.01 Caulfield |
| 8 May | Research Seminar | Stephen Stubben, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, USA | H9.01 Caulfield |
| 29 May | DVP Seminar | Jasmijn C. Bol, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA | H9.01 Caulfield |
Research seminars are held from 11am-12pm and Brown Bags from 10am unless otherwise indicated
Date | Series | Presenter | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
14 Feb | DVP Seminar | Wayne Landsman,The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | H8.13 Caulfield |
18 Feb | Research Seminar | Stan Markov, University of Texas at Dallas | H8.13 Caulfield |
28 Feb | Brown Bag | Janicke Rasmussen, BI Norway | H8.13 Caulfield |
7 March | Research Seminar | Matthias Breuer, Columbia and Chicago University | H9.21 Caulfield |
21 March | Research Seminar | Wai-Fong Chua, University of Sydney | H9.21 Caulfield |
24 March | Brown Bag | Andreas Charitou, University of Cyprus | H488, Caulfield |
4 April | Research Seminar | Liangdong Zhang, SMU Singapore | Clayton |
11 April | Research Seminar | Stefan Shantl, Melbourne University | Clayton |
9 May | Brown Bag | Sivan Frenkel, Monash University | H9.21 Caulfield |
9 May | DVP Seminar | Charles Wang, Harvard Business School | H9.21 Caulfield |
16 May | Research Seminar | David Reeb, National University of Singapore | H914, Caulfield |
23 May | Brown Bag | Forester Yu Ting Wong, Hong Kong City University | H914, Caulfield |
6 June | DVP Seminar | Helen Brown-Liburd, Rutgers Business School | H9.21 Caulfield |
13 June | Research Seminar | Meredith Tharapos, RMIT | H8.13 Caulfield |
14 July | Research Seminar | W Robert Knechel, University of Florida | H902, Caulfield |
18 July | Research Seminar | Ling Lisic, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech | H8.13 Caulfield |
1 August | Brown Bag | Turan Guo, PhD candidate, Monash University | H488, Caulfield |
1 August | Research Seminar | Mandy Cheng, UNSW | H914, Caulfield |
8 August | Research Seminar | Kris Allee, University of Arkansas | H116, Caulfield |
15 August | Research Seminar | Bryce Schonberger, University of Colorado Boulder | H914, Caulfield |
22 August | DVP Seminar | James Bierstaker, Villanova School of Business | H914, Caulfield |
27 August | Research Seminar | Aaroon Yoon, Northwestern University | H914, Caulfield |
12 September | Research Seminar | Guochang Zhang, Hong Kong Business School | 19 Ancora Imparo Way, Room 321 LTB Bldg 92 |
19 September | Research Seminar | Chenqi Zhu, UC Irvine, USA | H8.13 Caulfield |
10 October | Research Seminar | Lorien Stice-Lawrence, University of Southern California | H914, Caulfield |
17 October | Research Seminar | Suzie Noh, Stanford Graduate School of Business | H914, Caulfield |
21 November | Research Seminar | Ana Alburquerque, Boston University | tbc Caulfield |
28 November | DVP Seminar | Jill Atkins, Cardiff Business School, Wales | H921, Caulfield |
Research seminars are held from 11am-12pm and Brown Bags from 10am unless otherwise indicated
| Date | Series | Presenter | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 6 Feb | Seminar | Stan Markov, University of Texas | Giving Retail Investors a Say in Disclosure | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 9 Feb | DVP Seminar | Terry Shevlin, University of California Irvine | The Effect of Non-U.S. Tax Authority Monitoring on U.S. Multinationals’ Affiliates Income Shifting: Evidence from EDGAR search activity | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 16 Feb | Seminar | Isabella Grabner, University of Vienna | What Drives the Gender Gap in Performance-based Pay? The role of supervisor and peer characteristics in subjective bonus allocations | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 23 Feb | DVP Seminar | Martin Messner, Universität Innsbruck | Innovating Through Combining: How consulting firms re-theorize a control practice | HB32, Caulfield |
| Fri 8 Mar | Seminar | Mats Alvesson, Lundt University | The Art of Phenomena Construction | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 15 Mar | Seminar | Samir Ghannam, University of Technology, Sydney | Director Immigrant Background and Labour Market Outcomes | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 22 Mar | Seminar | Shan Zhou, University of Sydney | The Implications of Face-to-face Auditor Client Interactions: Evidence from auditors' taxi rides to the clients' headquarters | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 12 Apr | Seminar | Leon Zolotoy, University of Melbourne | Private Firm Disclosure Transparency and International IPO Underpricing | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 19 Apr | DVP Seminar | Adam Presslee, University of Waterloo, Canada | The Effect of Functional Diversity on Team Creativity: Behavioral and fNIRS evidence | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 3 May | Seminar | Martin Bugeja, University of Technology, Sydney | Show Me Your Hands: An examination of voting methods at Australian annual general meetings | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 10 May | Seminar | Tobias Johansson, MDU, Sweden | A Field-level Attack on New Public Management: Theorization of trust-based control in the Swedish public sector | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 17 May | Seminar | Travis Chow, HKU Business School, Hong Kong | Cross-Border Income Shifting, Information Exchange, and the Physical Flow of Tangible Goods | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 17 May | Brown Bag | Like Jian, University of Melbourne | The Benefits of External Signals of Internal Audit Quality | HB40, Caulfield |
| Fri 2 Aug | Seminar | Kris Allee, University of Arkansas | Contextualisation of Numbers in Rarnings Conference Calls | H.91, Caulfield |
| Fri 9 Aug | Seminar | Ayung Tseng University of California | Identifying the Timing of Revenue Recognition and the Effects of ASC 60 | LTB, Clayton |
| Fri 23 Aug | Seminar | Ian Gow, University of Melbourne | How Important Is Corporate Governance? Evidence from Machine Learning | H.914, Caulfield |
| Fri 6 Sep | Seminar | Demetris Christodoulou. University of Technology, Sydney | Managerial learning from topical alignment of conversations with analysts | H.914, Caulfield |
| Thurs 26 Sep | Seminar | Andrew Jackson, University of New South Wales | The Impact of Diversification on Industry Effects in Firm Profitability Forecasting | H.488, Caulfield |
| Fri 4 Oct | Brown Bag | John Campbell, Monash University | Artificially Intelligent or Artificially Inflated? Determinants and Informativeness of Corporate AI Disclosures | H.488, Caulfield |
| Fri 4 Oct | Seminar | Jon Black, University of Melbourne | Do Employers Use Non-Disclosure Agreements to Silence Whistleblowers on Accounting Misconduct? Evidence from California | H.901, Caulfield |
| Fri 18 Oct | Brown Bag | Amrinder Khosa, University of Tasmania | Research Interests and Working Paper Presentation | H.488, Caulfield |
| Fri 18 Oct | Seminar | Marlene Plumlee, University of Utah | Do Analysts Really Walkdown Their Forecasts? | H.488, Caulfield |
| Fri 1 Nov | Brown Bag | Cathy Cai, Monash University | Research Interests and Working Paper Presentation | H.914, Caulfield |
| Fri 1 Nov | Seminar | Rencheng Wang, SMU, Singapore | Mind the Gap: Employee Disclosures during Contract Renegotiations | H.914, Caulfield |
| Fri 8 Nov | Brown Bag | Mengjie Yang, Monash University | Research interests and Working Paper presentation | H.914, Caulfield |
| Fri 8 Nov | Seminar | Maria Ogneva, USC Marshall | Capital Market Consequences of National Accounting | H.488, Caulfield |
| Fri 15 Nov | Brown Bag | Wanjia Zhao, Monash University | Research interests and Working Paper presentation | H.813, Caulfield |
| Fri 15 Nov | DVP Seminar | Jan Bebbington, Univerisity of Lancaster | A reflection on how organisational science can collaborate with natural science. | H.813, Caulfield |
| Fri 22 Nov | Brown Bag | Mario Schabus, Monash University | Research Interests and Working Paper Presentation | H.813, Caulfield |
| Fri 22 Nov | DVP Seminar | Linda A Myers, University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Tax-Related Disclosure Costs: Evidence from Redactions in Material Contracts | H.813, Caulfield |
| Fri 6 Dec | DVP Seminar | Utz.Schaeffer, WHU, Germany | Dancing with algorithms: A case of predictive analytics and human-algorithm interplay in financial forecasting | H.813, Caulfield |
| Mon 9 Dec | Seminar | Maria Loumioti, University of Texas | “Glossy Green” Banks: The Disconnect Between Environmental Disclosures and Lending Activities | H.813, Caulfield |
Seminars are held at 11am – 12pm unless otherwise indicated.
| Date | Presenter | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 17 Mar | Prof Stephen Taylor – University of Technology, Sydney | HB40, Caulfield |
| Thurs 23 Mar | Prof Frank Ecker – Frankfurt School of Finance | Online via Zoom |
| Wed 5 Apr | A/Prof Bertrand Malsch – Queen’s University, Canada | H125, Caulfield |
| Fri 21 Apr | Dr Leonard Li – University of New South Wales | HB40, Caulfield |
| Tues 30 May | Prof Steve Kaplan – Arizona State University | HB39, Caulfield |
| Tues 6 Jun | A/Prof Dan Zhou – University of Illinois | HB39, Caulfield |
| Fri 23 Jun | Prof Niamh Brennan – University College, Dublin, Ireland | HB39, Caulfield |
| Fri 4 Aug | A/Prof Lili Dai – University of new South Wales | H921, Caulfield |
| Thu 24 Aug | Prof David Bedford - University Technology Sydney | HB32, Caulfield |
| Fri 8 Sep | Prof Naomi Soderstrom – University of Melbourne | LTB, 138, Clayton |
| Fri 15 Sep | A/Prof Buhui Qui - University of Sydney | H921, Caulfield |
| Fri 6 Oct | Prof Jenny Tucker – University of Florida | N105, Caulfield |
| Fri 13 Oct | Prof Prabhu Sivabalan - University Technology Sydney | HB32, Caulfield |
| Fri 3 Nov | Asst. Prof Matthew Shaffer - University of Southerm California | Online via Zoom |
| Fri 8 Dec | Prof Hun Tong Tan, Nanyang Technological University | HB36, Caulfield |
| Date | Presenter | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24/01/2020 |
Professor Matthias Mahlendorf (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) | Adaptive vs strategic responses to the asymmetric ratcheting of external performance expectations | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 21/02/2020 |
Professor Christoph Pelger (University of Innsbruck) | Global standards without the United States? Institutional work and the US non-adoption of IFRS | Clayton, H2 |
| 28/02/2020 |
Professor Neil Marriott (University of Winchester) | Integrated reporting in universities: institutional and pedagogic opportunities | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 31/07/2020 |
Professor Neil Fargher (Australian National University) | The impact of thinking approach on offshore auditors' judgement quality in performing analytical procedures | Zoom |
| 14/08/2020 |
Dr Jay Jung (City University of London) | Is your surname remunerative? Surname favourability and CEO compensation | Zoom |
| 21/08/2020 |
Professor Naomi Soderstrom (University of Melbourne) | Impact of cultural and institutional factors on disclosures of innovation and cybersecurity in Chinese cross-listed firms | Zoom |
| 11/09/2020 |
Associate Professor Louise Lu (Australian National University) | Death is a law: Death of former colleagues and management forecasts | Zoom |
| 25/09/2020 |
Dr Lili Dai (University of New South Wales) | Risk Factor Disclosure and Debt Contracting | Zoom |
| 09/10/2020 |
Professor Zheng Whang (City University of Hong Kong) | Employee Cognitive Ability and Quality of Management Forecasts | Zoom |
| 16/10/2020 |
Professor Vic Naiker (University of Melbourne) | Revisiting the effects of audit partner industry expertise on audit quality | Zoom |
| 30/10/2020 |
Professor David Hay (University of Auckland) | The Impact of Audit Inspections on Audit Quality and Auditor Compensation | Zoom |
| 13/11/2020 | A/Professor Jun (Alex) Yao - Deakin University | TBA | Zoom |
| 20/11/2020 |
Professor Alfred Yawson (University of Adelaide) | TBA | Zoom |
Seminars are held at 11am-12pm unless otherwise indicated.
| Date | Presenter | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22/02/2019 | Professor Isabella Grabner – Vienna University of Economics | Managing the Trade-off between Delegation and Task Interdependence in Creative Teams: The Role of Personnel and Cultural Controls | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 8/03/2019 | Professor Walter Schuster – Stockholm School of Economics | The International Accounting Standards Board’s Project Financial Statement Presentation | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 15/03/2019 | Professor Ian Gow – University of Melbourne | Non-answers during conference calls | Caulfield, HB.39 |
| 29/03/2019 | Dr Nam Tran – Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne | Does Loan Financing Matter for M&A Gains? | Clayton, H5 Menzies Building |
| 12/04/2019 | A/Professor Yangyang Chen - Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Captured by Mutual Funds: Do Cross-Audits Undermine Auditor Independence? | Caulfield, HB.39 |
| 03/05/2019 10.00am-11.00am | Professor Vic Naiker - University of Melbourne | CEOs Shape Up or Lose Out | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 17/05/2019 | A/Professor Flora Kuang – University of Melbourne | CFO Social Ties and Financial Restatements | Caulfield, HB.39 |
| 14/06/2019 | Professor Marc Wouters – Karslruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany | Justifications for decision-supporting calculations: A field study of why and how management accountants provide details and explanations | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 28/06/2019 | A/Professor Khim Kelly – University of Central Florida | Is More Always Better? An Experimental Examination of the Effects of Feedback, Reward Frequency, and Narcissism on Employees' Effort Intensity and Effort Persistence | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 11/07/2019 | Dr Oscar Stewart - San Francisco State University | Exploring Diversity and Inclusion in the Business Classroom | Caulfield, H9.21 |
| 12/07/2019 | Professor Jee-Hae Lim - University of Hawaii | The Impact of Information Security Breaches on Stock Return Synchronicity | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 26/07/2019 | Professor Sven Modell – Manchester University | Across the Great Divide: Bridging the Gap between Economics and Sociology-based Research on Management Accounting | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 23/08/2019 | Dr Roel Boomsma – University of Sydney | Producing evidence of social impact: A field study of an Australian non-governmental development organisation |
Caulfield, H1.25 |
| 30/08/2019 | Prof. Helen Tregidga - University of London | Not at our table: Stakeholder exclusion and (ant)agonistic engagements | Clayton, H2 (Menzies Building) |
| 6/09/2019 | Professor Sue Wright – University of Technology Sydney | Does better governance improve the quality of non-GAAP earnings disclosures? | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 25/09/2019 | Professor Peter Skaerbaek - Copenhagen Business School | Internal auditing as an obstacle to an emergent innovation programme – A case study within Danish central government and its Tax Agency | Caulfield, H2.38 |
| 18/10/2019 | Professor Phil Shane - William and Mary School of Business / Monash University | 10-K Complexity, Analysts' Forecasts, and Price Discovery in Capital Markets | Clayton, H2 (Menzies Building) |
| 01/11/2019 | Associate Professor Wen He - University of Queensland | Migration, Ability and Audit Quality: Evidence from Audit Partners in China | Caulfield, HB.39 |
| 15/11/2019 | Dr Alessandro Ghio - Monash University | Working Paper | Caulfield, HB.40 |
| 15/11/2019 | A/Professor Brian Miller - Indiana University | Wearing Out the Watchdog: SEC Case Backlog and Investigation Likelihood | Caulfield, HB.40 |