Dr Shamima Haque

Biography

Dr Shamima Haque is a Senior Lecturer of Accounting at the business school of University of Aberdeen. Previously, she held position as a lecturer in Accountancy at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. She completed her PhD from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in 2012, with her thesis entitled “Climate change-related corporate governance disclosure practices: evidence from Australia”.

Shamima’s main research interests are in corporate social and environmental accounting and reporting, with a particular focus on climate-change issues and related accountability, corporate attitudes and reporting practices related to bribery, and human rights issues including labour rights. She has been prolific in her research output, with over 15 research publications since 2013, including high ranking journal articles and book chapters. Her research has been published in the Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Accounting and Business Research Journal, Financial Accountability and Management, Accounting Forum, Business and Politics, Public Money and Management Journal, Accounting Research Journal, and Australian Accounting Review. She teaches undergraduate and post graduate units including Introductory Accounting, Financial Accounting Issues, Corporate Gvernance and Ethics, and External Reporting Issues. 

Shamima has been an active and senior (mentoring) level HDR supervisor, with 2 PhDs and 4 MPhils completion under her supervision since 2013. She is currently supervising 3 PhD students. She is the Director of Post-graduate Research in Accountancy. In 2014, she received an ECARD (Early Career Academic Research Development) grant and a prestigious Vice Chancellor’s Travel Fellowship grant at QUT to visit an overseas institution. 

Shamima is an active member of the UoA Business School’s Athena Swan committee, as well as the Business School Research Committee.  She is a Chartered Accountant (CAANZ).