Dr. Suraiyah Akbar
Lecturer, Accounting
Details
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College: School of Accounting Information Systems & Supply Chain
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Department: Accounting, Info Sys & Supply Chain
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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suraiyah.akbar@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0001-5134-1065
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Industry Projects
About
Suraiyah is a lecturer in accounting and has been teaching at RMIT University since 2017. She has taught undergraduate and postgraduate level courses in Critical Accounting Perspectives, Strategic Management Control Systems, and Business Decision Making. Throughout her career, Suraiyah has studied and taught internationally in tertiary institutions and professional institutes in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Bangladesh.
Suraiyah completed her PhD from RMIT University in the area of social and environmental accounting and reporting. Her research interests include corporate accountability, social governance, and sustainability issues. She is currently undertaking research on modern slavery and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Research fields
- 350107 Sustainability accounting and reporting
- 3501 Accounting, auditing and accountability
- 390303 Higher education
UN sustainable development goals
- 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 13 Climate Action
- 5 Gender Equality
Academic positions
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Accounting
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2018 – Present
Supervisor projects
- Corporate Responsibility and Accountability for Protecting Labour Rights: The case of Foxconn China
- 19 Jul 2023
- CSR MANAGEMENT, ORGANISATIONAL COMPETENCIES AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS: A RESOURCE-BASED VIEW
- 9 Mar 2021
Teaching interests
- Sustainability Accounting
- Critical Accounting Perspectives/Financial Accounting Theory
- Business Decision Making
- Strategic Management Control Systems
Research interests
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Social governance
- Corporate social disclosure practices
- Human rights and social issues
- Specialist studies in education
