Textual analysis and NLP
Reading annual reports and disclosures at scale with language models.
Senior Lecturer in Accounting · AUT, New Zealand
Research across accounting, AI and disclosure
I am a Senior Lecturer with more than eight years advancing accounting research and education. My work spans textual analysis and NLP, AI and digital transformation, ESG disclosure, and cross-cultural financial reporting.
- PhD, University of Wollongong
- CPA Australia
- Editorial board ×2
- Supervising 7 PhD candidates
Research focus
Areas of enquiry
Four connected strands where accounting meets data, technology and reporting practice.
AI and digital transformation
How firms adopt AI and what it changes for financial performance.
ESG and sustainability
Measuring and comparing sustainability disclosure across markets.
Cross-cultural reporting
Financial reporting shaped by context, institutions and culture.
Recent scholarship
Selected publications
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2025
Accounting for Purpose: Traditional Chinese Philosophies and Management Control Systems in Chinese Companies
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2024
The Impact of Digital Transformation on Firm's Financial Performance: Evidence from China
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2024
Financial market spillovers and investor attention to the Russia-Ukraine war
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2023
Using Google Trends to track the global interest in IFRS
In progress
Latest writing and data
From the notebook
Open data and code
Open to collaboration
I welcome enquiries on PhD supervision, co-authoring, reviewing, and speaking across accounting, finance and AI.