Teeroven Soobaroyen

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Teerooven’s research focuses on the interplay between accounting, accountability and governance. His work considers diverse empirical settings such as companies in developing/emerging economies, corporate foundations, public sector, charities, non-governmental organisations and higher education institutions. Teerooven has held academic positions at the University of Mauritius, Aberystwyth University, and the University of Southampton. He has taught accounting at undergraduate and at Masters/MBA level and has supervised to completion fourteen PhD students. He has held various external examining positions for taught programmes and currently is the MBA external examiner for the Open University of Mauritius and for postgraduate accounting and finance modules at the University of Bath’s School of Management. He has also been a PhD external examiner for over thirty UK and overseas institutions. He headed the Accounting Department at Southampton Business School and the Accounting Group at the University of Essex. From July 2021, he is the Deputy Dean for Partnerships at the University of Essex. Teerooven has been President (2020-2022) of the British Accounting and Finance Association (www.bafa.ac.uk) and President (2019-2021) of the African Accounting and Finance Association (www.aafassociation.com). He is currently member of the executive committee of the Association Francophone de Comptabilité (https://www.afc-cca.com/). He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies and of Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (SAMPJ). He is editorial board member of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Accounting Forum, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, African Accounting and Finance Journal and Comptabilité, Contrôle et Audit (Accounting, Auditing and Control) He has acted as a reviewer for a number of internationally recognised journals and was one of the guest editors for a special issue of the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies on ‘Accounting and Governance in Africa’ and for a special issue of Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (SAMPJ) on Emerging and Developing Countries. He is currently co-guest editing two issues of Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management on « Publicness, Accounting & Budgeting in Emerging Economies » and on « Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sustainability accounting: Opportunities and Challenges for public, non-governmental and hybrid organisations ». Finally, he is co-guest editing a special issue of Accounting Forum on « Non-financial Reporting Regulation: Role, Process and Consequences ».