Research themes within the Governance and Accountability Research Group (GARG)

Our research focuses on the following three main areas:

Sustainability and corporate governance

  • ESG and climate finance
  • Sustainability and corporate social responsibility
  • Corporate disclosure and reporting
  • Accountability and ethics
  • Accounting education and pedagogical research

Asset pricing and market efficiency

  • Asset pricing and market efficiency
  • Corporate restructuring, venture capitalist and corporate finance
  • Banking and financial institutions

Financial technology

  • Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and law enforcement
  • Financial technologies and their applications
  • Risk management and internal control
  • Forensic accounting and financial crime
  • Data management

Governance and Accountability Research Group

A forum for world-leading inter-disciplinary research in the areas of corporate governance, asset pricing, market efficiency, corporate disclosure and accountability.

Research centres and groups

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