Dr Lisa Powell

Biography/ Background

Lisa joined the Business School of the University of Adelaide in April 2007. Prior to this, Lisa was at the University of South Australia for 20 years. She is also a Chartered Accountant and worked in practice and industry for 6 years prior to becoming an academic. Her PhD titled "Environmental disclosures in a conservation Organisation: An insider view" (University of Adelaide) was conferred in 2007.

Lisa is an ad-hoc referee for academic journals including Accounting, Auditing and Accountability, and Accounting Forum.

Qualifications

PhD (Adelaide) (Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards Highly Commended Award 2007)

Bachelor of Economics
FCA

 

Teaching Interests

Financial accounting and reporting

Research Interests

Environmental Reporting
Financial Accounting
Teaching and Learning

Publications

Powell, L. (2009) The use of relective journaling to assess the quality of teaching and learning in a large accounting course, 4th ERGA Conference, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 24-25 September 2009.

Powell, L. (2008) Organisational change in a conservation organisation, 7th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, University of South Australia, South Australia, 7-9 December 2008.

Powell, L. (2008) The examination of power and politics in a conservation organisations corporatisation journey, 2th Italian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, Bologna University Rimini Campus, Italy, 17-19 September 2008.

Powell, L. (2008) Managing Change within a Corporatized Conservation Organisation, 20th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, The Gateway, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 3rd-5th September 2008.

Powell, L. (2008) Observing the impact of organisational change on the disclosure of environmental information, British Accounting Association Annual Conference, Blackpool, UK, 1-3 April 2008.

Powell, L. (2007) Implementing Living Asset Recognition: An Intensive Case Study, 6th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, University of Sydney, NSW, 2-4 December 2007.

Powell, L. (2007) Green Meaning: A discourse analysis of corporate communication, 5th Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, Auckland New Zealand, 9-11 July 2007.

Powell, L. (2005) Redefining Corporate Environmental Disclosures, Financial Reporting and Business Communication Conference, Business School, Cardiff University, Wales, 7 July 2005.

Powell, L. (2005) Overview of PhD Research, ScotDoc Colloquium, The Gateway, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 27 June 2005.

Metcalf, M. and Powell, L.A. (2000) Revisiting Argumentative Research Methodology, Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Brisbane, December 2000.

Smith, M, Briggs, S, McGowan, S and L Powell (2000), The Impact of Accounting Information on Managerial Behaviour: Financial Accounting, in M. Smith and B.W. Gurd (eds.), Accounting, Organisations and Society, Sydney, Prentice-Hall, pp. 130-157.

McGowan, S, Powell, L, and G Lehman (2000), Developments in Environmental Accounting, in M. Smith and B.W. Gurd (eds.), Accounting, Organisations and Society, Sydney, Prentice-Hall, pp. 191-213.

Professional Associations

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia

Council member of the Regional Council for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia since 2006

Registered Tax Agent

Community Engagement

Treasurer - Independent Schools Parents Council 2000-2004

Facilitator - Institute of Chartered Accountants Womans Lunch "Tips for Getting to the Top" 27 March 2007

Facilitator - Institute of Chartered Accountants Business Forum 2010 Planning Workshop 15 October 2009

Chairperson - Chartered Accountants Business Forum - Adelaide 7 to 9 May 2008

Entry last updated: Monday, 19 Oct 2009