Lily Chen joined the Research School of Accounting in the ANU College of Business and Economics in July 2023. Prior to this, she worked at the University of Auckland Business School where she obtained her PhD. Lily’s research interests are in the areas of financial reporting and disclosure, financial analysts, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, integrated reporting, and machine learning. Her research has been published in international journals such as The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Accounting and Finance, Journal of International Accounting Research, and Meditari Accountancy Research. Her work has been widely cited by regulatory bodies, major accounting firms, and professional bodies in their publications, and has also received several manuscript awards and conference best paper awards.

Lily teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students in financial accounting. She has supervised five PhD, eight Masters, and eight Honours students to completion. In her previous positions, she held different service portfolios for postgraduate and doctoral programmes and received the University of Auckland Business School Research Excellence Award, the Business School Teaching Excellence Award, and the Department Outstanding Contribution Award.

Lily is an editor for Pacific Accounting Review and serves on the editorial board for Accounting and Finance, and Meditari Accountancy Research. She is also serving on the board of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand.

PhD in Accounting

Financial reporting and disclosure, financial analysts, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, integrated reporting, and machine learning.