My current research output can be classified under three headings: 1.       Accounting and the accounting profession in modern society: My principal research interest focuses on the role of accounting information and the accounting profession in modern society. I view accounting as an essentially social activity, the potency of which can only be properly understood in its various societal contexts. I approach it from a multi-disciplinary perspective and, usually, as part of an interdisciplinary team. My publications include two publications in the premier elite journal in this area (Accounting Organizations and Society) as well as several articles dealing with the historical, professional and regulatory contexts within which accounting and accountants operate. The topics range from accounting and genocide to the implications of new governance requirements for the profession. As part of a large international team, I have recently focused on the interaction between accounting and HR systems in Professional Service Firms. 2.       Intellectual Capital: I lead a small research group within UL that looks at operational, philosophical and accounting issues relating to intellectual capital and the emergence of a knowledge economy. To date, I have graduated four PhD students in this area. In a recent global survey, our group was ranked in the top 20 of over 100 university-based groups publishing in this area in terms of output and citations; 3.       Other: this gathers a rather disparate and largely unconnected set of outputs in the areas of political history and religious studies

                       I have teaching experience at undergraduate, postgraduate, executive, professional and corporate levels and am consistently rated Excellent. My most recent Teaching Evaluations show that for Lecturer Ratings I score the maximum score possible in seven out of ten categories, and exceed the mean level in all. I have won several university-level teaching awards and been nominated for national teaching awards by the university. Specific examples of recognition of teaching excellence include: ·         Overall University Winner, University of Limerick Teaching Excellence Award: ·         2007 (Small Groups) and ·         1992 (Large Groups). ·         Overall Winner, University of Limerick Students Union Best Lecturer Award, (1995 and 1996); ·         Consistently ranked Excellent Lecturer, MBA ·         Nominated for national NAIRTL teaching award by UL, 2009.   Modules taught: Over the course of recent years my teaching activity has focused on teaching Financial Information Analysis at undergraduate and MBA levels.                       

My principal area of interest is financialandnbsp;accounting and I have lectured in this and Financial Information Analysis for twenty-five years. My teaching excellence has been recognised at university level on a number of occasions. An accountant (FCCA), with overandnbsp;a decade with public accounting firms including Coopers and; Lybrand (now PwC), Iandnbsp;have a first-class honours undergraduate degree in archaeology and history (Cork). I also have postgraduate qualifications in Political History (NUI), Corporate Governance (ACCA), Financial Strategy (Oxford: St Hugh s) and Inter-Faith Studies (Cambridge: Magdalene).andnbsp; Over the course of my time as an academic I have produced more than 100 academic outputs.andnbsp;I have written several books, including one in the area of Financial Information Analysis that is now in its third edition and is used in universities in Ireland, the UK and continental Europe. I have published numerous peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Financial Reporting, Professional Service Firms, Intellectual Capital, Accounting History, Corporate Governance and Top Management Teams. From 2011 to 2019 I servedandnbsp;as Executive Dean of the Kemmy Business School. I have also acted as Director, MBA Programmes, Head of Department, Student Status Chairman and Evening BBS Programme Director. andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp;