Dr Yanru Zou
- Lecturer (Accounting & Finance)
email:
Yanru.Zou@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Room 432, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, G11 6EY
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9672-9581Biography
Yanru joined the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School as a Lecturer in Accounting in 2019. She is interested in accounting, art and anthropology; and she is doing ethnographic accounting research. She graduated from the University of Glasgow with a PhD in Accounting, and from the London School of Economics with a MSc in Accounting, Organisations and Institutions. Before commencing her academic career, she worked as a tax consultant in International Taxation in Deloitte.
Currently Yanru is the Director for Postgraduate Accounting Programmes. She also works as a Study Advisor for BAcc students.
Research interests
Yanru is a member of the School's Accounting research cluster
Areas of expertise:
- Ethnography in accounting research
- Practice theory in accounting research
- Accountancy profession
- Accounting education
Supervision
Supervisory interests
Yanru is interested in co-supervising projects examining:
- Accountancy profession, accountancy identity and socialisation
- Value judgement and accounting practice
- Care, accounting and accountability
- Accounting education
In particular, Yanru would be interested in supervising students to study accounting, audit and accountability issues from a practice perspective.
- Nie, Zixiang
My supervisors are Professor Chandana Alawattage and Dr. Yanru zou.
Teaching
Current courses
- Issues in accounting research (PGT course leader)
- Business Finance (PGT course leader)
- Strategic management accounting (honours course)
- Financial accounting (level 1)
- Audit, risk and control (PGT)
- Dissertation
