Professor Yvonne Joyce
- Professor in Accounting (Accounting & Finance)
telephone:
0141 330 7689
email:
Yvonne.Joyce@glasgow.ac.uk
Biography
Yvonne graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a first-class Honours degree in Accounting and Economics. Upon graduating, she commenced her professional accountancy training with Arthur Andersen, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant (with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)). During her time at Arthur Andersen, Yvonne worked in audit and corporate restructuring, where she was involved in business reviews and formal insolvency appointments. Yvonne moved to a professional lecturing post at ICAS, where she also assumed responsibility for the assessment of work-based competencies, and then to an academic post at Strathclyde University. She joined the Accounting and Finance subject group at the University of Glasgow in 2011. Yvonne was awarded her PhD by the University of Glasgow in 2021.
Research interests
Yvonne is a member of the Accounting research cluster.
Areas of expertise:
- Corporate insolvency
- Financial distress
- Corporate crises
- Accountancy and insolvency professions
- Accounting education and professionalisation
Grants
ICAS seedcorn grant (£806). Choice and competition in the Scottish administration market
Supervision
Yvonne is interested in supervising doctoral students in the following areas:
- Corporate insolvency and financial distress
- Corporate crises
- Accountancy and insolvency professions (UK and globally)
- Accounting education and professionalisation
Current PhD students
- Alhooshani, Ghaida
Exploring gendered aspirations, career progression, and equity within the Saudi accountancy profession - Althumairi, Hind Jamal I
Examining the relationship between accounting education and the profession in Saudi Arabia with a specific reference to data analytics - Shen, Wei
Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from a tax reform in China
Completed PhD students
Flanagan, C. (2019). Career trajectories, personal reflexivity and the shifting visibility of social background: Experiences and perceptions of social mobility in the UK accountancy profession.
Teaching
Yvonne has broad teaching experience across a wide range of subjects in both accounting and finance and across all levels, including professional education. Yvonne currently teaches on the BAcc, two Honours level options (Corporate Insolvency and Accounting Theories in Research and Practice). At postgraduate taught level, Yvonne teaches Advanced International Corporate Reporting for the MAcc programme.
Additional information
Yvonne is currently PGR Convenor for the accounting cluster of the Adam Smith Business School; a member of the ICAS Academic Panel; Chair of BAFA (British Accounting and Finance Association) Scotland; and member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group of the Insolvency Service/R3.
She was the Accounting Cluster Leader within the Adam Smith Business School from 2019 to 2022 and served on the ICAS Insolvency Committee from 2014 to 2022.