In the Accounting and Finance Department, research is focused around the following main themes: 

• Corporate governance
• Accountability
• Management control systems
• Accounting for sustainability
• Innovations in management accounting and governance
• Public sector accounting
• Corporate finance
• International finance
• Islamic finance
• Option Pricing
• Portfolio Diversification
• Financial Econometrics

We have a significant pool of international academic talent, who make substantial contributions to accounting and finance research. They have sound expertise in publishing with top international journals and serve on the editorial boards of reputable regional and international journals in the field. Faculty also act as peer and external reviewers actively participate in international conferences in both disciplines.

We are proud of the fact that many of the faculty attract external research funding from global organizations and regional/ international research centers belonging to top ranked worldwide universities. For example, the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID).