Phd programs
We have recently been awarded research grants from professional bodies including the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Our faculty members are regularly invited to advise policy makers at institutions including the Bank of England, the Department for Work and Pensions, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Competition and Markets Authority.
Our research is hugely varied, with strengths including:
management control
capital markets accounting
accounting for sustainability
taxation
corporate governance and auditing
Multidisciplinary research clusters in the Business School
The Department of Accounting is part of the University's Business School, which is committed to a collaborative approach in tackling large-scale research challenges. Since 2015 it has invested over £250k in its multi-disciplinary research clusters:
Behaviour, Identity and Decisions
Firms, Markets and Value
Organisations in Transition
Sustainability and Circular Economy
Tax administration
Our Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC) seeks to strengthen the theoretical and empirical understanding of tax operations and policies. It operates in partnership between the University and the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
TARC’s research is multidisciplinary, with its research team comprising:
economists
accountants
experimentalists
psychologists
Read more at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/pg-research/degrees/accounting/#vAg4aTTYSpjreOMv.99
