James Guthrie is an Emeritus Professor who has specialised in public-sector accounting, auditing, accountability, and related fields for over four decades.
His research interests extend to social and environmental accounting, university governance, the Big Four, intellectual capital, and performance measurement. James has an extensive publication record, with over 250 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed and professional journals, as well as more than 60 book chapters.
He has presented his research at over 400 national and international gatherings and is a co-editor of 22 books on public sector management and accounting.
Google Scholar reports his work has been cited over 42,000 times as of May 2023, ranking him among the top 5 accounting professors with a Google Scholar profile.
His expertise has been sought in several Parliamentary Committees’ inquiries, including a recent focus on universities. His contributions to the OECD on public sector issues and intellectual capital measurement have spurred significant research projects and publications.
Sumit Lodhia is a Professor of Accounting at the University of South Australia (UniSA) Business where he leads research focused on sustainability accounting and reporting as the co-director for Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion. He was presented with the annual Australasian – Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Hall of Fame Award for 2017.
For the last five years, Professor Lodhia has been ranked in the top 2% of cited researchers globally for a single year and for overall career in 2023 (Stanford University Top 2% World Scientist Ranking).
Sumit is also the author of the “Qualitative Pitch”, a research template for pitching qualitative research ideas. He has strong links to industry, enabling him to research the sustainability accounting practices of major Australian organisations, both public and private, and he applies his academic research through his teaching, lecturing on sustainability accounting, mentoring staff and supervising PhD and Masters students.
