Mohammad Nurunnabi, PhD, CMA, SFHEA FRSA FAIA(Acad), is the Aide to the Rector on Research and
Internationalization, Chair of the Department of Accounting, and an Associate Professor in Accounting at Prince
Sultan University, Saudi Arabia.
He is an Academic Visitor of St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. Previously he has taught in
University of East London, United Kingdom (UK), University of Bedfordshire (UK), and Edge Hill University (UK).
Prior to his academic career, he worked as a financial team member in ADVFN Plc (covers in excess of 70 stock
exchanges from across the globe), London, UK.
He holds a PhD in Accounting (International Financial Reporting Standards – IFRS) with outright pass (no
corrections) from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is a s senior fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA),
UK, an academic fellow of the Association of International Accountants (FAIA-Acad), and fellow of the Royal
Society of Arts (FRSA). He is member of American Accounting Association (AAA), Academy of Accounting
Historians, European Accounting Association (EAA), British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA),
International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER), and academic Member Institute of
Management Accounting (IMA). He has been active within the accounting profession and is a Vice President
(Education) of the IMA Riyadh Chapter, Saudi Arabia and a Global Advisor member of the Diversity and Inclusion
Committee of the IMA, USA. Currently, he teaches Managerial Accounting for MBA program.
His most recent book is The Role of the State and Accounting Transparency (Routledge: London and New
York; 2016). He has published 28 articles in peer-reviewed journals including ABDC Ranked, ERA Ranked, ABS
Ranked and Scopus/ISI indexed. He has also published a book, and 24 conference and four invited presentations. His
research has appeared in International Journal of Law and Management, Advances in Public Interest Accounting,
Quality & Quantity, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Journal of the Knowledge Economy,
Administration & Society, International Journal of Public Sector Management, Journal of Accounting in Emerging
Economies, Business Ethics: A European Review, Journal of Education for Business, Advances in Accounting,
incorporating Advances in International Accounting, Research in Accounting Regulation, Environment, Development
and Sustainability, International Journal of Critical Accounting, Journal of Human Resource Costing & Accounting,
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Journal of Asia Business Studies, and Journal of Business
Economics and Management. His current research interests include Knowledge Economy in the Middle East, Tax
evasion; Islamic Accounting and Shariah Governance; IFRS Implementation; Politics, Regulation and Enforcement;
Corporate Governance; Intellectual capital reporting; Management accounting change; Theory of the role of the State,
Max Weber and accounting policy; Financial Reporting; Accountability; Internal Control; Journal Ranking; IFRS
adoption and implementation in emerging economies; Culture and IFRS; Women and Accounting Profession;
Accounting curricula; Corporate disclosure; Corporate social responsibility and Islamic values; Corruption and
accounting development; Governance in Higher Education; and Internationalization in Higher Education.
Dr Mohammad currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of PSU Research Review: An International Journal,
Emerald, and Senior Associate Editor of Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer (SCOPUS Indexed), and
Associate Editor of International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, Emerald
(SCOPUS Indexed). He serves on the editorial boards of twelve journals including Journal of Knowledge Management
(Emerald), The Arab Economics and Business Journal (Elsevier), Asia Pacific Journal of Business Administration
(Emerald), The International Journal of Accounting (Elsevier), Journal of Accounting Education (Elsevier), Journal
of Islamic Accounting and Business Research (Emerald). In addition, he is regularly reviewing books for Routledge,
UK and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA; and conference reviewers (Strategic Management Society – SMS 2016 &
2017). He is also the reviewer of 61 leading international journals including Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of
Business Research, Journal of International Business Studies, Organization & Environment, Development and
Change, Polity, Critical Perspectives on International Business, Corporate Governance: An International Review,
Accounting Horizons, Accounting Education: an international journal, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy,
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, Critical Asian Studies, International
Journal of Emerging Markets.
Dr Mohammad has received numerous prestigious research and teaching awards including ‘Outstanding
Research Certificate’ from Prince Sultan University (2015), a Certificate of Appreciation on ‘Financial Leadership
and Reporting’ from ACCA (2014), Recognition of ‘Outstanding Service as an IMA Campus Advocate’ from Institute
of Management Accountants (IMA), USA (2014), USA and ‘Academic Excellence in Research and Teaching’ Award
from Channel S, UK based TV Channel (2013). His paper was ranked first in 2014, 2015 and 2016 as the most
downloaded published articles in Research in Accounting Regulation. He was awarded a Silver Lever Leader by the
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) in 2015. He was also awarded IMA Faculty Leadership Award 2017.