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Professor Karim Sorour

Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Karim is a Professor of Accounting and Corporate Governance and Deputy Head of the Accounting & Financial Management Department. He is an internationally recognised expert on corporate governance and CSR and his research focuses on the role of business in society with an emphasis on developing countries. He is also interested in qualitative research applications in Accounting and Business disciplines. He is an associate editor of corporate governance and CSR section of Cogent Business & Management Journal; he is also an editorial board member for the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies as well as the Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He serves as the chair of the British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) special interest group on Accounting & Finance in Emerging Economies (AFEE-SIG). His publications have appeared in leading academic international Journals such as the Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Business & Society Journal, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change while his monographs were published by Palgrave MacMillan including a monograph on Corporate Governance in Africa.

Karim has a proven track record of knowledge transfer as he participated and led more than 30 consultancy and contract research projects focusing on improving management accounting practices in private and governmental organisations. With focus on research impact, he has also worked closely with senior leaders and board members in public companies and governmental organisations to reform their CSR/Governance systems. He also designed and delivered many accounting and governance/ sustainabilityshort courses as well as academic modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He was recently awarded two British Council funded projects focused on digital financial inclusion and designing of inclusive transnational programmes.

Karim is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA-USA) and holds a PhD in Corporate Governance

Karim Sorour

Corporate Governance; CSR; Management Accounting; Social Media Governance

  • Ekanayake Ekanayake Grounded theory analysis of bank corporate governance in Sri Lanka: A path dependence perspective Start Date: 01/03/2016 End Date: 24/03/2021
  • Lisa Ferguson Understanding the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Organisational Identity: Managing Diversified Stakeholder Needs in the UK Building Societies Start Date: 01/10/2017 End Date: 19/11/2022
  • Ekanayake Ekanayake Start Date: 01/03/2016 End Date: 04/02/2020
  • Natalia Blagburn Early Venture Boards: A Grounded Theory of Optimising for Growth Start Date: 01/06/2018 End Date: 23/04/2020
  • Amal Abdellatif Women on Boards: An IPA Study of the Facilitators and Barriers to Women's Representation on Boards within the Egyptian Banking Sector Start Date: 01/10/2018 End Date: 27/05/2022
  • Natalia Blagburn Early Venture Boards: A Grounded Theory of Optimising for Growth Start Date: 01/06/2018 End Date: 23/04/2020

  • Education Other Qualification April 10 2015
  • Business and Administration PhD June 30 2011
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015


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