
About
Peter Jelfs is a Professor (Professional Practice) in Accounting at Brunel Business School, Brunel University London. His work bridges academia and industry, focusing on taxation, transfer pricing, and policy development, with particular expertise in international taxation frameworks, Brexit implications, and emerging areas like space taxation.
- PhD (Birkbeck, University of London)
- MSc (University of Birmingham)
- MChem (Keble College, University of Oxford)
His research spans taxation policy, transfer pricing governance, and environmental tax reform, including recent projects on digital tax systems to reduce fraud in the EU and carbon taxation strategies for Net Zero. He has published extensively in journals like International Transfer Pricing Journal and Tax Notes International, with a focus on global tax equity, space governance, and cross-border compliance.
Notable scientific awards include fellowships with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He supervises PhD students in taxation and has held policy fellowships at the University of Essex and University of Cambridge, investigating visa/immigration policies for PhD holders and innovation tax incentives.




