Sepideh Parsa

Sepideh Parsa is an Associate Professor in Accounting at Middlesex University, affiliated with the Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics within the Faculty of Business and Law. Her research focuses on labour rights reporting, corporate accountability, and global value chain governance, with projects funded by the Leverhulme Trust exploring regulatory differences between Britain and Germany. She collaborates across disciplines, including recent work on CSR reporting in Chinese firms and modern slavery frameworks.

• Education: PhD in Social Accounting from Middlesex University (full scholarship recipient)

Her teaching emphasizes corporate accountability, social/labor rights reporting, and research methodologies. She supervises PhD students and serves as an external examiner. Key contributions include advising the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) on labor standards and publishing widely on transparency mechanisms, supply chain ethics, and HRM sustainability linkages.

Research highlights include analyzing labor practices disclosures under GRI frameworks, exploring cultural HRM dynamics in Sri Lanka, and developing training protocols for modern slavery response units. Her work bridges regulatory theory, corporate governance, and real-world accountability challenges in global supply chains.