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Dr. George Shan is an Associate Professor in the Accounting and Finance Discipline at the UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia. He holds multiple advanced degrees including a PhD in Accounting and Corporate Governance, and professional certifications such as CA, CPA, and CMA (Australia). His teaching spans Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Corporate Governance, and Investment Banking across institutions like the University of South Australia and University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Research focuses on corporate governance mechanisms, audit quality, earnings management, carbon accounting, and XBRL. Key interests include firm performance, related-party transactions, risk management, and corporate social/environmental reporting. Recent work explores climate risk disclosure impacts, crowdfunding transparency, and ESG rating effects on debt costs.
- Education:
- Bachelor of Commerce (UniSA)
- Bachelor of Applied Finance (UniSA)
- Master of Commerce (Accounting, Adelaide)
- PhD in Accounting and Corporate Governance (UniSA)
His research portfolio includes 58 peer-reviewed articles and datasets like the CEO social capital repository. Supervision expertise includes guiding PhD candidates in governance and finance topics. A current grant project investigates crowdfunding disclosure tone's impact on success (2020-2021).


