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Lamia Chourou serves as Full Professor and Section Coordinator of Accounting and Finance at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. She holds dual PhDs: a 2014 Accounting doctorate from Queen's University and a 2008 Finance doctorate from the University of Tunis, complemented by a B.A. (Honours) from IHEC Carthage and M.Sc. from the University of Tunis.
Her educational credentials include:
- B.A. (Honours) in Accounting/Finance from IHEC Carthage
- M.Sc. in Finance from University of Tunis
- Ph.D. in Finance from University of Tunis (2008)
- Ph.D. in Accounting from Queen's University (2014)
Professor Chourou's research centers on capital markets with specialized focus on corporate disclosure mechanisms, financial reporting quality metrics, and analysts' forecast behaviors. Her work expands into corporate governance structures, CSR implementation frameworks, and socio-cultural influences including religiosity and empathy on corporate decision-making. She examines how institutional relationships, regulatory environments, and cultural contexts shape financial transparency and stakeholder engagement across global markets.
Analysis of her 2018-2025 publications reveals evolving interdisciplinary research trajectories intersecting accounting, finance, and sustainability science. Key thematic clusters include ESG integration in financial reporting, geopolitical risk impacts on disclosure practices, and behavioral drivers of corporate social initiatives. Recent work increasingly addresses digital-era challenges like cyberattack consequences on financial systems, carbon accounting methodologies, and fraud detection mechanisms in banking relationships.
Professor Chourou has secured substantial research funding as Principal Investigator for seven major grants:
- SSHRC Cyberattacks project ($62,250, 2022-2026)
- SSHRC Sustainable Inventory Management ($69,425, 2022-2023)
- CPA Canada Cyberattacks study ($5,000, 2021-2023)
- CPA Canada Policy Uncertainty research ($5,000, 2018-2019)
- CPA Canada Annual Conference funding ($10,000, 2018)
- Telfer SMRG Social Trust study ($12,000, 2017-2019)
- SSHRC Bank Misconduct project ($55,635, 2017-2019)
Prior to her Ottawa appointment, she served as Teaching Fellow at Queen's School of Business instructing intermediate financial accounting. Her international collaborations span Tunisian and Canadian institutions, with current SSHRC-funded work examining commercial banks' fraud detection capabilities and institutional relationship dynamics in financial misconduct cases.
