Victoria Edgar

Victoria Edgar is an Associate Professor at the University of Agder's School of Business and Law. She holds a PhD in Accounting from Queen's University Belfast and has 3.5 years of experience at that institution prior to joining UiA. Her professional background includes work in the UK public sector at the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.

Her research focuses on:

• Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) financing models
• Corporate communication strategies in financial reporting
• Accounting narratives in public and private sectors
• Comparative analysis of international financial disclosures

Her publications primarily examine financial communication during crises, climate change accounting in government reports, and shareholder accountability mechanisms. Recent work explores pandemic-related profit warnings and climate adaptation in public sector financial reporting.

Teaching responsibilities include:

• International Financial Reporting (from Autumn 2023)
• Financial Accounting 5 (2019-2022)
• Management Accounting 2 (2020-Present)
• Business Administration for IT Students (2021)