Rate My Professor Ashesha Weerasinghe

Dr Ashesha Weerasinghe is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Taxation at the School of Accountancy, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology. He completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Accountancy at QUT between 2021 and 2024, with a thesis examining whether CEO, board, and corporate virtue influence misconduct. Prior to this, he earned a Master of Philosophy in Accountancy from QUT between 2019 and 2021 and a Bachelor of Business in Accountancy from QUT between 2016 and 2018. He received the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award for his PhD work.

Weerasinghe’s research interests include corporate taxation and transparency, governance, misconduct, investments, corporate social responsibility, board and CEO characteristics, Indigenous reconciliation, and philanthropic giving and volunteering. His work has appeared in the Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Accounting & Finance Journal, Australian Accounting Review Journal, and Pacific Accounting Review Journal. He is cited by approximately 50 sources on Google Scholar, with key areas of focus encompassing corporate governance, misconduct, board and CEO characteristics, and tax. Weerasinghe contributes to projects on international tax in the digital age and has co-authored pieces on tax expenditures and related policy topics.