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Indra Abeysekera is Dr. Indra Abeysekera, recognized in the top 2 percent of academics worldwide in the fields of accounting and business and management at Charles Darwin University within Business & Economics. He has published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles on topics including emotional capital, intellectual capital, integrated reporting, financial and non-financial accounting, knowledge management, and accounting education. Prior to joining Charles Darwin University, he served as Visiting Professor of Accounting at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, and a Master of Education from the University of Sydney. His career includes positions as Ernst & Young Endowment Professor of Accounting at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Chair of Accounting and Finance at Charles Darwin University from 2018 to 2022, and ongoing Adjunct Professor of Accounting at Ton Duc Thang University since 2015.
Abeysekera's influential publications encompass 'An empirical investigation of annual reporting trends of intellectual capital in Sri Lanka,' 'Content analysis of social, environmental reporting: what is new?,' 'A template for integrated reporting,' 'Human Capital Reporting in a Developing Nation' published in 2004 in the British Accounting Review, and 'A Framework for Sustainability Reporting' in 2022 in Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. His scholarship has amassed over 9,000 citations on Google Scholar with an h-index of 31, underscoring his impact on intellectual capital disclosure, sustainability reporting, and accounting pedagogy. Recent works address ChatGPT's application to accounting assessments in 2024 and activity-based costing technology adoption in Australian universities in 2023. He spearheaded the Charles Darwin University Tax Clinic, funded by $100,000 from the Australian Tax Office, and contributes to advancements in accounting education and practice.
