About

I have approximately 15 years of teaching experience at different universities in Australia, Bangladesh and China. Prior to joining here at the University of Derby, I worked as an Associate Professor of Accounting at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China. I also worked at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology, CQ University-Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Technology (MIT) and Federation University in Australia as an academic staff. I have also worked for quite a long time at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Teaching responsibilities

Undergraduate Programmes:

• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Finance and Business Performance
• Financial Statement Analysis

Postgraduate Programmes:

• Sustainable and Ethical Finance and Accounting
• Mergers and Acquisitions

Research interests

My research interests are:

• Social and Environment Accounting and Reporting
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Sustainability and Integrated Reporting and their linkages with Sustainable Development Goals
• Climate Change and Carbon Accounting
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Accountability

Membership of professional bodies

• Associate Member, Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Member, Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
• Member, British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA)

Qualifications

• PhD (Accounting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, Australia
• MSc (International Business), University of Melbourne, Australia
• MBA (Accounting), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Recent conferences

Kamal, Y. (2016). The problems and prospects of fashion industry of Bangladesh. Accounting and Finance Conference at Jack Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Kamal, Y. (2015). Sustainability of the RMG industry of Bangladesh. Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economic (SASE) Research Network Conference held in London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London

Kamal, Y. (2013). Motivation for corporate managers for CSR related governance disclosures. Seventh Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference, held in Kobe, Japan

Kamal, Y. (2013). Stakeholders’ expectations for CSR related governance. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference held in Perth, Australia

Kamal, Y. (2012). Stakeholders’ expectations for CSR related governance. Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) Conference, held in Helsinki, Finland

Kamal, Y. (2011). The disclosure of corporate social and environmental-related governance practices: evidence from the textile and garments industry of Bangladesh. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference held in Darwin, Australia

Recent publications

Kamal, Y. (2021). Social Responsibility-related Governance Disclosure: Exploration of Managerial Perspective from a Developing Country, Pacific Accounting Review, Vol. 33 No. 4, pp. 435-458

Kamal, Y. (2021). Stakeholders Expectations for CSR-related Corporate Governance Disclosure: Evidence from a Developing Country, Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 97-127

Kamal, Y. (2018). Stakeholders’ perceptions of social audit in Bangladesh, Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management, Volume 7, pp. 5-29

Kamal, Y. & Deegan, C. (2013). The disclosure of corporate social and environmental-related governance practices: Evidence from the textile and garments industry of Bangladesh. Australian Accounting Review, 23(65), 117-134