Professor Pawan Adhikari
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Email
padhik@essex.ac.uk -
Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873909
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Location
EBS.3.1, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Summer Term 2024 Monday 10:00 - 12:00 Wednesday 10:00 -11:00
Profile
Biography
Pawan Adhikari is a Professor of Accounting and the Director of Impact and Enterprise at 糖心Vlog Business School. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management. He serves in the executive board of Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research Network (CIGAR). Previously, he had held positions at the Business School, Nord University, Norway and the Accounting and Auditing Standards Board of the Government of Nepal where he was a Secretary cum Chief Executive Officer. His research is within public sector accounting embedding both accounting reforms and issues connected to the engendering of public value in developing countries. His research is widely used in policy making in South Asia. He was part of the team that was awarded in 2023 the 'Best International Research Impact' by 糖心Vlog. He is a recipient of several awards/grants - the World Bank/PEFA research award, the African Accounting and Financial Association (AAFA) award, the ESRC IIA impact fund, the priority challenges project fund, GCRF, and SeNSS, all of which have enabled his to team up in facilitating research in areas such as citizen engagement, climate budgeting and accountability, financial resilience, and public financial management and transparency in the UK and countries in Asia and Africa. He is a part of the European Commission鈥檚 grant to instigate capacity building programmes in waste management in Sri Lanka. In 2019, he was awarded the best postgraduate supervisor at the faculty level, 糖心Vlog. Impact cases submitted to REF 2021 Enhancing Public Sector Accountability in Nepal through the Implementation of the First Government Accounting Manual and Standard. Competency framework for improving public service delivery and accountability in the Indian state of Kerala (with T Arun).
Qualifications
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PhD Nord University Business School,
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Appointments
糖心Vlog
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EBS Director of Impact and Enterprise, EBS, 糖心Vlog (1/1/2025 - present)
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Director of 糖心Vlog Accounting Centre, EBS, 糖心Vlog (16/1/2023 - present)
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Associate Director of Research and Impact, EBS, 糖心Vlog (16/1/2023 - 31/12/2024)
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Acting Director of Impact and Enterprises, 糖心Vlog Business School, 糖心Vlog (14/8/2023 - 15/4/2024)
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Associate Director for Postgraduate Research - Accounting, 糖心Vlog Business School, 糖心Vlog (26/4/2021 - 15/1/2023)
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Associate Director of Education - Accounting, 糖心Vlog Business School, 糖心Vlog (2/9/2019 - 23/4/2021)
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Acting Undergraduate Programme Director - Accounting, 糖心Vlog Business School, 糖心Vlog (15/8/2019 - 31/12/2019)
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Postgraduate Programme Director - Accounting, 糖心Vlog Business School, 糖心Vlog (2/1/2017 - 30/8/2019)
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Employability Officer - Accounting Group, 糖心Vlog Business School, 糖心Vlog (1/9/2015 - 30/12/2016)
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Study Abroad Officer - Accounting Group, 糖心Vlog Business School, 糖心Vlog (1/9/2014 - 31/12/2015)
Other academic
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Professor of Accounting, EBS, 糖心Vlog (1/10/2021 - present)
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Reader in Accounting, EBS, 糖心Vlog (1/10/2020 - 30/9/2021)
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, EBS, 糖心Vlog (1/10/2017 - 30/9/2020)
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Lecturer in Accounting, EBS, 糖心Vlog (1/9/2011 - 30/9/2017)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Accounting in Less Developed Countries
Government Accounting and Budgeting
Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs, GFSM, PEFA)
Accounting History
Climate accounting, reporting and accountability in the public sector
Conferences and presentations
AI and Public Sector Accountability
Invited presentation, PMM Live! 10: AI and accounting in the public sector, House of Lords, 13/11/2024
Public Sector Accounting, Publicness and Development: Reflection on Studies in Less Developing Countries
Invited presentation, Egyptian Online Seminars in Business, Accounting and Economics, 18/10/2024
Public Sector Accounting, Accountability and Development: Insights from Emerging Economies
Invited presentation, University of Terbuka, Indonesia, 11/6/2024
Public Sector Accountability for Climate Change and Circular Economy
Invited presentation, University of Terbuka, Indonesia, 10/6/2024
Qualitative Public Sector Accounting Research in Developing Countries
Invited presentation, Transforming Institutions & Societies: Accounts for Sustainable Future, Nord University, Bodo, Norway, 12/2/2024
Public Sector Accounting and Accountability in Emerging Economies: Challenges and Opportunities in the ESG Era
Keynote presentation, 2nd International and 5th National Conference on Accounting & Fraud Accounting, Universitas Trilogi, Jakarta, 7/2/2024
Public Sector Accounting, Accountability and Development: Reflection on Less Developed Countries - Key Note Speech
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, CIGAR Network Lab, 6/12/2023
Artificial Intelligence in Public Sector Accounting Teaching and Research
Keynote presentation, Keynote speech, The 8th Comparative Asia Africa Governmental Accounting (CAAGA), Yogyakarta, 25/10/2023
Integrating Climate Change and Livelihood within Public Investment Policies and Budgeting in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, ESRC IAA Impact Dialogue Workshop, Colchester, United Kingdom, 15/3/2023
Participatory Budgeting and the 鈥�(Bio)Politics of the Governed鈥�: Evidence from Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa.
International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Conference 2021, Virtual, 21/4/2021
Diffusion of Public Sector Accounting Reforms in Less developed Countries: A Comparative Study of Nepal, Sri Lanka and Egypt, 16TH BIENNIAL CIGAR CONFERENCE, June 7-11, 2017, Oporto, Portugal (with C Kuruppu, H Ouda, D Ambalangodage)
Oporto, Portugal, 2017
Participatory Budgeting in Indigenous Communities in Indonesian Local Government, 16TH BIENNIAL CIGAR CONFERENCE, June 7-11, 2017, Oporto, Portugal (with K Jayasinghe, S Carmel and A Sopanah)
Oporto, Portugal, 2017
Participatory Budgeting, Social Capital and Local democracy: Evidence from a Sri Lankan and Japanese Local Government, 16TH BIENNIAL CIGAR CONFERENCE, June 7-11, 2017, Oporto, Portugal (with C Kuruppu, Y Mori, D Ambalangodage, P Perera)
Oporto, Portugal, 2017
Teaching and supervision
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 8/7/2024
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 21/11/2022
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 24/2/2022
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 11/11/2021
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 18/12/2020
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 23/7/2020
Degree subject: Accounting and Finance
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 1/6/2020
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 30/7/2018
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 23/1/2018
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/11/2017
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 31/10/2017
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 27/1/2017
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 16/3/2016
Publications
Journal articles (63)
Wijethilake, C., Adhikari, P. and Upadhaya, B., (2024). . Organization and Environment. 37 (1), 84-116
Moll, J., Ang, SY., Kuruppu, C. and Adhikari, P., (2024). . Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management
Noah, A., Adhikari, P. and Liew, P., (2024). . Accounting Forum, 1-25
Neokleous, C., Adhikari, P. and Soobaroyen, T., (2024). Examining a British-Hellenic educational mind-set on an island: The Emergence of Commercial Schools and Accounting Education in colonial Cyprus (1878-1960). Accounting Forum, 1-32
Adhikari, P., Upadhaya, B., Dhakal Adhikari, S., Aryal, S. and WIJETHILAKE, C., (2024). . Financial Accountability and Management
Polzer, T., Adhikari, P., G氓rseth-Nesbakk, L. and Nguyen, PC., (2023). . Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management. 35 (3), 309-332
Adhikari, P., Dhakal Adhikari, S., Arun, S. and Arun, T., (2023). . Work, Employment and Society. 37 (5), 1359-1376
Grossi, G., Steccolini, I., Adhikari, P., Brown, J., Christensen, M., Cordery, C., Ferry, L., Lassou, P., McDonald III, B., Raudla, R., Sicilia, M. and Vinnari, E., (2023). . Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management. 20 (1), 1-37
Dhakal Adhikari, S. and Adhikari, P., (2023). . Development in Practice. 33 (2), 180-189
Adhikari, P., Upadhaya, B., Wijethilake, C. and Dhakal Adhikari, S., (2023). . British Accounting Review. 55 (5), 101206-101206
Adhikari, P., Nkundabanyanga, S., Soobaroyen, T. and Jayasinghe, K., (2023). . Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management. 35 (3), 297-308
Barrios-脕lvarez, C., Adhikari, P., Salifu, E., G贸mez-Mej铆a, A. and Giraldo-Villano, X., (2023). . Financial Accountability and Management. 40 (4), 475-497
Adhikari, P. and Jayasinghe, K., (2022). . African Accounting and Finance Journal. 4 (1), 109-119
Enombu, JA. and Adhikari, P., (2022). . Public Money and Management. 42 (7), 558-564
Kuruppu, C., Maksymchuk, O. and Adhikari, P., (2022). . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 13 (3), 648-665
Adhikari, P., Kuruppu, C., Ouda, H., Grossi, G. and Ambalangodage, D., (2021). . International Review of Administrative Sciences. 87 (4), 870-887
Arun, T., Adhikari, P. and Mohan, R., (2021). . Financial Accountability and Management. 37 (2), 184-203
Jayasinghe, K., Adhikari, P., Wynne, A., Malagila, J., Abdurafiu, N. and Soobaroyen, T., (2021). . Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 78, 102246-102246
Noah, A., Adhikari, P., Ogundele, B. and Yazdifar, H., (2021). . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 11 (1), 70-93
Alvarez, C., Adhikari, P. and Mejia, A., (2021). . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 11 (5), 714-734
van Helden, J., Adhikari, P. and Kuruppu, C., (2021). . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 11 (5), 776-798
Jayasinghe, K., Jayasinghe, T., Wijethilake, UCB. and Adhikari, P., (2021). . International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 11 (10), 2189-2197
Kuruppu, C., Adhikari, P. and van Helden, J., (2021). . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 11 (5), 677-690
Shrestha, A. and Adhikari, P., (2021). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 24 (2), 5-10
Matilal, S. and Adhikari, P., (2020). . Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 72, 102123-102123
Adhikari, P. and Shrestha, A., (2020). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 22 (3), 29-36
Guven-Uslu, P., Blaber, Z. and Adhikari, P., (2020). . Financial Accountability and Management. 36 (4), 439-460
Jayasinghe, K., Adhikari, P., Carmel, S. and Sopanah, A., (2020). . Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 33 (8), 2139-2166
Upadhaya, B., Wijethilake, C., Adhikari, P., Jayasinghe, K. and Arun, T., (2020). . Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management. 32 (5), 825-836
Agyemang, J., Jayasinghe, K., Adhikari, P., Carmel, S. and Abongeh, T., (2020). . Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 34 (2), 421-450
Uddin, SN., Mori, Y. and Adhikari, P., (2019). . International Review of Administrative Sciences. 85 (3), 490-505
Salah Uddin, R., Adhikari, P., Hoque, M. and Akter, M., (2019). . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 9 (1), 28-50
Mbelwa, L., Adhikari, P. and Shahadat, K., (2019). . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 9 (3), 335-365
Polzer, T., G氓rseth-Nesbakk, L. and Adhikari, P., (2019). . International Journal of Public Sector Management. 33 (2/3), 117-139
Adhikari, P. and Arun, T., (2019). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 22 (1), 16-19
Adhikari, P. and Shrestha, A., (2019). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 22 (2), 22-28
Adhikari, P. and Matilal, S., (2018). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 20 (1), 32-35
Adhikari, P. and Kuruppu, C., (2018). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 20 (3), 9-12
Adhikari, P. and Jayasinghe, K., (2017). . Accounting Forum. 41 (2), 96-115
Kuruppu, C., Adhikari, P., Gunarathna, V., Ambalangodage, D., Perera, P. and Karunarathna, C., (2016). . Critical Perspectives On Accounting. 41, 1-17
Adhikari, P. and G氓rseth-Nesbakk, L., (2016). . Accounting Forum. 40 (2), 125-142
Adhikari, P., (2016). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal
Adhikari, P., (2015). . PEFA Journal (The Nepalese Journal of Public Financial Management). 4 (3), 43-48
Adhikari, P., (2015). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 18 (2), 10-14
Adhikari, P., Kuruppu, C. and Matilal, S., (2013). . Accounting Forum. 37 (3), 213-230
Adhikari, P., (2013). . PEFA (The Nepalese Journal of Public Financial Management). 2 (1), 59-62
Adhikari, P., (2013). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 16 (2), 7-10
Adhikari, P., Timoshenko, K. and Nesbakk, LG., (2012). . International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management. 2 (1), 44-44
Adhikari, P. and Pathak, DR., (2012). . The Nepal Chartered Accountant (Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal). 2012 (Sept), 99-103
Adhikari, P. and Sharma, RK., (2011). . The Nepal Chartered Accountant (Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 13 (3), 14-18
Adhikari, P. and Mellemvik, F., (2011). . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 1 (2), 123-143
Adhikari, P. and Mellemvik, F., (2010). . Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies. 10, 169-199
Adhikari, P. and Mellemvik, F., (2010). . International Journal on Governmental Financial Management. X (2), 36-48
Adhikari, P. and Sharma, RK., (2010). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 13 (1), 26-28
Timoshenko, K. and Adhikari, P., (2010). . Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management. 22 (4), 449-486
Timoshenko, K. and Adhikari, P., (2009). . Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies. 9, 169-192
Timoshenko, K. and Adhikari, P., (2009). . Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change. 5 (4), 490-513
Adhikari, P. and Mellemvik, F., (2009). . Accounting Historians Journal. 36 (1), 113-133
Adhikari, P., (2009). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 9, 11-14
Adhikari, P., (2009). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal, 28-29
Adhikari, P. and Mellemvik, F., (2008). . International Journal on Governmental Financial Management. VIII (2), 39-52
Adhikari, P. and Garseth-Nesbakk, L., (2008). . Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal. 2008 (July), 12-15
Adhikari, P. and Garseth-Nesbakk, L., (2008). . Accounting and Auditing (Revisjon og Regnskap) (5), 23-27
Books (2)
Adhikari, P., Mitra, J., Dhakal Adhikari, S. and Shrestha, R., (2024). . Springer Singapore. 978-981-97-6559-1
Adhikari, P., (2010). . VDM Verlag Dr Muller. 9783639259315
Book chapters (6)
Adhikari, P., Mitra, J., Dhakal Adhikari, S. and Shrestha, R., (2024). Entrepreneurship and Development in Nepal: An Overview. In: Entrepreneurship and Development in Nepal Post-COVID Implications. Editors: Adhikari, P., Mitra, J., Dhakal Adhikari, S. and Shrestha, R., . Springer. 1- 13. 9789819765591
Adhikari, P., (2017). . In: The Routledge Handbook of Accounting in Asia. Editors: Lin, Z., . Routledge. 9781138189034
Adhikari, P., Kuruppu, C., Wynne, A. and Ambalangodage, D., (2015). . In: The Public Sector Accounting, Accountability and Auditing in Emerging Economies. Editors: Jayasinghe, K., Nath, ND. and Othman, R., . Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.. 85- 108. 978-1-78441-662-1
Adhikari, P. and Kuruppu, C., (2014). . In: Accounting, Management Control and Institutional Development. Editors: Bourmistrov, A. and Olson, O., . Cappelen Damm. 9788202444839
Adhikari, P. and Kuruppu, C., (2011). . In: Conditions for entrepreneurship - in Sri Lanka: A Handbook. Editors: 锟絤o, BW., . Shaker Verlag. 257- 282. 9783844002546
Adhikari, P. and Mellemvik, F., (2008). . In: Implementing Reforms in Public Sector Accounting. Editors: Jorge, S., . Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. 141- 150. 9789898074393
Reports and Papers (5)
Chalu, H., Kalusa, L., Kalembe, D., Adhikari, P. and Jayasinghe, K., (2024).
Upadhaya, B., Soobaroyen,, T., Ntim, C., Adhikari, P., Jayasinghe, K., Zalata, A. and Haque, F., (2024).
Seymour, K., Kimani, D., Adhikari, P., Soobaroyen, T. and Jayasinghe, K., (2022). Co-producing a new Blue-and-Green Infrastructure Strategy for Colchester Borough: Key Findings from the River Colne Pilot
Lassou, P., Jayasinghe, K., Soobaroyen, T., Adhikari, P., Wynne, A. and Akakpo, M., (2021). Fostering Health Service Delivery via Public Financial Management: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Benin锟絪 Local Governments
Upadhaya, B., Wijethilake, C., Adhikari, P., Jayasinghe, K. and Arun, T., (2021).
Grants and funding
2022
The role and impact of PFM systems in supporting fiscal transparency and public accountability
The World Bank (World Bank Group)
Achieving Net Zero Carbon Goals through Improved Stakeholder Engagement in Climate Action: Implementing Colchester Borough Council锟絪 Blue and Green Infrastructure Strategy Focusing on Participatory Budgeting / Participatory Approach
糖心Vlog
2020
Improving public sector accounting in emerging economies. A Nepalese example
糖心Vlog (GCRF)
Fostering Health Service Delivery via Public Financial Management: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Benin锟絪 Local Governments
The World Bank (World Bank Group)
Integrating Climate Change within Public Investment Policies: A Cross Country Assessment in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka and Nepal)
The World Bank (World Bank Group)
2019
Improving public sector accounting in emerging economies. A Nepalese example.
糖心Vlog (GCRF)
2015
Calculative Practices, Accounting Numbers, and Migrants: A case of Gurkha Settlers in Colchester
The British Academy
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Academic support hours:
Summer Term 2024 Monday 10:00 - 12:00 Wednesday 10:00 -11:00
