Dr Omiros Georgiou

Dr Omiros Georgiou

The Department of Accounting
Associate Professor in Accounting

Contact details

Email
o.georgiou@bham.ac.uk
Address
Department of Accounting
Birmingham Business School
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Omiros joined the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø as an Associate Professor in Accounting in 2021 and is the Research Lead for the Department of Accounting. He has been a full-time researcher and educator since 2010, having previously worked at the University of East Anglia, the London School of Economics, and the University of Manchester. Omiros holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Essex.

Teaching

  • Widening Accounting Horizons
  • Extended essays in Accounting and Finance
  • Advanced Financial Accounting Practice and Theory
  • MSc dissertations in Accounting and Finance

Research

Omiros’ research focuses on the social and political aspects of financial accounting regulation. His current and future research is organised around the following three key themes:How accounting information is used by investment professionals.

1. How accounting information is used by investment professionals.

2. How accounting standards are developed, including the influence of ideology and law.

3. How accounting works to financialise business and society.

External Research Funding:

2015, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), £10,000 for the project 'What do we know about the true and fair view?' 

2018-2021, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), $98,502 for the project 'A stakeholder perspectives on comprehensive income accounting information'.

Omiros serves on the Editorial Board of:

  • Accounting and Business Research
  • Accounting Forum
  • Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Georgiou, O 2024, '', Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol. 113, 101571.

Durocher, S & Georgiou, O 2022, '', Critical Perspectives on Accounting, vol. 89, 102357.

Georgiou, O, Mantzari, E & Mundy, J 2021, '', Accounting and Business Research, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 307-346.

Mantzari, E & Georgiou, O 2019, '', Critical Perspectives on Accounting, vol. 59, pp. 70-93.

Georgiou, O 2018, '', Contemporary Accounting Research, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 1297-1331.

Georgiou, O & Jack, L 2011, '', The British Accounting Review, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 311-323.

Book/Film/Article review

Georgiou, O & Dewing, I 2014, '', The Accounting Review, vol. 89, no. 6, pp. 2331-2334.

Commissioned report

Aresu, S, Gaia, S, Georgiou, O, Melis, A & Rombi, L 2024, . Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. <>

Aresu, S, Chaidali, P, Gaia, S, Georgiou, O, Jones, M, Melis, A & Rombi, L 2023, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. <>

Aresu, S, Chaidali, P, Gaia, S, Georgiou, O, Jones, M, Melis, A & Rombi, L 2022, . Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, London. <>

Aresu, S, Chaidali, P, Gaia, S, Georgiou, O, Jones, M, Melis, A & Rombi, L 2021, . Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. <>