Dr. Neil Dunne
Assistant Professor, Trinity Business School

Neil is an award-winning interdisciplinary scholar that mobilizes sociological and philosophical concepts to better understand the accounting profession. He is an Assistant Professor in Accounting at Trinity Business School, and authored/directs Trinity's MSc. in Accounting and Analytics. Neil is a Chartered Accountant by training, and prior to entering academia, had many years' experience in both practice and industry. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University College Cork, a Master's degree in Finance from Trinity with first-class honors achieved, and a PhD from University College Dublin. Prior to joining Trinity, Neil held positions in two other educational institutions in Dublin for almost seven years. He has been involved in course and syllabus design for a range of institutions in Ireland and France. Teaching responsibilities at Trinity include undergraduate and postgraduate modules in financial reporting, for which Neil has won multiple Teaching Excellence Awards. Neil also engages in Doctoral and MSc supervision within the School. Neil's research takes an interdisciplinary approach to audit and financial reporting, and mobilizes concepts such as impression management, strategic framing, institutional logics and Stoic philosophy. In connection with this, he has presented at a range of international conferences, and published in major international scientific journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society and Critical Perspectives on Accounting. Neil has also acted as a judge at Chartered Accountants Ireland's Published Accounts Awards, and serves on various hubs and committees, including the Scientific Committee for the British Accounting and Finance Association's (BAFA) annual conference, the Committee of BAFA's Interdisciplinary Perspectives Special Interest Group, and ACCA's University Steering Group. He also acts as a mentor to doctoral students via his role as facilitator/mentor for the Irish Accounting and Finance Association's Doctoral Colloquium, and as a mentor for the BAFA Mentoring Scheme.