Mark CHRISTENSEN

Professor
department: Accounting and Management Control 
Campus de Singapour
+65 6413 9754
Biography

Mark is Professor, Accounting and Management Control Department, ESSEC Business School. After completing his BA (Hons) at Macquarie University, Mark embarked on what turned out to be a three part career involving: public sector, consulting and academia. He holds a PhD from The University of Adelaide and his research interests are broadly themed along considerations of accounting as a socio-technical construction. His research of public sector accrual accounting is highly cited. His publications cover matters such as public sector accrual accounting, performance reporting, comparative international studies, consultants in accounting change, accounting history, environmental sustainability and budgeting, audit as an instrument of blame and related topics. He has published in journals that include: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal; Accounting, Organizations & Society; Accounting Education; Accounting History; Australian Accounting Review; Contemporary Accounting Research; Critical Perspectives on Accounting; European Accounting Review; International Review of Administrative Sciences; International Journal of Public Sector Management; and, Financial Accountability & Management. His academic appointments have included Associate Dean, International; Director, Postgraduate Research and Studies; Director, Master of Professional Accounting; Associate Professor and Professor. Prior to joining ESSEC, he had been employed by The University of New South Wales, The University of New England, Southern Cross University and Copenhagen Business School whilst invitations to visit have been issued to him by Hokkaido University, Cardiff Business School, Copenhagen Business School, The University of Nordland, The University of Siena, and Nanzan University.

Career
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2016 – Now : Professor (ESSEC Business School Singapore)

Journal articles

Book chapters

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Research activities
  • Participation in scientific commissions or reviewer for a conference
    • 2019 – 2019: Keynote speaker at 2nd AGC-BEST International ConferenceKeynote speaker at 2nd AGC-BEST International Conference (AGC-BEST Indonesia)
    • 2018 – 2018: Keynote speaker at 15th International Conference on Business & ManagementKeynote speaker at 15th International Conference on Business & Management (International Conference on Business Management Sri Lanka)
  • Organization of a conference or a seminar
    • 2019 – 2019: 10th Australia-Pacific Colloquium on Qualitative Research Methods in Business and Accounting, Singapore10th Australia-Pacific Colloquium on Qualitative Research Methods in Business and Accounting (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Singapore)
  • Editorial Board Membership
    • 2019 – 2020: Editorial board membership – Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
    • 2019 – 2020: Editorial board membership – Financial Accountability and Management
  • Reviewer for a journal
    • Reviewer for Accounting History; Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal; Australian Accounting Review; Critical Perspectives on Accounting; European Accounting Review; Financial Accountability and Management; International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management; International Review of Administrative Sciences; Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change; Journal of Economic and Social Policy; Public Management Review; Public Money and Management; Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management