Dr Orthodoxia Kyriacou

Associate Professor in DProf Transdisciplinary Developments

Orthodoxia Kyriacou

  • School Faculty of Business and Law

  • Department Business School Research

  • Location London

Research activities

My current research interests are eclectic and reflect my interest in a number of areas: whereby I attempt to explore issues behind the seemingly 'rational' accountingnumbers. These include:

  • TD insights and its relationship to the professions , in particular accounting
  •  Accounting as a form of communication
  • Representations of gender and ethnicity in accounting
  • Impression management and the accounting profession
  • Accounting education and ethics

    • Current Teaching

    My teaching involves the supervision of DProf and Public Works doctoral candidates. Current supervisions include the area of:

  • Seafarers and  labour issues in the maritime industry (DProf)
  • Exploration of the experiences of black female academics in UK Higher Education (DProf)
  • Project management and the NHS (DProf)
  • Martial arts and education (DProf)
  • UK construction industry and the development of protocols (DProf)
  • Psychotherapy and the development of supervision practice in Singapore (DProf)
  • From Ballet Studio to Business School: Dancingin the Social Enterprise In-Betweens (DProf by PW) Awaiting Viva

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    Biography

    I have been part of the DProf (TransdisciplinaryPractice) team at Middlesex University since September 2020 having previouslyspent 22 years in the Accounting and Finance department at MiddlesexUniversity. I requested to join this team because its approach and philosophyresonated with my own practice development, it opened doors to interconnectingsectors and disciplines rather than working in silos and prescribed methods.

    I enjoy research particularly when I approach itwith an open mind to what may emerge rather than what I expect to come out ofit. I also like to focus on the important but less noticed issues. My researchbackground reflects this. My formative discipline and academic practice area isAccounting and Finance and Communications Policy. My PhD, over 20 years agonow, on 'Gender, Ethnicity andProfessional Membership: The Case of the UK Accounting Profession' was anunder researched area at the time. While I am fascinated by the theory ofAccounting, my passion is in the threads that link accounting to social issuesand to make those threads stronger in the eyes of the academy the public andpolicy makers. I am now more involved with creating stronger links betweenmulti sector professionals and the academy and what we can achieve together. 

    External activities

  • Chief External Examiner - Business and Management UG Programmes, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2020
  • External examiner for BA(Hons) Accounting & Finance Programmes., Queen Mary, University of London, 2018
  • External Subject Specialist for MBA Programme, (offered in partnership with ACCA), Periodic Review of Continuing Partnership, Oxford Brooks University, 2011
  • External Subject Specialist for BSc(Hons) in Applied Accounting Periodic Review, Oxford Brookes University, 2011
  • External examiner for Foundation Programme, Queen Mary, University of London, 2008
  • External examiner for BA Accounting & Finance Undergraduate Programmes, London Metropolitan University, 2006
  • External examiner for MA International Management with Finance, Queen Mary, University of London, 2006
  • External examiner for BA Accounting & Finance Undergraduate Programmes, London Metropolitan University, 2004

    • Publications

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