Associate ProfessorArifur Khan

Dr Arifur Khan is currently an Associate Professor in  Accounting in Deakin Business School. Arifur has several years of teaching and research experience in Australia and Bangladesh. He completed his PhD  from Monash University, Australia in 2009. His thesis title was 'Managerial share ownership, firm performance and dividends in Australia'. He did his Bachelor of Commerce (with Honours) and Master of Commerce  in Accounting from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He also holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan. As a student, Arifur received several prestigious scholarships such as Monbukagusho scholarship awarded by the Japanese Government, the Monash Graduate Scholarship, and the Monash International Post Graduate Scholarship awarded by Monash University, Australia.

Arifur is an active researcher and his current research interests include corporate governance, audit pricing and financial reporting and policy choice. His research explores how corporate governance mechanisms and practices - including audit pricing and financial and non-financial disclosures - affect transparency, risk assessment and the integrity of corporate reporting, particulalry in the contexts where political affiliations may influence regulatory oversight.  He has published his research in a number of international academic journals including Journal of Corporate Finance, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal,  Accounting and Finance, British Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Literature,
Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Business Ethics,  Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Auditing, Australian Journal of Management, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Pacific Accounting Review, Managerial Auditing Journal, and Accounting Research Journal. Arifur has also received several research grants including AFAANZ early career research grants, ICAA (Institute of Charted Accountants Australia) research grants, Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law research grants, and La Trobe University DRP grants.

Arifur has also undertaken several major university service and leadership roles, including serving as the Accounting Department Research Director, Higher Degree Research (HDR) Director, Accounting Honours Program Coordinator, and Research Seminar Coordinator. He has additionally contributed as a member of various committees, such as the Faculty of Business and Law Human Ethics Committee, the Faculty of Business and Law Promotion Committee, the Department of Accounting Recruitment Committee, the Faculty of Business and Law Research Committee, and the Faculty of Business and Law HDR Committee.