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DrThusitha Dissanayake

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School

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  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School
  • +61 3 924 46144 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Ad HoC Reviewer of AAAJ and SAMPJ
    Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, and Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
    Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Certified Practising Accountant (CPA), Australia
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT) Sri Lanka
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Institute of Pulic Accountants (IPA) Australia
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Deakin Integrated Reporting (IR) Research Centre
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Golden Key International Honour Society
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Semi-finalist of 'three minute thesis' competition
    1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015
    College of Business, RMIT University, 2015.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Award for 'Best performed student in Accounting',
    1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2008
    Awarded by Victoria University and CPA Australia, 2008.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Department award for excellence for going above and beyond in Mentoring and Teaching Support
    Department of Accounting, Deakin University, 2023.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Faculty award for excellence in Teaching and Learning
    Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University, 2022.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Department award for excellence for going above and beyond in Mentoring and Teaching Support
    Department of Accounting, Deakin University, 2022.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Department award for going above and beyond in teaching
    Department of Accounting, Deakin University,2018.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    AFAANZ 2025 Conference (opens in a new tab)⁠
    6 Jul 2025 - 8 Jul 2025
    Sofitel Brisbane Central, Queensland, Australia
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  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    2023 AFAANZ Conference
    'Integrated board committee, integrated thinking and ESG performance: Evidence from international setting', 2023 AFAANZ Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-5 July, 2023.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    2021 Financial Market and Corporate Governance (FMCG) Conference
    'Risk committee, Business Strategy and Cost of Debt', 2021 Financial Market and Corporate Governance (FMCG) Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 7-9 April, 2021.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    2020 JCAE Doctoral Consortium and Annual Symposium
    'Risk committee and integrated reporting practice- An exploratory study in Australia', The 2020 JCAE Doctoral Consortium and Annual Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-5 January 2020.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    9th APIRA Conference, 2019
    'Accounting reform among different layers of Government in Sri Lanka: A comparative analysis', 9th APIRA conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 1-3 July 2019.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    28th Asia- Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, 2016
    'The Role of Professional Association in the diffusion of Accounting Innovation in Public Sector', 28th Asia- Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, USA, 6-9 November 2016.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference, 2016
    'The Diffusion and Adoption Process in Accounting: Perception from Local Government', American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference, American Accounting Association, USA, 6-10 August 2016.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    8th APIRA Conference, 2016
    'Accounting Innovation and Diffusion- Adoption Process: Challenge for Local Government in Developing Countries', 8th Asia- Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference, RMIT University, Australia, 13-15 July 2016.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    TIIKMs 2nd Annual International Conference on Accounting and Finance (ICAF), 2015
    'The Diffusion of New Public Financial Management (NPFM) Innovations in Developing Countries : Evidence from Sri Lanka', TIIKMs 2nd Annual International Conference on Accounting and Finance (ICAF), The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka, 26-27 May 2015.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    National Forensic Accounting Teaching and Research Symposium, 2012
    'Corporate Disclosure on Combating Bribery: A Study of Two Global Companies in the Telecommunication Industry', National Forensic Accounting Teaching and Research Symposium, University of Wollongong, Australia, 12-14 February 2012.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    The 10th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), 2011
    'Corporate Disclosure on Combating Bribery: A Study of Two Global Companies in the Telecommunication Industry', The 10th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), University of Tasmania, Australia, 5-7 December 2011.