Mr Yuchen Zhang

Mr Yuchen Zhang

Associate Lecturer
  • PhD Accounting (in progress, expected 2024)
  • Master of Pre-Doctoral Business Studies (MPDBS), UNSW Sydney
  • Master of Professional Accounting, University of Tasmania (UTAS)
  • Bachelor of Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Business School
School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Yuchen is a doctoral candidate (Expected 2024) and Early Career Academic Fellow (Associate Lecturer) in the School of Accounting, Auditing & Taxation. Before joining UNSW, Yuchen obtained Bachelor of Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China and Master of Accounting from University of Tasmania (UTAS).

Yuchen's research interests include financial reporting and disclosure, and international accounting. His PhD project focuses on the dynamics of corporate disclosures, which examines the economic consequences of mandatory quarterly reporting, and strategic voluntary disclosure practices of loss-reporting firms. Yuchen actively engages with the global research community. His working papers are being presented at leading international conferences including AAA International Accounting Section Mid-year Meeting, AFAANZ annual conferences, and the JIAR Conference. He also participated in the 2023 MIT Asia conference/symposium in Accounting, 2023 AFAANZ Doctoral Symposium and 2021 AAA IAS PhD/New Faculty Consortium.

Yuchen has received several awards and scholarships. His PhD is funded by MPDBS scholarship, Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship and the UNSW Business School Top-up Funding. He was also on the Dean's Honour Roll and was awarded the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Award for Highest Achievement (Auditing) and Tasmanian International Scholarship from UTAS.

Research Interests:

  • International Accounting
  • Financial Reporting and Disclosure

Supervisors:

Teaching:

  • ACCT2542 Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis
  • ACCT3563 Issues in Financial Reporting & Analysis
  • ACCT3672 Accounting Analytics
  • ACCT5919 Business Risk Management
Location
Room 3052, Level 3, Quadrangle Building (E15), UNSW Sydney 2052

  • Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
  • UNSW Business School Top-up Funding
  • 2019 MPDBS Scholarship, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney
  • Dean’s Honour Roll of December 2016, University of Tasmania
  • Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Award for Highest Achievement (Auditing)
  • Tasmanian International Scholarship, University of Tasmania

My Teaching

  • ACCT2542 Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis
  • ACCT3563 Issues in Financial Reporting & Analysis
  • ACCT3672 Accounting Analytics
  • ACCT5919 Business Risk Management