B.Sc Accounting (University of Aleppo), Postgraduate Diploma (University of Aleppo), M.Acc (University of Dundee), PGCHE (University of Sheffield ), PhD (University of Sheffield ), Fellow of the HEA (The Higher Education Academy), Senior Fellow of the HEA (Advanced HE)
Associate Professor in Accounting
Department: Finance, Accounting and BankingE-mail: Hafez.Abdo@nottingham.ac.ukTel: +44 (0) 115 7487570
Location: C18d (Si Yuan Building, Jubilee Campus)
Hafez Abdo is an Associate Professor of Accounting and a Challenge Lead at the University of Nottingham Energy Institute. His research focuses on the accounting and taxation of extractive industries and on accounting for climate change.
Hafez began his academic journey at the University of Aleppo, Syria, completing his undergraduate studies in 1996. He later earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (1998), an M.Acc from the University of Dundee (2002), and a PhD from the University of Sheffield (2007). Before joining the University of Nottingham in January 2020, he was Professor of Accounting at Sheffield Hallam University (2018–2020). Prior to that, he held several roles at Nottingham Trent University, including Associate Professor (2016–2018), Reader (2014–2016), and Senior Lecturer (2005–2014), and he previously served as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Sheffield (2002–2005).
Hafez is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Accounting Research (JAAR), a member of the UK Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (UK EITI), and an Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT). He is also a Visiting Professor at S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University in Kazakhstan and the National University of Bangladesh.
Areas of ExpertiseAccounting for extractive industries
Accounting for Climate Change
Taxation of the oil and gas industry
Financial accounting and reporting
International Accounting Standards
Energy policy, energy security, and renewable energy options.
Advanced Issues in Financial Accounting (MSc)
Financial Statement Analysis (MSc)
Research Methods (MSc)
Current Issues in Accounting (MSc)
Advanced Corporate Reporting and Analysis (Y3)
Hafez is module convenor of the following module(s):
MSc
Research Methods for Accounting and Finance (BUSI4571)
Details of all modules can be found on
MyNottingham
Hafez research focuses on accounting and taxation of the extractive industries, with special focus on the oil and gas industry. He researched the role of IFRS 6 in harmonising accounting practices for the oil and gas industry; disclosures of decommissioning costs of the oil and gas industry, Accounting regulations of the extractive industries and taxation of the oil and gas industry. He is particularly interested in accounting for climate change.
Hafez research is published by leading accounting and energy journals: Accounting Forum, Australian Accounting Review, Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, British Tax Review, Energy Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Applied Energy Journal, Renewable Energy, Global Environmental Change.
Hafez is currently collaborating on the following projects:
- African SCENe (Sustainable Community Energy Networks)
Hafez is currently supervising the following Research Students:
Diah Agustina Prihastiwi
Nurah Alsbaeei
Salem Abdulrahman A Alomairi
Shilpi Jha
Xinyi Zhou
University Administrative Roles
A Challenge Lead on the University of Nottingham Energy Institute, and an executive member of this institute where he acts as the co-ordinator of the Faculty of Social Science on this institute https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/research-areas/energy-institute/our-people/index.aspx
I do not have a formal managerial statues with the University of Nottingham Energy Institute, and my work on this institute is part of my Citizenship
School Administrative Roles
Director of MSc Accounting and Finance
School and University Committee Memberships
| Committee | From | Role |
| Load Model Group |
2025 |
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| Research & Knowledge Exchange Committee (Formerly RD) |
2024 |
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