Dr Hafez Abdo

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)

Department: Accounting
E-mail: Hafez.Abdo@nottingham.ac.uk
Tel: +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 accounting and taxation of the extractive industries and accounting for climate change.

Hafez commenced his studies at the University of Aleppo/Syria as an undergraduate student in the year 1992, graduating in 1996 before studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (1998), an M.Acc at the University of Dundee (2002), and a PhD from the University of Sheffield (2007). Prior to joining the University of Nottingham in January 2020, Hafez was a full Professor of Accounting at Sheffield Hallam University (2018-2020); before which he worked at the Nottingham Trent University as an Associate Professor of Accounting (2016 - 2018), Reader in Accounting (2014-2016), Senior lecturer in accounting (2005-2014), and assistant lecturer in accounting at the University of Sheffield (2002-2005).

Hafez is an associate editor for two accounting journals: Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting (JFRA) and Journal of Applied Accounting Research (JAAR). He is a member of the Committee for Departments of Accounting and Finance (CDAF) of BAFA, a member of the UK Enforcement Board (UKED), a member of the UK Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (UK EITI), and an Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT). Hafez is a visiting Professor at S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University in Kazakhstan.


Areas of Expertise
Accounting for extractive industries
Taxation of the oil and gas industry
Financial accounting and reporting
International Accounting Standards
Accounting for Climate Change
Energy policy, energy security, and renewable energy options.

 

Recent Publications

The following lists my publications from 2014 to the present day.

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Advanced Issues in Financial Accounting (MSc)
Financial Statement Analysis (MSc)
Research Methods (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.

Hafez is currently collaborating on the following projects:

• Researchers at Risk Fellowship - Iryna Shchyrba
• African SCENe (Sustainable Community Energy Networks)

Hafez is currently supervising the following Research Students:

Nurah Alsbaeei
REHANA KHANAM
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
Departmental Research Director (Accounting)
Director of MSc Accounting and Finance

School and University Committee Memberships

Committee	From	Role
Load Model Group	2025
Research & Knowledge Exchange Committee (Formerly RD)	2024