Ataur is a Professor in Accounting and Sustainability. He joined Birmingham Business School in August 2022 having previously been a professor in the Department of Accounting at Aston University. During his 16 years of service at Aston, he also served as the Head of the Department and member of the Senior Management Team. Before that he was an Associate Professor at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. In Birmingham, he is a member of the Department of Accounting located within the Birmingham Business School.
He has held visiting positions and taught at the universities of Toulouse (France), Regensburg (Germany), University of Ottawa (Canada), Kobe University, Japan and De los Andes (Colombia). His editorial positions include former Editorship of Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management, Associate Editorship of Accounting Forum and editorial Board Memberships in Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Critical Perspectives on Accounting and Business Ethics: A European Review. His Google Scholar H Index is 26 and has nearly 4500 citations.
His principal research interest lies in the area of social and environmental accounting from the context of developing countries such as Bangladesh, India and Vietnam. His work in this area has led to a number of international large project collaborations funded by the British Council, British Academy and CIMA. He has presented his research in leading international conferences and workshops in various countries. His research papers have appeared in leading international journals in the field such as Work, Employment and Society, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Accounting Forum, Financial Accountability and Management, and Accounting and Business Research.