Dr Mayya Konovalova

Dr Mayya Konovalova

The Department of Accounting
Lecturer in Accounting

Contact details

Address
Birmingham Business School
University House
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Mayya is a Lecturer in Accounting specialising in Taxation, Anti-Money Laundering and International Transparency Standards.

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Birmingham (2019)
  • MSc International Business, 2015
  • ICA Membership - MICA (Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance)
  • BSc Teaching and Foreign Languages, 2005

Biography

Mayya Konovalova is a Lecturer in Accounting at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. She joined the School in November 2019. Her research focuses on accounting, regulation, and transparency, examining how regulatory standards and compliance frameworks shape organisational practices and professional judgement, particularly in relation to financial crime and sustainability.

Teaching

  • Professional Integrity and Reflective Practitioner
  • Taxation: Principles and Planning
  • Comparative and International Taxation
  • International Business Taxation

Research

  • Regulatory standards, compliance, and evaluative practices
  • Transparency and accountability
  • Financial crime and anti-money laundering
  • Climate and sustainability accounting
  • International taxation and financial centres

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Konovalova, M 2026, 'Compliance boundary work and international standards: A case study of a small financial centre', Critical Perspectives on Accounting, vol. 103, 102856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2026.102856

Konovalova, M, Tuck, P & Ormeno Perez, R 2022, 'In search of the owner: regulating through transparency', Critical Perspectives on Accounting. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2022.102421

Chapter

Konovalova, M, Tuck, P & Ormeno Perez, R 2017, Tax Havens: the crisis of transparency. in D Thomakos & K Nikolopoulos (eds), Taxation in Crisis: Tax Policy and the Quest for Economic Growth. Palgrave: Springer Link/JIBS Special Collection.

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