Dr Idlan Zakaria

• Fellow, Higher Education Academy (2017)
• PhD Accounting and Finance, Lancaster University (2008)
• MA Accounting and Finance, Lancaster University (2001)
• B. Commerce (Hons), Lincoln University, New Zealand (1999)

Idlan joined the University of Birmingham in 2016 from the University of Essex. Her research interest began in the areas of performance measurement, corporate governance, and  financial reporting disclosure within the corporate sector. This has since evolved into studying these practices within the realm of responsible business behaviour within the sports industry.

As part of her continued scholarly interest in education, she also is interested in the higher education industry and the emerging use and implications of generative AI in higher education teaching, learning and assessment, and employability skills.

In 2019-2020, Idlan spent 18 months leading The Centre, an independent centrist think tank in Malaysia where she was the founding CEO. The think tank focuses on policy research with a particular interest in social safety nets, public goods and societal contracts.

At the departmental and school level, she has held posts of Programme Director for the BSc Accounting and Finance (Singapore) & MSc Accounting and Finance, as well as the School Employability Lead.

Module Lead for:

Advanced Financial Accounting Practice and Theory (BSc Accounting and Finance)

Business Analytics and the Digital Organisation (MSc Business Analytics)

Business Analytics (BSc and MSc Accounting and Finance)

Idran is interested in supervising PhD students who would like to study responsible business within the sports or football industry.

Current Research Projects:

• Multi-Club Ownerships in Football: Impact on Fans and Fan Experience (with Richard Irving, Football Supporters’ Association)

Member of the British Accounting Association.