Dr Sarah Lauwo

PhD

Management School

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

s.lauwo@sheffield.ac.uk

CB504, Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Sarah Lauwo
Management School
CB504
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL

Profile: Sarah is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Sheffield University Management School. She previously worked as senior lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London and Aston University. Her research focuses on sustainability accounting, private and public sector accountability, stakeholder accountability, corporate social responsibility and accountability and sustainable development goals.

Qualifications

PhD - University of Essex

Research interests

Corporate Social Responsibility
Public Accountability
Accounting and Sustainable Developing Goals
Feminism and Accounting

Publications

Journal articles

Lassou P, Sorola M, Senkl D, Lauwo S & Masse C (2023) Monetization of politics and public procurement in Ghana. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal.
Otusanya OJ, Liu J & Lauwo SG (2023) Influence of tax dodging on tax justice in developing countries: some theory and evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Financial Crime, 30(2), 332-360.
Lauwo SG, Azure JD-C & Hopper T (2022) Accountability and governance in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in a developing country context : evidence from Tanzania. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 35(6).
Lauwo S, Kyriacou O & Julius Otusanya O (2020) When sorry is not an option: CSR reporting and ‘face work’ in a stigmatised industry – A case study of Barrick (Acacia) gold mine in Tanzania. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 71, 102099-102099.
Otusanya OJ & Lauwo SG (2019) Corruption and socio-political economic structures: a case of Nigeria. Journal of Financial Crime, 26(1), 330-371.
Lauwo S (2018) Challenging Masculinity in CSR Disclosures: Silencing of Women’s Voices in Tanzania’s Mining Industry. Journal of Business Ethics, 149(3), 689-706.
Bakre O, Lauwo SG & McCartney S (2017) Western accounting reforms and accountability in wealth redistribution in patronage-based Nigerian society. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 30(6), 1288-1308.
Bakre OM & Lauwo S (2016) Privatisation and accountability in a “crony capitalist” Nigerian state. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 39, 45-58.
Lauwo SG, Otusanya OJ & Bakre O (2016) Corporate social responsibility reporting in the mining sector of Tanzania. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 29(6), 1038-1074.
Otusanya OJ, Lauwo S, Ige OJ & Adelaja OS (2015) Sweeping it under the carpet: the role of legislators in corrupt practice in Nigeria. Journal of Financial Crime, 22(3), 354-377.
Lauwo S & Otusanya OJ (2014) Corporate accountability and human rights disclosures: A case study of Barrick Gold Mine in Tanzania. Accounting Forum, 38(2), 91-108.
Julius Otusanya O & Lauwo S (2012) The role of offshore financial centres in elite money laundering practices: evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 15(3), 336-361.
Azure JD-C, Alawattage C & Lauwo SG () Politics of fiscal discipline: counter-conducting the World Bank's public financial management reforms. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal.
Lauwo S, Osamuyimen E, Denedo M & Amanze E () Counter-conducting environmental injustices and (un)accountability: Ken Saro-Wiwa’s accounts of the Ogoni’s struggle for emancipation. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal.

Research group: Centre for Research into Accounting and Finance in Context (CRAFiC )

Teaching interests

Contemporary Issues in Accounting
Sustainability Accounting
Corporate Governance
International Financial Reporting