Prof Kathryn Haynes

Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

I am Professor of Accounting at Northumbria University. From 2022-2024, I have been awarded a Major Fellowship by The Leverhulme Trust. I am also a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

I have held numerous leadership roles in Universities. Previously I was Dean of the Faculty of Business, Law and Politics and Director of the Business School at the University of Hull. I also held the Northern Society Chair in Accounting & Finance at Newcastle University, UK, where I was Accounting & Finance Subject Group Head before becoming Deputy Director of the Business School. I was a Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), where I was Lead Fellow of the Services research cohort. I have had several grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) addressing gender, responsible management and the sustainable development goals. I maintain close links with the ICAEW and was previously a member of the ICAEW’s Sustainability Committee. I was co-facilitator of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) Gender Equality Working Group for 8 years.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My current research project, Contemporary Feminisms and their Emancipatory Implications for Accounting, is funded by The Leverhulme Trust who awarded me a Major Fellowship. This project explores contemporary global feminisms and their potential emancipatory implications for accounting, as a profession and as a discipline. It will extend my existing feminist research in the field of gender and accounting, expanding its depth and significance. It will result in a major piece of career-defining work, which will be definitive in the accounting field and of interest to other disciplines.

The overall objectives are to:

Provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary feminist theories applied to accounting, in terms of accounting practice and the accounting profession
Advance feminist theorisations of accounting, offering new insights into their relevance
Illustrate how feminist accounting research can have emancipatory potential
Provide a rich theoretical and practical resource, in the form of a monograph and two journal articles, to advance knowledge in the discipline and stimulate further interdisciplinary research

I am interested in issues of gender and diversity in relation to the professions, particularly accounting. My research addresses identity and its relationship with gender; the body and embodiment within organisations; the juxtaposition of professional and personal identities; and the conduct of the professions and professional services firms. Published work addresses the interaction of motherhood, feminist theory, and accounting.

I am also interested in reflexive research methodologies, including narrative, autoethnography, oral history and ethnography. I have experimented with autoethnography and published numerous articles and book chapters in this genre.

I am interested in supervising PhD students on any aspects of gender and diversity in relation to professions and organisations, or sustainability and its relation to accounting and business. My methodological expertise is qualitative and I welcome projects which use autoethnographical, ethnographical, narrative or other qualitative methods.

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Reflexivity and academic identity in accounting: intersubjective reflexive identity work as a feminist academic, Haynes, K. 19 Jun 2023, In: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
Accountable selves and responsibility within a global forum, Pagan, V., Haynes, K., Reissner, S. 1 Oct 2023, In: Journal of Business Ethics
Daughter-mother perspectives on feminist activism in the academy, Reedy, F., Haynes, K. 1 Jan 2023, In: Organization
Accounting as gendering and gendered: A review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender, Haynes, K. 1 Mar 2017, In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting
The Circular Economy: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Concept and Application in a Global Context, Murray, A., Skene, K., Haynes, K. 1 Feb 2017, In: Journal of Business Ethics
Structural inequalities exposed by COVID-19 in the UK: the need for an accounting for care, Haynes, K. 28 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change
The Routledge Companion to Qualitative Accounting Research Methods, Hoque, Z., Parker, L., Covaleski, M., Haynes, K. 2017
Exploring metaphors of capitals and the framing of multiple capitals Challenges and opportunities for < IR >, Coulson, A., Adams, C., Nugent, M., Haynes, K. 7 Sep 2015, In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal
Autoethnography in Accounting Research, Haynes, K. 2017, The Routledge Companion to Qualitative Accounting Research Methods, Taylor & Francis
Reflexivity in Accounting Research, Haynes, K. 2017, The Routledge Companion to Qualitative Accounting Research Methods , Taylor & Francis

PGR Supervision

Peter Hone The Scared Child; An Autoethnographical Journey of Cultural Awakening Start Date: 14/09/2021
Ridhima Singh An Exploration of Governance Arrangements within Family Businesses in India through the Lens of neo-Durkheimian Institutional Theory Start Date: 31/01/2022
Rebecca Prestwood Accountants and sustainability in regions of different climate-related risk Start Date: 01/10/2021
Eller Everett How Does The Experience Of Learning About Permaculture Affect The Sense Of Hope In Sustainability Professionals Start Date: 01/10/2021
Mary Wilson The abolition of corporation tax. Does a better alternative exist? Start Date: 22/07/2020 End Date: 25/01/2022
Rosemary Diamanti Auditor Independence in the UK: Understanding the impact of reclaiming professional legitimacy on the social contract of audit Start Date: 16/03/2021 End Date: 26/07/2022

Qualifications

Accountancy PhD October 01 2005
Accountancy MA February 01 2000
Academic Studies in Education PGCE July 01 1986
English Literature BA (Hons) July 01 1985
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) FCA 2004
Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) ACA 1993

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