Wei Qian

Research Interests

Carbon and emissions trading Climate change impacts and adaptation Corporate social responsibility Not-for-profit accounting and accountability Stakeholder Engagement Sustainability Accounting and Reporting

APrf Wei Qian

Associate Professor

School of Accounting and Finance

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Dr Wei Qian is an Associate Professor in accounting and a Professorial Lead at UniSA Business. She is the Accounting and Governance Stream Director at the Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion (CMVI) and the Chair and Convenor of the 2025 Asia-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) and Alternative Accounting Research Network (AARN) Conference in Adelaide 1 - 4 July 2025. Wei's research and teaching profile is centred on sustainability accounting and reporting, especially environmental and carbon management accounting and performance improvement. Her recent research also covers stakeholder engagement for organisational sustainability, sustainability accounting in developing countries, educating for sustainability accounting, gender equity and accounting for Aboriginal engagement and reconciliation. From these research areas, Wei has published widely in top ranked accounting and environmental management journals and involved with various industry collaborations, both nationally and internationally. 

Current Research Projects:

Environmental (Carbon) Management Accounting (EMA)

Sustainability Accounting and Reporting in general and in developing countries

CSR and Indigenous Engagement in the Public Sector

CSR and Gender Equity

Year Citation
2025 Qian, W., & Deng, X. (2025). Gender diversity and CSR performance: an exploration of cultural enablers and barriers in China. Meditari Accountancy Research, online(4), 1-24.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2025 Qian, W., Dissanayake, D., Leong, S., Kuruppu, S., & Tilt, C. (2025). Sustainability reporting in Indo-Pacific countries: an integrative response to local and global frameworks. Meditari Accountancy Research, 33(7), 157-198.
DOI Scopus1
2024 Qian, W., Tilt, C., & Zhu, P. (2024). Social and environmental reporting in China: an examination of local political and economic influences. Meditari Accountancy Research, 32(6), 2175-2197.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2024 Qian, W., Parker, L., & Zhu, J. (2024). Corporate environmental reporting in the China context: the interplay of stakeholder salience, socialist ideology and state power. The British Accounting Review, 56(1, article no. 101198), 19 pages.
DOI Scopus24 WoS21
2024 Deng, X., Rao, K. K., & Qian, W. (2024). Riding the waves or fighting the tides? female leaders' CSR engagement. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(2), 1011-1025.
DOI Scopus8 WoS9
2024 Qian, W., Rao, K., & Deng, X. (2024). Gender diversity and corporate social responsibility performance: a critical assessment. Accounting & Finance, online, 1-26.
DOI Scopus2
2023 Nkrumah, B. A., Qian, W., Kaur, A., & Tilt, C. (2023). Stakeholder accountability in the era of big data: an exploratory study of online platform companies. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, 20(4), 447-484.
DOI Scopus4 WoS2
2022 Qian, W., Zhu, P., & Tilt, C. (2022). Corporate environmental disclosure and local government environmental oversight in China. Pacific Accounting Review, 34(2), 358-382.
DOI Scopus12 WoS12
2021 Qian, W., & Chen, X. (2021). Corporate environmental disclosure and political connection in regulatory and leadership changes: the case of China. The British Accounting Review, 53(1, article no. 100935), 1-19.
DOI Scopus90 WoS86
2021 Dissanayake, D., Kuruppu, S., Qian, W., & Tilt, C. (2021). Barriers for sustainability reporting: evidence from Indo-Pacific region. Meditari Accountancy Research, 29(2), 264-293.
DOI Scopus34 WoS28
2021 Kaur, A., & Qian, W. (2021). The state of disclosures on Aboriginal engagement: an examination of Australian mining companies. Meditari Accountancy Research, 29(2), 345-370.
DOI Scopus10 WoS9
2021 Qian, W., Tilt, C., & Belal, A. (2021). Social and environmental accounting in developing countries: contextual challenges and insights. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 34(5), 1021-1050.
DOI Scopus58 WoS47
2021 Dissanayake, D., Tilt, C. A., & Qian, W. (2021). How do public companies respond to national challenges through sustainability reporting? - The case of Sri Lanka. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 18(4/5), 455-483.
DOI Scopus26 WoS16
2021 Tilt, C. A., Qian, W., Kuruppu, S., & Dissanayake, D. (2021). The state of business sustainability reporting in sub-Saharan Africa: an agenda for policy and practice. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 12(2), 267-296.
DOI Scopus85 WoS60
2020 Qian, W., Tilt, C., Dissanayake, D., & Kuruppu, S. (2020). Motivations and impacts of sustainability reporting in the Indo-Pacific region: normative and instrumental stakeholder approaches. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(8), 3370-3384.
DOI Scopus40 WoS35
2020 Qian, W., Suryani, A. W., & Xing, K. (2020). Does carbon performance matter to market returns during climate policy changes? Evidence from Australia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 259(121040), 1-10.
DOI Scopus56 WoS47
2019 Dissanayake, D., Tilt, C., & Qian, W. (2019). Factors influencing sustainability reporting by Sri Lankan companies. Pacific accounting review, 31(1), 84-109.
DOI Scopus88 WoS64
2018 Qian, W., & Xing, K. (2018). Linking environmental and financial performance for privately owned firms: some evidence from Australia. Journal of small business management, 56(2), 330-347.
DOI Scopus33 WoS27
2018 Qian, W., Hörisch, J., & Schaltegger, S. (2018). Environmental management accounting and its effects on carbon management and disclosure quality. Journal of cleaner production, 174, 1608-1619.
DOI Scopus125 WoS90
2018 Qian, W., Burritt, R. L., & Monroe, G. S. (2018). Environmental management accounting in local government: functional and institutional imperatives. Financial accountability and management, 34(2), 148-165.
DOI Scopus24 WoS21
2018 Crutzen, N., Bounazef, D., & Qian, W. (2018). Developing sustainability mobility controls: the case of four Belgian local governments. Social and environmental accountability journal, 38(1), 49-74.
DOI Scopus2
2018 Schaltegger, S., & Qian, W. (2018). Wer berichtet, wird besser. Controlling & management review, 61(1), 48-51.
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2017 Qian, W., & Schaltegger, S. (2017). Revisiting carbon disclosure and performance: legitimacy and management views. The British accounting review, 49(4), 365-379.
DOI Scopus275 WoS246
2016 Xing, K., Qian, W., & Zaman, A. U. (2016). Development of a cloud-based platform for footprint assessment in green supply chain management. Journal of cleaner production, 139, 191-203.
DOI Scopus93 WoS69
2015 Qian, W., Burritt, R., & Chen, J. (2015). The potential for environmental management accounting development in China. Journal of accounting & organizational change, 11(3), 406-428.
DOI Scopus43 WoS32
2014 Dong, S., Burritt, R., & Qian, W. (2014). Salient stakeholders in corporate social responsibility reporting by Chinese mining and minerals companies. Journal of cleaner production, 84(1), 59-69.
DOI Scopus119 WoS104
2013 Qian, W. (2013). Legitimacy or good governance : what drives carbon performance in Australia. Corporate ownership and control, 10(3), 39-48.
DOI Scopus3
2013 Qian, W. (2013). Embracing the paradox in educational change for sustainable development: a case of accounting. Journal of education for sustainable development, 7(1), 75-93.
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2013 Xing, K., Wang, H. F., & Qian, W. (2013). A sustainability-oriented multi-dimensional value assessment model for product-service development. International journal of production research, 51(19), 5908-5933.
DOI Scopus85 WoS73
2013 Qian, W. (2013). Environmental management accounting: case studies of South-East Asian companies [book review]. Pacific accounting review, 25(2), 217-219.
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2012 Qian, W. (2012). Environmental Management Accounting and Supply ChainManagement, Edited R.L. Burritt, S. Schaltegger, M. Bennett,T. Pohjola, M. Csutora (Eds.). Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg,London New York (2011)., ISBN: 978-94-007-1389-5. Journal of Cleaner Production, 20(1), 186-187.
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2012 Qian, W. (2012). Carbon efficiency in Australian NGER reporting companies : what does the integration tell us?. Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability, 18(3), 159-180.
2011 Qian, W., & Burritt, R. (2011). Lease and service for product life-cycle management: an accounting perspective. International journal of accounting and information management, 19(3), 214-230.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2011 Qian, W., Burritt, R., & Monroe, G. (2011). Environmental management accounting in local government: a case of waste management. Accounting, auditing and accountability journal, 24(1), 93-128.
DOI Scopus170 WoS137
2009 Qian, W., & Burritt, R. (2009). Contingency perspectives on environmental accounting: an exploratory study. Accounting, accountability and performance, 15(2), 39-70.

Year Citation
2016 Qian, W. (2016). Sustainability accounting education: past, current and future. In S. Schaltegger (Ed.), Proceedings of the 20th conference of the Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN) (pp. 196-201). Germany: Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network and Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM).
2014 Qian, W., & Schaltegger, S. (2014). Does carbon disclosure drive carbon performance? An empirical analysis. In Environmental Management Accounting Network Conference From sustainability reporting to sustainability management control. Netherlands: EMAN.
2013 Qian, W., Burritt, R., & Chen, J. (2013). The Potential for Environmental Management Accounting Development in China. In Abstracts from the Environmental Management Accounting Network Global conference 2013 (pp. 1-3). Australia: EMAN.
2013 Qian, W., & Schaltegger, S. (2013). Perform to disclose or disclose to perform: which drives which?. In K. Kokubu, N. Sawabe, & S. Sakaue (Eds.), Collected papers of APIRA KOBE 2013 (pp. 1-16). Japan: APIRA.
2013 Dong, S., Burritt, R., & Qian, W. (2013). Building CSR reporting practice in China: evidence from China's mining and minerals industry. In K. Kokubu, N. Sawabe, & M. Sakaue (Eds.), Collected papers of APIRA KOBE 2013 (pp. 1-22). Japan: APIRA.
2012 Qian, W. (2012). An exploratory study of carbon efficiency in Australian NGER reporting companies. In 2012 AFAANZ Conference Proceedings (pp. 1-23). Australia: AFAANZ.
2012 Dong, S., Burritt, R., & Qian, W. (2012). An assessment of CSR reporting practice in China's mining and minerals industry. In Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Centre on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (ACSEAR) Conference. Wollongong, New South Wales: Australasian Centre on Social and Environmental Accounting Research.
2012 Qian, W. (2012). Revisiting the link between environmental performance and financial performance: who cares about private companies?. In Conference Papers: 11th Australasian Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (A-CSEAR) Conference (pp. 1-25). Australia: University of Wollongong.
2011 Qian, W. (2011). Eco-efficiency wanted: what does the integration tell us?. In Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (pp. 1-23). Launceston, Tasmania: University of Tasmania.
2009 Xing, K., Ness, D. A., Benn, S., & Qian, W. (2009). Guidelines for sustainable product service systems: with particular reference to ICT industries. In C. Soosay, P. O'Neill, & D. Prajogo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th ANZAM operations, supply chain and services management symposium (pp. 468-478). Adelaide, South Australia: UniSA.
2008 Qian, W., Burritt, R. L., & Monroe, G. (2008). Environmental management accounting in local government: a case of waste management. In Proceedings of the 7th Australasian conference for social and environmental accounting research (pp. 545-566). Adelaide: Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability, University of South Australia.
2008 Qian, W., & Burritt, R. L. (2008). Contingency perspectives on environmental accounting: an exploratory study in local government. In Proceedings of the Global Accounting and Organisational Change (GAOC) Conference (pp. 1-27). Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University.
2005 Qian, W., & Burritt, R. L. (2005). An institutional perspective on the development of environmental management accounting. In Sustainability and Environmental Management Accounting Forum. na: na.
2004 Qian, W., & Burritt, R. L. (2004). Environmental Accounting for Waste Management:An Exploratory Study of Local Government Organizations in Australia. In 4th Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference. Singapore.

  • iMove 6-030 National Variable Pricing Matrix, iMove Australia Limited, 18/12/2023 - 30/06/2025

  • TiME 2.7.3: Mining Sector Natural Capital Accounting System: BHP Olympic Dam Case Study, CRC for Transformations in Mining Economies, 31/10/2022 - 29/02/2024

  • Sustainability reporting in four Indo-pacific countries: Assessment of quality and contextual influences, Global Reporting Initiative, 29/11/2021 - 30/06/2022

  • Accounting for Aboriginal Engagement and Reconciliation: An Institutional Framework, Accounting And Finance Association of Australia And New Zealand Limited, 01/07/2020 - 31/07/2021

  • RACE: Opportunity Assessment: B1 Transforming energy productivity through value chains, Race for 2030, 15/02/2021 - 30/06/2021

  • Sustainability Reporting in South Asia: Extent, Perceptions and Impact, Global Reporting Initiative, 23/04/2018 - 16/11/2018

  • Sustainability reporting in Sub-Saharan Africa : extent, perceptions and impact, Global Reporting Initiative, 12/03/2018 - 16/11/2018

  • Discharging environmental accountability via social media - China's PX case, Accounting And Finance Association of Australia And New Zealand Limited, 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2017

Courses I teach

  • ACCT 5011 Accounting for Management M (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2023 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Upekha A W R Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage
2022 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Fariba Lodi
2020 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sucheta Mohapatra

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2016 - 2024 Member Australasian Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference Committee University of St Andrews United Kingdom

Date Role Membership Country
2015 - ongoing Member Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand -
2013 - 2024 Board Member Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network - Asia Pacific -
2010 - ongoing Member CPA Australia -
2008 - ongoing Member Centre of Social and Environmental Accounting Research -
2006 - ongoing Member Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand -

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2022 - ongoing Associate Editor Accounting Forum University of South Australia Australia
2018 - 2021 Board Member Accounting Forum University of South Australia Australia
2016 - ongoing Board Member Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal Emerald Group Publishing (United Kingdom) United Kingdom

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