Guodong Yuan

Research Interests

Finance Accounting Taxation Corporate Governance Political economy and social change Online learning Environmentally sustainable energy activities

Teaching Strengths

Financial Planning, Finance, Accounting

Dr Guodong Yuan

Senior Lecturer and Online Course Facilitator

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 Guodong Yuan (Gordon Yuan) is a Senior Lecturer in Finance and Financial Planning in the School of Accounting and Finance, College of Business and Law, Adelaide University. Since 2020, he has also served as a Course Facilitator for Adelaide University Online. He holds additional professional qualifications in digital learning, migration law, and financial planning. Prior to his current appointments, Dr Yuan accumulated extensive teaching and research experience in both Australia and China.
 
His academic interests span finance, accounting, and taxation. His research focuses on digital education, gender equity, market valuation, taxation policy, corporate governance, and financial markets. His recent work concentrates on emerging themes such as artificial intelligence, ESG, corporate political engagement, green finance, and tax aggressiveness in transitional economies, particularly China. His research has been widely published in international peer-reviewed journals and scholarly book chapters.
 
Beyond academia, Dr Yuan is actively engaged in industry and community initiatives. He is a full member of CPA Australia and an academic member of the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA).
 
Dr Yuan welcomes applications from highly motivated and outstanding PhD candidates. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact him via email at guodong.yuan@adelaide.edu.au

Dr Guodong Yuan’s academic interests span finance, accounting, and taxation. He currently serves as Associate Director of the Policy & Regulation stream at the Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion (CMVI), Adelaide University, where his work focuses on the interaction between markets, regulation, and social outcomes.

His research examines market valuation effects of financial behaviour and regulatory events, taxation policy, corporate governance and ownership structure, capital markets, and financial market regulation. A central and growing strand of his research investigates artificial intelligence and ESG, including AI-enabled ESG analytics, green finance, corporate political engagement, and tax aggressiveness in transitional economies, particularly China.

Dr Yuan’s research has been widely published in international peer-reviewed journals and scholarly book chapters. He is actively involved in competitive grant applications and is highly committed to supervising HDR students, particularly in areas related to AI, ESG, green finance, regulation, and corporate governance.

Dr Yuan welcomes applications from highly motivated and outstanding PhD candidates.
Enquiries are welcome via email: guodong.yuan@adelaide.edu.au

Date Position Institution name
2026 - ongoing Senior Lecturer Adelaide University
2024 - 2025 Senior Lecturer University of South Australia
2014 - 2023 Lecturer University of South Australia

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2025 Award UniSA 2025 Unstoppable Teaching & Learning Awards: Enhanced Learning Award (nominated) Universty of South Australia Australia -
2025 Scholarship UniSA Business 2025 Scholarship Development Fund University of South Australia Australia -
2022 Award UniSA Business Staff Excellence Awards (2022) Teaching Excellence: Digital Innovation: Hybrid and Online University of South Australia Australia -
2022 Award Curriculum Development; UniSA Business Staff Excellence Awards (2022) Teaching Excellence: Leadership in Authentic Assessment University of South Australia Australia -

Language Competency
Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2020 University of South Australia Australia Graduate Diploma in Education Studies (Digital Learning)
2018 - 2019 Kaplan Australia Graduate Diploma Financial Planning
2018 - 2018 Mentor Education Australia Diploma of Financial Planning
2015 - 2015 Australian National University Australia Graduate Certificate Australian Migration Law & Practice
2010 - 2014 University of South Australia Australia Doctor of Philosophy

Date Title Institution name Country
2019 Certified Practising Accountant CPA Australia Australia

Year Citation
2025 Jin, X., Yu, J., Yuan, G., & Zang, R. (2025). Impact of State-Owned Equity Participation on the Risk-Taking Capacity of Private Enterprises in China: Insights From a Quasinatural Experiment. Corporate Governance an International Review, 33(4), 629-662.
DOI Scopus12 WoS13
2025 Zhang, J., Zhou, Z., & Yuan, G. G. (2025). Navigating China's OFDI: financial development and policy shifts in the EU. International Review of Economics & Finance, 98(103870), 1-32.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Aljbour, A. M., Xu, L., Wallace, D., & Yuan, G. (2025). Corporate social responsibility disclosure and financial stability of Islamic banks: evidence from GCC countries. International Journal of Emerging Markets, online, 1-20.
DOI WoS1
2025 Aljbour, A. M., Xu, L., Wallace, D., & Yuan, G. (2025). Corporate social responsibility disclosure and dividend policy of Islamic banks: evidence from GCC countries. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, online(5), 1-19.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2025 Jin, X., Yuan, G., Wang, S., & Yu, J. (2025). Shareholding arrangement within controlling family and ESG performance: Insights from succession planning in Chinese family businesses. International Review of Finance, 25(3), 1-32.
DOI Scopus1 WoS2
2025 Yuan, G. (2025). Synergistic Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Gamification in University Finance Trading Simulation Labs. Simulation and Gaming, online(2), 34 pages.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Yu, J., Yuan, G., Liu, S., & Zhang, J. (2025). Green credit, supply chain concentration and corporate digital transformation: Evidence from China. British Accounting Review, in press, 101690.
DOI Scopus3
2025 Yu, J., Yuan, G., & Shi, G. (2025). Government official site visits and urban innovation: an empirical analysis from China. Regional Studies Regional Science, 12(1), 656-681.
DOI

Year Citation
2024 Yuan, G., McIver, R., & Xu, L. (2024). Over-investment, internal control, and government intervention: evidence from China's state-owned enterprises. In K. Wendt, & B. Villhauer (Eds.), Source details - Title: Sustainable Wealth Management: Directing Capital Towards Sustainability (Vol. Part F4261, pp. 247-260). Switzerland: Springer.
DOI
2024 Yuan, G., McIver, R., & Xu, L. (2024). Corporate tax reform and firm share price: evidence from China. In K. Wendt, & B. Villhauer (Eds.), Source details - Title: Sustainable Wealth Management: Directing Capital Towards Sustainability (Vol. Part F4261, pp. 227-245). Switzerland: Springer.
DOI
2022 Al Jbour, A. M. H., Xu, L., Wallace, D., & Yuan, G. (2022). Corporate social responsibility disclosure and cost efficiency of Islamic banks: evidence from GCC countries. In D. Nguyen (Ed.), Source details - Title: Handbook of Banking and Finance in Emerging Markets (pp. 345-365). UK: Edward Elgar.
DOI Scopus1
2021 Yuan, G., McIver, R., & Xu, L. (2021). Tax reform, tax aggressiveness and corporate value: evidence from China's enterprise income tax law reform. In K. Wendt (Ed.), Source details - Title: Green and Social Economy Finance: A Review (pp. 171-191). US: CRC Press.
2019 Yuan, G., McIver, R. P., Xu, L., & Kang, S. H. (2019). Corporate income tax avoidance in China: using regulatory change to encourage corporate tax sustainability. In K. Wendt (Ed.), Source details - Title: Sustainable Financial Innovations (pp. 284-306). US: CRC Press.
DOI Scopus2

Courses I teach

  • BANK 1010 UO Personal Finance (2025)
  • BANK 3013 Risk Management and Insurance (2025)
  • BANK 3016 UO Estate Planning (2025)
  • BANK 3018 UO Risk Management and Insurance (2025)
  • BANK 5044 Risk Management and Insurance G (2025)
  • BANK 1010 UO Personal Finance (2024)
  • BANK 3012 Estate Planning (2024)
  • BANK 3016 UO Estate Planning (2024)
  • BANK 3018 UO Risk Management and Insurance (2024)
  • BANK 5041 Estate Planning G (2024)
  • BANK 5042 Introduction to Financial Planning G (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Principal Supervisor AI-Enhanced Corporate ESG Analytics for Smarter Green Financing Decisions in the Sustainable Transition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Xinyao Zhang
2022 Co-Supervisor Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the era of decentralised work Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Wei Cao

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2023 Co-Supervisor To what extent does the MySuper dashboard representative member represent all individual members University of South Australia Finance Master Part Time Mark Bastiaans
2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor The impact of corporate social responsibility disclosure on cost efficiency, financial stability and dividend policy of Islamic banks: evidence from GCC countries University of South Australia Finance Doctorate Full Time Anas Aljbour

Date Role Membership Country
2021 - ongoing Member Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Australia
2019 - ongoing Member CPA Australia Australia

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