Dr Conor Clune

Dr Conor Clune

Senior Lecturer

Member of Chartered Accountants Ireland

Business School
School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Dr Conor Clune

Associate Professor

School of Accounting, Auditing & Taxation
B.Comm (Accounting), University College Dublin | MSc. Strategic Management, University College Dublin | PhD (Accounting), University of Amsterdam | Member of Chartered Accountants Ireland (ACA)
About Conor

Conor Clune is an Associate Professor in the School of Accounting at the UNSW Business School. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and an MSc in Strategic Management from the University College Dublin. He completed his PhD at the University of Amsterdam.

Conor’s research interests are located at the intersection of governance and accounting. He has a particular interested in the governance and regulation in the accounting profession. He specializes in case-based research methods.

Conor’s teaching interests are in financial reporting and and the emergence of non financial related disclosures. He is currently the course coordinator for financial management, one of the eight courses offered in an integrated first year in the Bachelor of Commerce and is leading the development of Current Developments in Sustainable Business, a core unit in the Business Sustainability and Social Impact major. Previously, he has taught intermediate financial accounting, financial statement analysis, and sustainability, accountability, and ethics at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He has also supervised numerous bachelor, master and PhD theses.

Conor previously worked in the tax department of PwC Dublin where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He also worked as a credit analyst for KBC Bank.

Teaching and Supervision

  • COMM1140 – Financial Management
  • ACCT2562 - Current Developments in Sustainable Business 
  • Thesis supervisor in qualitative accounting research
Location
Room 3090, Quadrangle Building - Ref E15
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Clune C; Andon P, 2024, 'Oligarchy in professional accounting bodies: Challenges for governance and leader-member relations', Contemporary Accounting Research, 41, pp. 1419 - 1448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12946
    Journal articles | 2024
    Clune C; McDaid E, 2024, 'Content moderation on social media: constructing accountability in the digital space', Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 37, pp. 257 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-11-2022-6119
    Journal articles | 2021
    Andon P; Clune C, 2021, 'Governance of professional accounting bodies: a comparative analysis', Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 34, pp. 1769 - 1801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-08-2020-4756
    Journal articles | 2020
    Clune C; O'Dwyer B, 2020, 'Organizing dissonance through institutional work: The embedding of social and environmental accountability in an investment field', Accounting, Organizations and Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2020.101130
    Journal articles | 2020
    Clune C; O’dwyer B, 2020, 'Framing Engagement that Resonates: Organizing Advocacy for Corporate Social and Environmental Accountability', European Accounting Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2020.1746374
    Journal articles | 2019
    Clune C; Boomsma R; Pucci R, 2019, 'The disparate roles of accounting in an amateur sports organisation: The case of logic assimilation in the Gaelic Athletic Association', Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 32, pp. 1926 - 1955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-06-2018-3523
    Journal articles | 2015
    Clune C, 2015, 'Accounting and Networks of Corruption', Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 35, pp. 67 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0969160x.2015.1007584

2019 AFAANZ Research Grant. Project: Disrupting planned CSR-focused governance reform: the lobby against the social license to operate. Amount: $7,433.

Journal Articles

Clune C; Andon P, 2024, 'Oligarchy in professional accounting bodies: Challenges for governance and leader‐member relations', Contemporary Accounting Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12946

Clune C; McDaid E, 2024, 'Content moderation on social media: constructing accountability in the digital space', Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 37, pp. 257 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-11-2022-6119

Andon P; Clune C, 2021, 'Governance of professional accounting bodies: a comparative analysis', Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 34, pp. 1769 - 1801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-08-2020-4756, ROS ID: 1576848

Clune, C. & O'Dwyer, B. 2020. Organizing dissonance through institutional work: the embedding of social and environmental accountability in the Dutch investment field. Accounting, Organizations and Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2020.101130 

Clune, C. & O'Dwyer, B. 2020. Framing engagement that resonates: Organising advocacy for corporate social and environmental accountability. European Accounting Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2020.1746374

Clune, C., Boomsma R., & Pucci, R. 2019. The disparate roles of accounting in an amateur sports organisation: the case of logic assimilation in the Gaelic Athletic Association. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. DOI: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/AAAJ-06-2018-3523/full/html