Researcher

My Expertise

Financial statement comparability; Shareholder litigation; Stock price crash risk; Voluntary disclosure

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Fields of Research (FoR)

Financial Accounting

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Biography

Academic CV

Dr. Leonard Li is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Accounting, Audit & Tax at UNSW Sydney. His research focuses on connecting accounting to the real world, analysing its role in social and political environments such as pandemics, global disruptions, and legal frameworks. He has a range of research interests including voluntary disclosure, shareholder litigation and stock price crash risk. He has published in leading accounting...view more

Academic CV

Dr. Leonard Li is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Accounting, Audit & Tax at UNSW Sydney. His research focuses on connecting accounting to the real world, analysing its role in social and political environments such as pandemics, global disruptions, and legal frameworks. He has a range of research interests including voluntary disclosure, shareholder litigation and stock price crash risk. He has published in leading accounting journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Accounting, Organizations and Society. In addition, a number of his publications have been featured in prestigious industry practitioner journals, stimulating dialogue and innovation among practitioners, enhancing the application of academic research to solve real-world problems.

Leonard's teaching aims at enhancing students’ employability and equipping them for future challenges. He is at the forefront of integrating data analytics and machine learning within business education. This is reflected in the teaching and development of “COMM5601 – Interdisciplinary Application of Analytics”, "ACCT3672 – Accounting Analytics for Business Decision Making" and “ZZBU6509 – Financial Modelling”. He also teaches first-year accounting courses ("COMM1140 – Financial Management"), which employs innovative and flexible teaching methods that actively engage students and foster an interest in accounting.

Throughout his career, Leonard has dedicated his time to helping the next generation of researchers. He have assisted numerous early-career researchers in publishing in prestigious journals and have set high-quality research directions through his roles as an active reviewer in over 30 prestious international journals and the Deputy Editor of Accounting & Finance. He is a co-founder of the Early Career Researchers Support Network (ECRSN), a network that aims to help early-career researchers to improve their social wellbeing and academic performance. This initiative supports researchers who have limited access to seminars and resources since the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling them to join the academic community and attend online master classes. This program has attracted over 100 participants from across Australia, New Zealand, and around the world.


My Grants

  • UNSW Business School Dean’s Research Fellowship (A$10,000), 2023-2024.
  • AFAANZ Research Grant (A$6231), 2021. "Critical audit matters and debt contract design" with Lina Li and Zihang Peng.
  • AFAANZ Research Grant (A$7500), 2019. "CSR contracting andmanagement earn-ings guidance" with Bo Qin and Lu Yang.

My Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Accounting, UNSW Sydney (2016-2019)
  • Master of Finance (with Distinction), Australian National University (2013-2014)
  • Bachelor of Economics in Statistics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (2008-2012)

My Awards

  • Peter Brownell Manuscript Award (2024)
  • UNSW Business School Research Excellence Award - Senior Lecturer (2023)
  • UNSW Business School Dean’s Research Fellowships (2023-2024)
  • AFAANZ Best Paper Award in Financial Accounting (2020)
  • UNSW Tuition Fee Scholarship (2016)

 


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Areas of supervision

Archival financial accounting research


Currently supervising

  • Shelly Xiaotong Deng, Ph.D. Co-Supervisor at UNSW Sydney
  • Layla Yixuan Li, Honors Co-Supervisor
  • Kathy Dongyue Wang, PhD student at Australian National University, External Committee Member
  • Summer Rui Huang, PhD student at Australian National University, External Member
  • Ziqi Gao, PhD student at Australian National University, External Member

My Engagement


My Teaching

  • ACCT3672 Accounting Analytics for Business Decision Making
  • COMM5601 Interdisciplinary Applications of Analytics Techniques
  • COMM8101 Statistical Methods for Business Research
  • COMM1140 Financial Management
  • ZZBU6509 Financial Modelling
  • ACCT1501 Accounting and Financial Management 1A
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Publications

by Dr Leonard Leye Li

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