John Currie
Lecturer in Accountancy and Finance; Director of the Master of Accounting Programme
J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, University of Galway
John’s principal teaching and research interests are management accounting and accounting education. He is particularly interested in the impact of personal, cultural and economic factors which impact on students’ participation in higher education in general and Accounting education in particular.
John's work contributes to these SDGs
John has been a visiting lecturer at several European universities. He also has significant experience of working with small businesses in Ireland and Poland and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA).
Key Target 4.7 Education for sustainable development and global citizenship
Teaching
Management Accounting
John works with students of management accounting at both postgraduate and final-year undergraduate levels. These modules emphasise the implementation of management accounting systems in the business environment and the economic impact which this has on enterprise stakeholders and (more broadly) on the wider economy and on society. Where possible he endeavours to engage with the specific experiences of students; this is particularly rewarding and effective in those modules where there are students from diverse institutional and economic backgrounds. In this way, the relationship between management accounting systems and the advancement of SDGs is explored throughout these modules.
Supporting Targets: These management accounting modules directly support many of the SDG targets, most especially: 4.7 Education for sustainable development and global citizenship; 9.2 Promotion of inclusive and sustainable industrialisation; 12.6 Encouraging companies to adopt sustainable practices; 16.6 Development of effective, accountable, and transparent institutions
Finance
John teaches a finance module to a large and diverse student group, consisting mostly of final-year undergraduates. The learning objectives and curriculum content are centred around the idea that the purpose of understanding financial markets and practices is to determine their impact on the public good and on the advancement of SDGs (and not merely to identify opportunities for financial gain by individuals and firms).
Supporting Targets: This finance module directly supports the following SDG targets in particular: 4.7 Education for sustainable development and global citizenship; 8.1 Sustain economic growth in accordance with national circumstances; 9.1 Development of quality, sustainable, and resilient infrastructure; 10.4 Adoption of fiscal and social policies that promote equality, 10.5 Improvement in the regulation and monitoring of global financial markets and institutions and strengthen the implementation of such regulations.
Engagement
John is an examiner for Certified Public Accountants CPA Ireland. Also, John is privileged to work closely with the Polish community in Galway and in particular to be a partner in their activities designed to maintain and develop their Polish language and heritage while living in Ireland.
Direct impact SDG Targets
4.3 Equal access to affordable technical, vocational, and higher education.
4.5 Eliminate all discrimination in education.
4.7 Education for sustainable development and global citizenship.
4A Build and upgrade inclusive and safe schools.
5.5 Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making.
5A Equal rights to economic resources, property ownership, and financial services.
10.2 Promote universal social, economic, and political inclusion.
10.3 Ensure equal opportunities and end discrimination.
Indirect impact
8.1 Sustainable economic growth.
8.3 Promote policies to support job creation and growing enterprises.
8.6 Promote youth employment, education, and training.
9C Universal access to information and communications technology.
10.1 Reduce income inequalities.
12.A - Support developing countries' scientific and technological capacity for sustainable.
16.7 Ensure responsive, inclusive, and representative decision-making.
Research
Featured Publications
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Reference |
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Navallas Labat, B., Cotter, S., Currie, J. (2024). What gave you that idea: Factors impacting on students’ perceptions of accounting and accountants, Accounting, Finance, and Governance Review, 32(2) (forthcoming).
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4.2, 4.3, 4.4 |
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Currie, J. (2024). Advanced sales and marketing variances, CPA Student News, January.
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4.2, 4.3, 4.7 |