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Dr Kesara Hewage

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3025
Email: k.hewage@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.462  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7055-0356

Dr Kesara Hewage is a Lecturer in Accounting in the School of Business and Law.

Background

Kesara completed her Ph.D. in accounting at Swinburne University of Technology. Her Ph.D. research is focused on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting and corporate financial performance along with big data analysis. She has proficiency in programming languages and statistical software, including Python, SAS, and SPSS, which she actively uses in her research. She is also a reviewer of a few international journals.

Before joining ECU, she has worked at Curtin University and Murdoch University and has gained experience in teaching for both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She also holds three years of industry experience in both an audit firm and a bank in Sri Lanka, where she gained experience in external and internal auditing.

She is excited to contributing to the ongoing success of the School of Business and Law at ECU in her role as a Lecturer in Accounting.

Professional Associations
  • Associate Member, Institution of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL)
  • Member, Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AATSL)

Awards and Recognition
  • 2023 – Best Junior Contribution to the Theory and Practice Award of Intangibles, Intellectual Capital and Sustainability, 18th EIASM Interdisciplinary Conference on Intangibles, Intellectual Capital, and Sustainability: Reporting, Governance, and Value Creation
  • 2022 - Semi-finalist and winner of the Australian arm of the InSPiR2eS Global Pitching Research Competition (IGPRC), Financial Markets and Corporate Governance (FMCG) conference
  • 2022 - Finalist and People’s Choice Award winner in Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) competition of the Swinburne University of Technology 2022
  • 2022 - Finalist in Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition of the Swinburne University of Technology

Research Areas and Interests
  • Corporate Social Responsibility / Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting
  • Corporate Sustainability
  • Big Data Analytics

ECU Research Themes

Theme Two: Society and Cultures; Accounting, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Sustainability Reporting / ESG Disclosure

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology, 2024.
  • Professional Equivalence, Edith Cowan University, 2022.
  • Bachelor of Science in Accounting (1st class honours), Sri Lanka, 2019.

Research Outputs

2023

Conference Publications

  • Hewage, K., Abhayawansa, S., Chiah, M. (2023). Unraveling the Nexus of ESG News based Public Sentiment, Media Attention, and Stock Price Crash Risk. Unraveling the Nexus of ESG News based Public Sentiment, Media Attention, and Stock Price Crash Risk (48). European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM).

2021

Conference Publications

  • Hewage, K. (2021). The Impact of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance and ESG Public Sentiment on Corporate Performance. 2021 Doctoral Symposium (10 pages). Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ).

2020

Journal Articles

  • Hewage, K. (2020). Study of Consistency and Profitability through Financial Ratio Analysis in Plantations Industry in Sri Lanka. EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review, 8(2), 34-39. https://doi.org/10.36713/epra2012.
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