About
Dr. June Cao is an Associate Professor of Accounting and an active PhD supervisor with multiple successful completions. She is particularly proud of the high-quality research achievements of her students and is strongly committed to supporting their academic and professional growth.
She is currently seeking highly motivated PhD candidates to join cutting-edge research projects in areas such as carbon accounting, carbon disclosure and assurance, green innovations, ESG and CSR reporting, auditing, and green supply chain management using advanced research methods, including big data analytics, unstructured data processing, textual analysis, machine learning, large language models (LLMs), and visual/video recognition techniques.
Interested applicants are encouraged to contact June at j.cao@soton.ac.uk with the following documents: a recent and detailed CV highlighting relevant research experience and data analysis skills, academic transcripts, any applicable language proficiency certifications, and a research proposal.
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Biography
Dr June Cao is an associate professor in accounting. June’s core research focus is the burgeoning areas such as carbon accounting, carbon disclosure/assurance, green innovations, ESG/CSR, and the cutting edge of sustainability reporting and green supply chain management. June uses advanced methodologies to solve multifaceted global issues from multidisciplinary perspectives. Her commitment to research excellence is evidenced by quality research outputs published in A*/A/Q1/ABS-3* journals such as the British Accounting Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Energy Economics, Journal of International Accounting Research, Abacus, International Journal of Auditing, Journal of Accounting Literature, Journal of Financial Stability, Business Strategy and the Environment, among others. Her research performance has been recognized by several prestigious research accolades, including Faculty Research Output of Year Award in 2024, Faculty New Researcher of the Year Awards in 2023, Faculty International Engagement Award in 2021, a number of Best Paper Awards. June has secured a number of research grants in Australia, China, Indonesia, and UK.
Grounded in transformative scholarship-informed pedagogy, her technologies-based and SDGs-embedded teaching engages students as reflective practitioners, nurturing adaptable accountants and industry-ready global citizens for a sustainable future. Her teaching excellence has been recognized by several prestigious teaching accolades, including the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Nomination (twice) in 2024 and 2023, University Outstanding Contribution to Learning and Teaching Awards in 2024, Univeristy Teaching Excellence Award in 2022 and the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in 2022, continuously recognised by the professional body CPA Australia and was awarded four Certificates of Appreciation CPA Australia for the 100% pass rate of her students in CPA exams in 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
She is a member of CPA Australia, CA ANZ, and AFAANZ Technical Committee, a fellow of the Higher Education of UK. She is also an accredited FHEA mentor. She is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Accounting Literature and serve as the Lead Guest Editor of the Pacific Accounting Review and an Associate Editor of the Accounting Research Journal. She is also an ad hoc reviewer for over 37 international journals including British Accounting Review, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Accounting Literature, Energy Economics, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Financial Stability, among others.
Prizes
- Faculty of Business and Law Research Output of the Year Award (2024)
- Full Fellow of the Curtin Academy (2024)
- University Outstanding Contribution to Learning and Teaching Award (2024)
- Australian Awards for University Teaching Nomination (2024)
- Australian Awards for University Teaching Nomination (2023)
- Faculty New Researcher of the Year Awards (2023)
- Best Paper Award, Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge, ACIEK-IMIP, International Conference (2023)
- Nomination for University Outstanding Contribution to Learning and Teaching Award (2023)
- Certificate of Appreciation CPA Australia in recognition of achieving a 100% pass rate of students' CPA examination (2023)
- Certificate of Appreciation CPA Australia in recognition of achieving a 100% pass rate of students' CPA examination (2022)
- Certificate of Appreciation CPA Australia in recognition of achieving a 100% pass rate of students' CPA examination (2021)
- Certificate of Appreciation CPA Australia in recognition of achieving a 100% pass rate of students' CPA examination (2020)
- University Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching- Teaching Excellence Award (2022)
- Best Paper Award (Corporate Governance Stream) in AFAANZ Conference (2022)
- Faculty of Business and Law Teaching Excellence Award - Early Career for teaching excellence and outstanding contribution to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching (2022)
- Faculty Research Awards, New Researcher of the Year-highly commended (2021)
- Faculty Global Positioning Award Winner, International Engagement Award recognizing outstanding contributions to international engagement in research, teaching, and partnership (2021)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) in recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education (2021)
- Australia Research Excellence Scholarship (2019)
- SSRN Top Ten Downloads for multiple eJournals and networks including Accounting Education Network, Accounting Research Network and Experiment Economics Network (2024)
- SSRN Top Ten Downloads for multiple eJournals and networks including Accounting Research Network, Climate Finance Network, Accounting, Corporate Governance, Law & Institutions Network, Sustainability Research & Policy Network and Experiment Economics Network (2025)
- Associate Fellow of the Curtin Academy (2023)
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