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Dr Umair Riaz

Profile summary

  • Central Academic Staff
  • Senior Lecturer in Accounting & Finance
  • The Faculty of Business & Law
  • The Open University Business School
  • Department for Accounting & Finance
  • umair.riaz

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Professional biography

Umair conducts interdisciplinary research on social accounting, financial reporting, and critical accounting concerning culture, diversity, language, and power (particularly religion, faith-based banking, and charities). His research is embedded in broader social theories, including social identity's multi-dimensional and intersecting features in constructing narratives.

Research interests

Accountability; Islamic Finance; CSR; and NGOs

Publications

Islamic banking, social justice and symbolic capital – Insights from the UK (2025)
Riaz, Umair; Halari, Anwar; Al Mahameed, Muhammad and Bernardi, Cristiana
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal ((In press))

Emotional propensities and the contemporary Islamic banking industry (2023-08)
Riaz, Umair; Burton, Bruce and Fearfull, Anne
Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 94, Article 102449

Auditors' perspectives on financial fraud in Pakistan – audacity and the need for legitimacy (2023-01-17)
Rashid, Muhammad; Khan, Naimat U.; Riaz, Umair and Burton, Bruce
Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 13(1) (pp. 167-194)