Liu Siwen

Associate Professor in Accounting

Email: siwen.liu@tust.edu.cn

Education:

2009.09-2013.07 BA, Communication University of China, China

2013.09-2014.09 MSc, University of Reading Henley Business School, UK

2014.09-2020.10 PhD, University of Reading Henley Business School, UK

Work Experience:

2024.01- Present Associate Professor in Accounting, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China

2019.09-2023.12 Assistant Professor in Accounting, University of Sussex, UK

2017.09-2019.08 Research Fellow, University of Reading, UK

Research Interests:

Corporate disclosure, ESG, corporate governance, big data and NLP, social media

Academic & Social Service:

2020.10-Present, Fellow of Higher Education Academy

2024.06-Presen, Member of Tianjin Intangible Assets Research Association

Teaching:

Professional English (Financial Management), Frontier Thinking of Accounting

Research Projects:

1. Leverhulme Trust Grant (UK)，“Understanding workplace democracy through corporate and employee disclosures” (RPG-2022-098), 2022.11-2023.11.

2. University of Sussex Seed Corn Funding (UK)，“Online employee disclosures, firm performance, and labour investment efficiency”, 2022.05-2022.07.

Key Publications:

1. “Self-regulation and self-presentation in sustainability reporting: Evidence from firms’ voluntary water disclosure” (with van der Heijden, H.), 2025. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Volume 58, 100684. (AJG 3)

2. “The impact of employee satisfaction on company's labour investment efficiency” (with Adwan, S., Goncharenko, G.), 2024. International Review of Financial Analysis, Volume (96), 103570. (AJG 3)

3. “Accounting narratives and impression management on social media”, (with Yang, J.H.), 2017. Accounting and Business Research, 47(6), 673-694. (AJG 3)