Staff Profile

Dr Teng Li is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Accounting and Finance at Newcastle University Business School. He holds a BSc Accountancy, MSc Finance, and PhD in Accounting for Sustainability, and has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK since 2019. Teng's primary research interests lie in the Emergence, Evolution and Effects of Social and Environmental Accounting, Auditing and Accountability in Emerging Economies. He is also interested in CSR/ESG, Sustainable Corporate Governance, and Climate Finance, more broadly.

His research aims to explore the role of accounting as a technology of both accountability and control in driving businesses to pursue long-term values, not short-term returns. His recent research articles have been published in world-leading and internationally excellent (ABS 4/3*; ABDC A*/A) journals, including the British Journal of Management; Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal; Accounting and Business Research; Accounting Forum; and Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money.

Teng is currently working on projects regarding the effects of newly shaped politicians-managers nexus on corporate social (reporting) initiatives and environmental engagement in China. He's also investigating the potential impacts of CSR (reporting) practices on both economic outcomes and non-financial performance of firms in various sectors. Teng has been an active ad hoc reviewer for academic journals such as Accounting and Business Research, Accounting Forum, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, International Review of Economics and Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, et al.,. 

Teng is now co-supervising some PhD candidates on issues of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility Reporting, Sustainable Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement, and Green Innovation. He's more than happy to discuss research proposals in areas of Sustainability Accounting and Accountability, CSR/ESG Reporting, Sustainability Auditing and Assurance, from prospective PhD applicants.

Teng is specialised in the following Accounting and Finance areas:

• Social and Environmental Accounting and Accountability 
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmentalism
• Sustainability Reporting and Assurance
• Sustainable Corporate Governance
• ESG and Sustainable Finance
• Climate Change and Corporate Finance 
• Socially Responsible Banking and Financial Stability

Teng serves as the Module Leaders for the following courses – 2022/23:

ACC3001 Financial Accounting Stage 3

ACC4053 Financial Analysis and Valuation Stage 4 – PwC Flying Start BAF

ACC4051 Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance Stage 4 - PwC Flying Start BAF

• Articles

  • Trinh VQ, Cao ND, Li T, Elnahass M. Social Capital, Trust, and Bank Tail Risk: The Value of ESG Rating and the Effects of Crisis Shocks. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 2023, 83, 101740.
  • Li T, Hidayah NN, Lyu O, Lowe A. Navigational Space for the Absence of Sustainability Assurance in China. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 2022, (ePub ahead of Print).
  • Li T, Trinh VQ, Elnahass M. Drivers of Global Banking Stability in Times of Crisis: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility. British Journal of Management 2022, Epub ahead of print.
  • Elnahass M, Trinh VQ, Li T. Global Banking Stability in the Shadow of COVID-19 Outbreak. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 2021, 72, 101322.
  • Parsa S, Dai N, Belal A, Li T, Tang G. Corporate social responsibility reporting in China: political, social and corporate influences. Accounting and Business Research 2021, 51(1), 36-64.
  • Li T, Belal A. Authoritarian state, global expansion and corporate social responsibility reporting: The narrative of a Chinese state-owned enterprise. Accounting Forum 2019, 42(2), 199-217.