Michael Turner

Dr Michael Turner

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Program Convenor, Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours)

Dr Michael J. Turner is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours) at The University of Queensland Business School. He holds a PhD in Accounting, a Bachelor of Business (First Class Honours) and a Graduate Certificate in Research Management.

Michael’s scholarship explains how decision‑oriented accounting information—and the management controls that create and communicate it—influence strategic, ethical and climate‑related choices across diverse organisations. He has authored 30‑plus peer‑reviewed articles (5 A★, 19 A ABDC; two FT 50), attracting 437 Scopus citations and an h‑index of 12 (as at June 2025). His projects have been funded by Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, the German Research Foundation and the Australian Accounting Standards Board, and practitioner outlets such as Strategic Finance, HospitalityNet and the Council on Business & Society have featured his applied insights.

Research interests

• Strategic management accounting & analytics – capital budgeting, cost systems, competitor intelligence, AI pricing

• Corporate & climate‑related disclosure – economic consequences of ESG reporting

• Ethical decision‑making & governance – whistle‑blowing incentives, fraud deterrence

• Accounting education & technology – data‑analytics pedagogy with Python and R

A unifying question threads these streams together: How can accounting systems create and communicate information that drives smarter and more responsible business decisions?

Teaching & Program Leadership

Teaching. Michael coordinates management‑accounting courses that consistently receive outstanding teacher ratings in the mid‑ to high‑4s out of 5 . His Python‑ and R‑based cases have won international awards and are adopted worldwide.

Program leadership. As Program Convenor he applies a business‑analyst mindset—interrogating enrolment trends, assessment data and employer feedback—to steer evidence‑based improvements in curriculum design, assessment integrity and student experience.

Engagement & Service – Program Convenor spotlight

• Academic Program Review Lead (2023 – mid 2025).

  • Directed the first comprehensive review of UQ’s flagship Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours) since its 2018 launch, coordinating faculty, students, alumni and external reviewers.

  • Delivered a data‑rich report mapping enrolment patterns, graduate outcomes and financial sustainability, and set a strategic agenda for work‑integrated learning, first‑year cohort building and program distinctiveness.

• Implementation Plan Leader (mid 2025 – mid 2028).

  • Leading cross‑disciplinary teams to design cohort‑specific advanced courses and new industry‑embedded learning experiences.

  • Monitoring key performance indicators—retention, satisfaction, graduate destinations—so that curricular changes translate into measurable impact.

• Continuous quality assurance.

  • Conducts targeted course audits to recalibrate marking guides, assessment weightings and learning resources, and mentors coordinators through change processes.