Professor Jayne Godfrey

PhD Qld MEc Syd BCom(Hons) Melb DipEd (MSCV) FCPA FCA, MAICD, CFTP
Deputy Dean (Research)

Professor Jayne Godfrey is Professor of Financial Accounting, and Deputy Dean – Research of the Faculty of Business and Economics. As Deputy Dean – Research, Jayne is responsible for the Faculty's research strategy, and for fostering, developing and promoting the high quality research of the academic staff and research students in the Faculty of Business and Economics. As well as an extensive list of publications in high quality internationally refereed journals, her publications include the leading Australian text on accounting theory, now in its sixth edition. She serves on editorial boards, and referees for numerous international and Australian journals.

For her service to Australian society through business leadership, Jayne was awarded Australia 's Centenary Medal. She served on the Australian Accounting Standards Board, which sets accounting rules with the force of law for Australian companies for five years, and she is a past Telstra Businesswoman of the Year national finalist. She has been President of the Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand , and frequently addresses international and national business and community fora concerning accounting, finance, and corporate governance research issues.

Jayne's research focuses mostly upon the role of accounting in the generation and distribution of economic resources. Internationally, Jayne has been a member of the Publications Committee of the International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association, a Reader at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Invited Visiting Distinguished Professor, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, and held visiting appointments at the Universities of Arizona, Auckland , and Montesquieu, Bordeaux . She has been a research advisor to several organisations.