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{{Infobox scientist | name = Christine Cooper | image = Christine cooper October 2019.jpg | image_size = | alt = Portrait of Christine Cooper | caption = Cooper in October 2019 | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Accounting | workplaces = {{plainlist| * Erith College of Technology (1981-1984) * Ealing College of Higher Education (1984-1985) * Middlesex University (1985-1988) * Strathclyde Business School (1988-2018) * University of Edinburgh Business School (2018-present)}} | alma_mater = University of Strathclyde | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = {{plainlist| * Critical accounting research * Interpretive accounting research}} | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | footnotes = | spouse = }} '''Christine Cooper''' is a British accounting academic. She holds a Chair in Accounting at the University of Edinburgh Business School and is co-editor-in-chief of ''Critical Perspectives on Accounting''. Her research examines the economic, political and social impact of accounting.
== Life and career == Cooper holds a PhD in accounting from the University of Strathclyde. She did her BA (Hons) at the University of Greenwich and her MSc in accounting and finance at the London School of Economics.<ref name="CV">{{cite web |title=Christine Cooper |url=https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/staff/christine-cooper |website=University of Edinburgh Business School - Our Staff |publisher=University of Edinburgh |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="CPA bio">{{cite web |title=Christine Cooper |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/critical-perspectives-on-accounting/editorial-board/christine-cooper |website=Critical Perspectives on Accounting |publisher=Elsevier |accessdate=14 December 2018}}</ref> During her doctoral studies, she taught at Erith College of Technology. After obtaining her PhD, with a dissertation entitled "The Impact of Accounting on Our Everyday Lives", she took a position as lecturer at Ealing College of Higher Education. A year later, she moved to Middlesex University, where she stayed for three years. In 1988, she moved to the Strathclyde Business School, where she stayed for 20 years.<ref name="CV" /> In 2018, she was appointed Chair in Accounting at the University of Edinburgh School of Business.<ref name="CAS announcement">{{cite web |last1=Centre for Accounting and Society |title=Professor David Cooper and Professor Christine Cooper join the University of Edinburgh Business School |url=https://cas.business-school.ed.ac.uk/2017/10/20/professor-david-cooper-and-professor-christine-cooper-join-the-university-of-edinburgh-business-school/ |website=University of Edinburgh Business School |publisher=University of Edinburgh |accessdate=14 December 2018}}</ref>
== Research == Cooper's research draws on Marx, Foucault, and other social theorists to examine the economic, political and social impact of accounting, particularly on our daily lives. Her published research has covered: * Social and environmental accounting * Accounting and gender * Privatization * Deskilling of accountants and bookkeepers * Insolvency, taxation, and accountability * Financial innovation in the charitable sector * Neoliberal governance.<ref name="CPA bio" />
Cooper's most cited paper, "The Non and Nom of Accounting for (M)other Nature," offers a feminist critique of accounting, particularly its capacity to function as a tool for reporting on environmental performance. The article follows Hélène Cixous in adopting the word "feminine" rather than "feminist," in order to challenge what Cooper sees as the masculine symbolic structures of accounting. The article has been cited over 300 times, according to Google Scholar.
== Editorial work == In addition to serving as co-editor-in-chief of ''Critical Perspectives on Accounting'', Cooper sits on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed academic journals, including: * ''Accounting, Organizations and Society'' * ''Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal'' * ''Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal'' * ''Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management'' * ''Accounting Forum''<ref name="CPA bio" />
== Selected publications == The following articles have each been cited over 100 times, according to Google Scholar: * Cooper, C. (1992). [https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/09513579210017361 The Non and Nom of Accounting for (M)other Nature]. ''Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal'', 5(3). * Cooper, C. (1995). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1045235485710192 Ideology, hegemony and accounting discourse: A case study of the National Union of Journalists]. ''Critical Perspectives on Accounting'', 6(3), 175-209. * Cooper, C., & Taylor, P. (2000). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361368299000525 From Taylorism to Ms Taylor: The transformation of the accounting craft]. ''Accounting, Organizations and Society'', 25(6), 555-578. * Sikka, P., Puxty, A., Willmott, H., & Cooper, C. (1998). '[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1045235497901593 The impossibility of eliminating the expectations gap: Some theory and evidence]. ''Critical Perspectives on Accounting'', 9(3), 299-330.
== Awards == * Lifetime Achievement Award, British Accounting and Finance Association * 2012 Mary Parker Follett Award, Winner, for "Vulgate accountability: Insights from the field of football" with Joanne Johnston. ''Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal'', 25(4), 602-634.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Parker Follett Awards 2017: Previous Winners |url=http://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/news_story.htm?id=7518 |website=Emerald Journal News |publisher=Emerald Publishing |accessdate=14 December 2018}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/staff/christine-cooper Faculty profile of Christine Cooper, University of Edinburgh Business School] * [https://www.journals.elsevier.com/critical-perspectives-on-accounting/ ''Critical Perspectives on Accounting'']
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