Dr Thusitha Dissanayake

• Integrated and ESG reporting
• Public sector accounting
• Corporate Governance (Board and sub-committee)
• Corporate disclosure practice

• Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
• Member, CPA, Australia
• Member, Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT) Sri Lanka
• Member, Institute of Pulic Accountants (IPA) Australia
• Member, Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
• Member, Deakin Integrated Reporting (IR) Research Centre
• Member, Golden Key International Honour Society

• Management Accounting
• Strategic Management Accounting
• Financial Accounting 

• MAA744 - Strategic Management Accounting
• MAA717 - Introductory Accounting
• MAA262 - Management Accounting
• MAA103 - Accounting for Decision Making

• Management Accounting
• Strategic Management Accounting
• Corporate reporting
• Public Sector Accounting

• 'Integrated board committee, integrated thinking and ESG performance: Evidence from international setting', 2023 AFAANZ Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-5 July, 2023.
• 'Risk committee, Business Strategy and Cost of Debt', 2021 Financial Market and Corporate Governance (FMCG) Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 7-9 April, 2021.
• 'Risk committee and integrated reporting practice- An exploratory study in Australia', The 2020 JCAE Doctoral Consortium and Annual Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-5 January 2020.
• 'Accounting reform among different layers of Government in Sri Lanka: A comparative analysis', 9th APIRA conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 1-3 July 2019.
• 'The Role of Professional Association in the diffusion of Accounting Innovation in Public Sector', 28th Asia- Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, USA, 6-9 November 2016.
• 'The Diffusion and Adoption Process in Accounting: Perception from Local Government', American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference, American Accounting Association, USA, 6-10 August 2016.
• 'Accounting Innovation and Diffusion- Adoption Process: Challenge for Local Government in Developing Countries', 8th Asia- Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference, RMIT University, Australia, 13-15 July 2016.
• 'The Diffusion of ‘New Public Financial Management (NPFM)’ Innovations in Developing Countries : Evidence from Sri Lanka', TIIKM’s 2nd Annual International Conference on Accounting and Finance (ICAF), The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka, 26-27 May 2015.
• 'Corporate Disclosure on Combating Bribery: A Study of Two Global Companies in the Telecommunication Industry', National Forensic Accounting Teaching and Research Symposium, University of Wollongong, Australia, 12-14 February 2012.
• 'Corporate Disclosure on Combating Bribery: A Study of Two Global Companies in the Telecommunication Industry', The 10th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), University of Tasmania, Australia, 5-7 December 2011.

Google Scholar

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• Department award for excellence for going above and beyond in Mentoring and Teaching Support, Department of Accounting, Deakin University, 2023.
• Faculty award for excellence in Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University, 2022. 
• Department award for excellence for going above and beyond in Mentoring and Teaching Support, Department of Accounting, Deakin University, 2022.
• Department award for going above and beyond in teaching, Department of Acocunting, Deakin University,2018.
• Semi-finalist of 'three minute thesis' competition, College of Business, RMIT University, 2015.
• Award for 'Best performed student in Accounting', awarded by Victoria University and CPA Australia, 2008.