Victoria Edgar
Associate Professor
Victoria Edgar is an Associate Professor at the University of Agder (UiA) School of Business and Law. She holds a PhD in Accounting from Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK. Prior to joining the University of Agder, she worked in Queen’s University Belfast for 3,5 years. She also has experience working in the UK public sector in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
Edgar’s research interests are in Public Private Partnerships and corporate communications. She has published her research in Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal and The British Accounting Review.
Research interests
- Public Private Partnerships
- Corporate communications
Courses and teaching
International Financial Reporting (from Autumn 2023)
Financial Accounting 5 (2019 - 2022)
Management Accounting 2 (2020 - Present)
Business Administration for IT Students (2021)
Projects
- Part of group Internationalization of Financial Reporting and Auditing
- Grant received from IPSASB (International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board) for the project: The adaption of climate change in public sector financial reporting: A comparative case study between United Kingdom and Norway. Together with Dr Elaine Stewart (Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom)
Scientific publications
- Edgar, Victoria; Stewart, Elaine (2024). Making sense of climate change in central government annual reports and accounts: A comparative case study between the United Kingdom and Norway. Financial Accountability and Management. ISSN: 0267-4424. s 1 - 20. doi:10.1111/faam.12409.
- Edgar, Victoria C.; Brennan, Niamh M.; Power, Sean Bradley (2022). The language of profit warnings: a case of denial, defiance, desperation and defeat. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. ISSN: 1368-0668. 35 (9). s 28 - 56. doi:10.1108/AAAJ-04-2020-4519.
- Brennan, Niamh M.; Edgar, Victoria Carol; Power, Sean Bradley (2021). COVID-19 Profit Warnings: Delivering Bad News in a Time of Crisis. The British Accounting Review. ISSN: 0890-8389. doi:10.1016/j.bar.2021.101054.
- Edgar, Victoria C; Beck, Matthias; Brennan, Niamh M (2018). Impression management in annual report narratives: the case of the UK private finance initiative. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. ISSN: 1368-0668. 31 (6). s 1566 - 1592. doi:10.1108/AAJ-10-2016-2733.
- Edgar, Victoria; Stewart, Elaine (2022). The adaption of climate change in public sector financial reporting: A comparative case study between United Kingdom and Norway.
- Edgar, Victoria Carol; Brennan, Niamh M.; Power, Sean Bradley (2021). The Language of Profit Warnings: A Case of Denial, Defiance, Desperation, Defeat.
- Edgar, Victoria Carol; Brennan, Niamh M.; Power, Sean Bradley (2021). The Language of Profit Warnings: A Case of Denial, Defiance, Desperation, Defeat.
- Edgar, Victoria Carol; Brennan, Niamh M.; Power, Sean Bradley (2021). The Language of Profit Warnings: A Case of Denial, Defiance, Desperation, Defeat.
Sectors
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