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Dr Freeman Brobbey Owusu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Accounting and Finance at 海角社区 University, where he also serves as Programme Leader for the MSc Finance and Management. He is an experienced accounting and finance academic with over a decade of experience spanning higher education and professional practice.
He holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Nottingham, as well as an MPhil in Finance and a BSc in Accounting. He is a qualified accountant, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGCLTHE).
Before joining 海角社区 University, Freeman was a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, and previously held an academic position at Sheffield Hallam University. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a financial accountant and consultant, bringing valuable industry experience that informs his teaching, research, and engagement with business, policymakers, and the wider professional community.
Freeman's research spans key areas within accounting and finance, with particular emphasis on sustainability and ESG, sustainability reporting and assurance, climate change and climate risk, and accounting and reporting practices in the extractive industries. His research seeks to understand how sustainability and climate-related risks influence corporate behaviour, financial performance, reporting practices, and investment decisions.
His current research examines the impact of climate change on corporate outcomes, investigates household low-carbon lifestyles, and explores strategies for climate change mitigation and sustainable transitions. He has published in leading international journals, including Global Environmental Change, Business Strategy and the Environment, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Finance Research Letters, and Managerial and Decision Economics.
Freeman welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD candidates whose research interests align with his areas of expertise. He is particularly interested in supervising doctoral research in sustainability and ESG, sustainability reporting and assurance, climate-related accounting and finance, climate risk, accounting and reporting in the extractive industries, enterprise risk management, and sustainable finance.
He also welcomes opportunities to collaborate with academics, industry, government agencies, and international organisations on research relating to sustainability, ESG, climate risk, sustainable finance, and accounting in the extractive industries.
Owusu, F. B., Abdullah, M., Lee, C. C., & Gyeke-Dako, A. (2025). Firm carbon risk exposure and financial stability. Finance Research Letters, 78, 107204.
Abdo, H., Angwin, D., Othman, H. B., & Owusu, F.B. (2025). Transitioning to Net Zero: assessing the impacts on oil and gas companies operating in the UK. Global Environmental Change, 92, 103004.
Albert, A., Mousavi, M. M., Ibeji, N., & Owusu, F. B. (2025). Bridging ESG and FinTech: a technological approach to carbon performance. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(8), 10590-10612.
Acheampong A., Ibeji, N., Owusu, F., & Nguyen, T. (2025). Narrative disclosure tone and bank risk: the role of economic policy uncertainty. Managerial and Decision Economics, 46(6), 3428-3447.
Owusu, F. B., & Alhassan, A. L. (2021). Asset鈥怢iability Management and bank profitability: Statistical cost accounting analysis from an emerging market. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 26(1), 1488-1502.
Division Chair, Corporate Governance and Sustainability, the Academy of Management Ghana.
Track Chair, Economics, Accounting and Finance Track, International Conference on African Development (iCAD), Ghana Scholarly Society–Europe, Anglia Ruskin University Business School, June 2026.
Editorial Board Member – International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation (IJAAPE), 2026–Present.