Professor Prem Sikka of Essex Business School has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) in recognition of his service in the accounting field
The award is given to individuals who have made a substantial and direct contribution through research, teaching and/or public service to UK academic accounting and finance over the course of their careers.
Sikka is a previous recipient of the Accounting Exemplar Award from the American Accounting Association (AAA), and is the only living UK academic to have been recognised in this way by both the American and British academies.
He has been professor of accounting at the University of Essex since 1996.
‘The recurring theme in my research and teaching is that accounting is a moral and political practice rather than some dry technical phenomena,' said Sikka. 'It matters because it has serious consequences, as recent debates about tax avoidance and te banking crash have once again vividly demonstrated. I have always believed that academics should stimulate public debates and have been very fortunate to have been able to communicate with mass audiences through the media.’
