Siamak Soudani joined ESCP Business School in September 2021 as an Assistant Professor in Management Accounting and Control. Since then, he has been teaching diverse courses in undergraduate and postgraduate programs as follows:
- Management Control
- Managerial Accounting
- Leading and Transforming Energy Companies
- Gas and LNG Markets
He is also visiting researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He holds a PhD in Management (Management Accounting and Control) at the University of Innsbruck, Austria and completed a Bachelor's and Master's in Accounting in Iran. During his PhD study, he was awarded a research scholarship (the promotion of talented and young researchers) by the Vice-Rector of Research at the University of Innsbruck.
His research interests focus extensively on critical, political, and social accounting. More specifically, the role of management control systems in organizations and society, such as climate change (i.e., achieving global nature-positive and net-zero targets), navigating the impact of crises (e.g., sanctions), influencing individuals' behavior (e.g., control mechanisms), cultural translation (e.g., post-colonialism, neo-colonialism, and decolonization), and conflicting values (i.e., co-existence of multiple value regimes). He has been presented his research projects at various international conferences, such as the Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting (IPA), Management Accounting as Social and Organizational Practice (MASOP), European Accounting Association (EAA), and the Critical Perspectives on Accounting (CPA). He also has a strong network of research collaborators across the UK and globally.
Prior to his academic career, Siamak has worked for more than five years as a financial controller in the petroleum companies in the Middle East, mainly in the United Arab Emirates. During this period, he built a strong network with leading oil and gas companies in the Middle East.