Dr Paul Ahn
- Lecturer (Accounting & Finance)
telephone:
01413305986
email:
Paul.Ahn@glasgow.ac.uk
Adam Smith Building, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270Biography
Paul Ahn was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. He studied history for Bachelor of Arts and public policy for Master of Public Administration at Seoul National University. Later, he studied accounting for Master of Accounting and for PhD in Commerce at the Australian National University. he is a member of CPA Australia.
Paul joined the Adam Smith Business School as a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance in 2014. Previously, he was an associate lecturer at UNSW Canberra, Australia.
Paul was an invited visiting scholar at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan in 2021 and 2023.
Research interests
Paul is a member of the Accounting research cluster.
Areas of expertise:
- Accounting profession
- Management accounting and control
- Accountability practised in digitalised economy/society
- Visual methodology in accounting
- Accounting and business history
- Critical perspectives on accounting
- Public sector accounting
Publications
2025
Wang, Yuheng and Ahn, Paul D. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270
(2025)
Make China great again: the strategies of Confucian accountants.
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 38(1),
pp. 255-285.
(doi: 10.1108/AAAJ-07-2023-6572)
2021
Ahn, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270 and Wickramasinghe, Danture ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-5147
(2021)
Pushing the limits of accountability: big-data analytics containing and controlling COVID-19 in South Korea.
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 34(6),
pp. 1320-1331.
(doi: 10.1108/AAAJ-08-2020-4829)
2019
Ahn, Paul D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270 and Jacobs, Kerry
(2019)
Accountants' incessant insecurity: focusing on the identities of CPAs hired in the South Korean public service.
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 32(8),
pp. 2421-2450.
(doi: 10.1108/AAAJ-01-2017-2815)
Ahn, Paul D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270 and Jacobs, Kerry
(2019)
Beyond the accounting profession: a professionalisation project in the South Korean public sector accounting field.
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 32(1),
pp. 101-132.
(doi: 10.1108/AAAJ-11-2016-2795)
2018
Ahn, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270 and Jacobs, Kerry
(2018)
Using photographs in interpreting cultural and symbolic meaning: a reflection on photographs of the Korean Association for Government Accounting.
Accounting Forum, 42(1),
pp. 142-152.
(doi: 10.1016/j.accfor.2017.08.002)
2014
Ahn, Paul D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270, Jacobs, Kerry, Lim, Dong-Wan and Moon, Kwangmin
(2014)
Beyond self-evident: recognising the problematic political context of accrual accounting adoption in South Korea.
Financial Accountability and Management, 30(1),
pp. 25-48.
(doi: 10.1111/faam.12026)
Articles
Wang, Yuheng and Ahn, Paul D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270
(2025)
Make China great again: the strategies of Confucian accountants.
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 38(1),
pp. 255-285.
(doi: 10.1108/AAAJ-07-2023-6572)
Ahn, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270 and Wickramasinghe, Danture ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-5147
(2021)
Pushing the limits of accountability: big-data analytics containing and controlling COVID-19 in South Korea.
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 34(6),
pp. 1320-1331.
(doi: 10.1108/AAAJ-08-2020-4829)
Ahn, Paul D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270 and Jacobs, Kerry
(2019)
Accountants' incessant insecurity: focusing on the identities of CPAs hired in the South Korean public service.
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 32(8),
pp. 2421-2450.
(doi: 10.1108/AAAJ-01-2017-2815)
Ahn, Paul D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270 and Jacobs, Kerry
(2019)
Beyond the accounting profession: a professionalisation project in the South Korean public sector accounting field.
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 32(1),
pp. 101-132.
(doi: 10.1108/AAAJ-11-2016-2795)
Ahn, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270 and Jacobs, Kerry
(2018)
Using photographs in interpreting cultural and symbolic meaning: a reflection on photographs of the Korean Association for Government Accounting.
Accounting Forum, 42(1),
pp. 142-152.
(doi: 10.1016/j.accfor.2017.08.002)
Ahn, Paul D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-6270, Jacobs, Kerry, Lim, Dong-Wan and Moon, Kwangmin
(2014)
Beyond self-evident: recognising the problematic political context of accrual accounting adoption in South Korea.
Financial Accountability and Management, 30(1),
pp. 25-48.
(doi: 10.1111/faam.12026)
Supervision
- Muttaqin, Muhammad Faizal
Evolution of governance in Indonesian SOEs: a governmentality perspective - Santoso, Nanda Trio
Institutionalisation of New Public Management and Accountability Practices in Indonesia’s Higher Education - Wandono, Rhoni Tanjung Marji
Big Data Analysis and Accountability: A Case Study of Taxpayer Compliance Risk Management System in the Indonesian Tax Authority
Completed PhD projects:
2023 Dr Mengyuan Feng: "Accountability, neoliberalism and digital platforms: an ethnography of digital forms of accountability in China" with Prof Danture Wickramasinghe
2022 Dr Arief Fadhilah: "Management control in the intertwinement of cultural and religious practices: a case of an Indonesian-Minangkabau manufacturing company” with Prof Danture Wickramasinghe
2022 Dr Yuheng Wang: "Reinventing Chineseness: Corporate social responsibility reporting in Chinese Confucian companies" with Prof Chandana Alawattage
Teaching
- Introduction to business reporting and financial accounting
- Management accounting in organisations and society
