University of Melbourne Events Calendar

This year, Professor Noel Harding presents Advancing the Accounting Profession: A pathway to meaningful research collaboration and positive impact, examining the imperative for greater collaboration within and beyond the accounting profession in responding to contemporary challenges, and the critical role of research in enabling that collaboration to deliver positive societal impact.

Professor Harding will outline a pathway for members of the profession, including accounting practitioners and researchers, to more effectively realise the benefits of the research currently being undertaken.

The lecture will explore how stronger connections between research and practice can foster meaningful collaboration, support informed decision-making and contribute to positive outcomes for the accounting profession and wider society.

About the lecture:

The CPA Australia – University of Melbourne Annual Research Lecture is a longstanding partnership between CPA Australia and the University of Melbourne, bringing together leading academics and industry experts to share research and insights on important issues shaping the accounting profession.

Established in 1940, the lecture series has been held every year without interruption, making it the University of Melbourne’s longest-running continuous annual research lecture series and one of the world’s most enduring accounting lecture series.

Learn more about previous lectures

This colloquium brings together scholars, data-science specialists, librarians and archivists from across the Melbourne University community for a day-long series of conversations about the futures of digital scholarship in the humanities: from the scholar’s desktop, to the undergraduate classroom, and beyond.

We will begin with some framing remarks from Professor Richard Freedman and members of the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform team, offering big-picture insights that emerge from current research initiatives and archival projects in Melbourne, and at other institutions around the world. We will also share lessons learned during the Plaine and Easie workshops. In talks, and in breakout sessions for ‘birds of a feather’, the aim will be to develop a set of priorities and goals that can build a sustainable community of digital scholars and digital pedagogies.

Program coming mid-August 2026.