Dr. Dean Neu

Biography

Dean Neu is a Professor of Accounting at the Schulich School of Business, York University in Toronto, Canada. He is known for his extensive research in the fields of accounting, business ethics, and responsible business. Prior to joining Schulich, he served as the Director of the Centre for Public Interest Accounting and held the Future Fund Chair in Accounting at the University of Calgary. Neu has been a visiting professor at prestigious institutions including the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto, as well as at Universidad de Autonoma del Estado de Morelos in Mexico. His research primarily focuses on the use of big and small data to explore social accountability. Collaborating with colleagues, he utilizes large datasets from social media platforms like Twitter to investigate how accounting professionals and organizations communicate accountability to the public. Additionally, Neu employs micro-level ethnographic methods to examine the implications of accounting in contexts such as organized crime and undocumented work in North America. He is a co-editor of the journal 'Critical Perspectives on Accounting' and has received notable recognition, including the Canadian Academic Accounting Association Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought. Neu continues to contribute significantly to the academic discourse on accounting's role in fostering social responsibility and ethical practices in business.

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