Gunilla Eklöv Alander Associate Professor

Gunilla Eklöv Alander, PhD, is a senior lecturer and researcher at SBS. Her research interests are in interdisciplinary research in auditing and accounting, especially in connection with corporate governance and financial reporting. Her teaching and research are informed by her work in practice for many years after she received her PhD. She performed work in methodology development for PwC in the areas of risk management and quality, and was a member of FAR (the institute for the accountancy profession in Sweden), working in FAR:s Auditing Policy group, and the Sustainability working group. During a short period in between PwC and academia she worked with quality inspections for the Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors. She has also served as one of the 18 members of the Swedish Auditing Academy, and as a member of the SBS board. She is a member of AES (the Academy of Management Accounting & Control in Central Government). Her current ongoing research projects concern the standardisation of external auditing and the resistance of external auditors to its impact on their practice (CARAS), and the role and independence of internal auditors in governmental agencies (RIIAGA). These projects have both received funding from Handelsbankens Forskningsstiftelser Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse.