BIO

Xinchen (Vincent) is a full-time Lecturer in Accounting at the Canterbury Institute of Management (CIM), Melbourne, where he teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programs and coordinates several accounting subjects. His teaching is grounded in a research-driven, student-centred philosophy, with interests spanning financial accounting and the intersections of business, sustainability, and society. He is currently completing a Graduate Certificate in University Teaching at the University of Melbourne.

As an enthusiastic researcher, Xinchen (Vincent) specialises in social and environmental accounting and accountability. He completed his PhD (Accounting) at the University of Tasmania in August 2023 under the supervision of Professor Craig Deegan – a very well-known accounting scholar in Australia and New Zealand. His PhD thesis — an exploration of global apparel companies’ animal-welfare accountability — is among the first to focus exclusively on accounting for animal welfare in the garment industry. He has presented at various conferences such as AFAANZ and APIRA, and is building his publication record; his paper, co-authored with Professor Deegan, is published online in Accounting & Finance (ABDC-A ranking).

Xinchen (Vincent) is currently preparing his next paper for submission to a leading accounting journal, and his ongoing projects examine accounting education within Australian universities. He welcomes expressions of interest from prospective HDR students at CIM.
Before joining CIM, Xinchen (Vincent) lectured at Kaplan Business School Australia (from October 2023). He is actively engaging with accounting professional bodies. He is a full member of the Institute of Public Accountants (Australia), an Associate member of the Institute of Financial Accountants (UK), and is progressing toward ACCA membership.