For the past six years, Lidia has focused on research of the global standardisation of business information and accounting information systems. Lidia recently completed her doctoral research at the Open University Business School entitled ‘Digital Reporting and Constitutive Entanglement of Business, Regulators, and Society’ exploring the development of a new digital business reporting standard - Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language. She also holds a MRes in Business Management, MSc in Accounting and Finance Management, and MA in Teaching. Lidia is a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of Northampton where she has teaching responsibilities at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Lidia is a current member of the British Accounting and Finance Association. Alongside her academic experience, prior to the commencement of her doctoral research, Lidia had worked in consultancy at PwC in the financial sector.

Current research projects and interests include:

• Adoption of Digital Business Reporting Standards (XBRL, Inline XBRL)
• Accounting Innovation Adoption and Diffusion
• Accounting Information Systems

• Ahmed Omayr; Accounting and Finance

Impact of Blockchain Technology on Banking

• Morshed Rommel; Accounting and Finance

Blockchain Technology: A tool for Resolving Interbank Transaction Settlement Complexities in Bangladesh

• Simata Maswavi; Accounting and Finance

An analysis of the impact of the new IFRS9 Expected Credit Loss Model: A case study on South African banks.

• ACC1009 The Accountant in Business
• ACC2005 Accounting Software and Models
• FINM025 Dissertation and Research Methods