Zeyu Huang

Zeyu is currently a PhD research student in accounting at the School of Finance and Management at SOAS University of London. 

Before joining SOAS, Zeyu obtained an MSc with Distinction in Accounting and Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), specializing with corporate finance and corporate financial disclosures. After the MSc, Zeyu passed trainings in Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development at LSE with distinction performance. 

Zeyu also holds a BA in Business Studies with first class honours at the University of Liverpool, with a pathway in accounting and financial management. With his background in accounting and financial management and his interests in environment and sustainable development, Zeyu is interested in research topics on corporate reporting and disclosures for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environment, Society and Governance (ESG), as well as sustainability and climate change issues. 

In the PhD research projects, Zeyu investigates the disclosure quality of CSR and sustainability reports disclosed by firms listed in the UK. Content analysis and natural language processing (NLP) are used as the research methodologies. Furthermore, Zeyu is currently working on assessing the impacts of mandatory adoption of Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) on the sustainability and climate reporting environment in the UK. Within the department, Zeyu also works as a graduate teaching assistant and teaches tutorials for undergraduate course in management accounting.

Corporate social responsibility; CSR disclosures; Corporate sustainability disclosures; Accounting for climate change; Climate-related financial disclosures