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Ms Christina James-Overheu


Name : Ms Christina James-Overheu
Position : Lecturer (Accounting)
Section : Faculty of Business and Law
School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office : A502
Location : Springfield Campus
Phone : +61 7 3470 4546
Extension : 4546
E-mail :
Qualifications : BA(Hons) Oxford
GDipEd NTU
MFinMgt Qld


Professional Memberships
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA)
Registered teacher in QLD

Research Interests
Corporate Governance
Management Accounting
Sustainability (water industry)

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Zeppel, Heather and James-Overheu, Christina (2012) Climate change mitigation survey of Queensland Local Councils: Final report . Report prepared for Local Government Infrastructure Services. Australian Centre for Sustainable Business Development, Working paper No. 5 June 2012

Zeppel, Heather and James-Overheu, Christina (2012) Climate change mitigation by Greater Adelaide councils. International Journal of Organisational Behaviour, 17 (2). pp. 29-34. ISSN 1440-5377

Zeppel, Heather and James-Overheu, Christina (2011) Carbon mitigation responses by local councils in Adelaide. In: Building Business Communities: Justice, Performance and Change Creating a Sustainable Scholarly Community Colloquia, 9 Nov 2011, Brisbane, Australia.

James-Overheu, Christina and Cotter, Julie (2009) Corporate governance, sustainability and the assessment of default risk. Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, 1 (1). pp. 34-53.

James, C., and Cotter, J., 2007, Corporate Governance Disclosure and the Assessment of Default Risk, Oxford Business and Economics Conference, Oxford UK
Most notable :
Zeppel, Heather and James-Overheu, Christina (2012) Climate change mitigation survey of Queensland Local Councils: Final report . Report prepared for Local Government Infrastructure Services. Australian Centre for Sustainable Business Development, Working paper No. 5 June 2012

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs
ACC3041 Sustainable Accounting and Finance
ACC8101 Finance and Accounting for Sustainability
ACC1101 Accounting for Decision-Making
ACC5502 Accounting for Managers
ACC2113/ACC5213 Management Accounting

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 16 years
Other : 2 years