Annemarie Conrath-Hargreaves is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Accounting and joined Monash University in 2018.

Prior to joining the Accounting Department, she worked at the European University Viadrina in Germany, where she obtained her doctoral degree. During this time, she also worked as a lecturer at the European Business School (EBS) in Germany, where she was also involved in the University's Executive Education program in Health Care Management.

Annemarie is a change-maker and sustainability advocate, who is passionate about the role of accounting to shape desirable futures. In 2019, she received the Dean's PRME Team Award for Teaching Excellence (together with Alessandro Ghio and Nick McGuigan); in 2022 she received the Dean's Award for Education Excellence for Early Career Teaching, and in 2024 her innovative pedagogical work on immersive learning was awarded the Dean's Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (together with Ashna Prasad and Ting-Chiao Huang). 

In her research, Annemarie focuses on the public sector and sustainability issues, with a special focus on the politics of standard-setting and the role of (lay) experts in a national, supranational and transnational contexts. 

Annemarie is also interested in the usefulness of financial statement preparation and presentation, both with regards to the public sector and sustainability. Her work on standard-setting in the not-for-profit and public sectors has attracted research funding through grant sby the International Public Sector Standards Board (IPSASB), a standard-setting board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), and the Australian Accounting Standard Setting Board (AASB). 

Her work is regularly presented at (inter)national conferences, and has been published in journals such as the Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal (AAAJ) and Abacus.

Semester 1, 2025: ACX3800|5800 - Accounting for Climate Change (Lecturer and Chief Examiner)

In this newly designed unit, we address these grand challenges that arise in the context of climate change head-on. Drawing on international and national standards (such as the recently introduced mandate to report in line with AASB S2), frameworks and regulations such as those by the ISSB, the TCFD and the CSRD, students are equipped with the skills to understand how organisations and governments can use accounting as a tool to take effective climate action and detect ineffective climate action. 

Following a highly interactive teaching approach, the unit ‘Accounting for Climate Change’ connects theory with practice, incorporates real-world scenarios and draws on timely case studies to ensure students are prepared to put their learning into action.

• Reviewer for

-  Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

- Critical Perspectives on Accounting

- British Accounting Review

- Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

- Organization Studies

- European Accounting Review

• Scientific Committee Member of the European Accounting Association’s (EAA) Congress since 2020