Researchers

KAWAHARA Naoko

KAWAHARA Naoko
Professor
Faculty Department of Accounting / Graduate School of Commerce
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Education and Career

Education

  • SOAS, University of London, Department of Finance and Management,
  • University of London, International Foundation Courses and English Language Studies,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2009 - Today , Kindai University Professor
  • Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2009 , Kindai University Associate Professor

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences, Accounting

Research Interests

Corporate Governance, Sustainability Education, Sustainability Information Assurance, ESG/SDGs Disclosure, Local governments' environmental disclosure, ESG risk, Climate change information disclosure, Biodiversity information disclosure, ESG Fraud, Public Accounting and Auditing, Accounting Fraud, Sustainable Finance, Social Business, Social and Environmental Accounting, Social Impact Assessment, Social and Environmental Reporting, Environmental Information Disclosure, Sustainability Reporting, Non-financial Information, ESG Disclosure

Published Papers

  1. Gender-Related Accounting and Reporting
    Naoko Kawahara
    Shokei-gakuso, Journal of Business Studies  71  (3)  , 1-18, 31, Mar. 2025 
  2. The Relationship between Sustainability Disclosure, Sustainability performance, and Corporate Governance
    Naoko Kawahara; Noriko Iris
    Journal of Business Studies  71  (2)  , 37-57, 31, Dec. 2024 
  3. Debatable Nature of Environmental, Social, and Governance Information: Focusing on Mandatory Disclosures
    Naoko Kawahara; Dewi Fitriasari; Noriko Irie
    Kindai Management Review  12  , 90-105, 20, Oct. 2024  , Refereed

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Books etc

  1. ESG・SDGs素朴な疑問Q&A , 日本公認会計士協会近畿会経営委員会CSR専門委員会 , Mar. 2022
  2. Q&A - Simple questions on environment and CSR for CPA (2016 version) , Kinki Branch; Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants , Apr. 2016
  3. Q&A - Simple questions on environment and CSR for CPA , Kinki Branch; Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants , Mar. 2012

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Conference Activities & Talks

  1. Climate-Related Information Disclosure by Listed Companies in Japan , Naoko Kawahara , 3rd Global Virtual Conference on Climate Change (Climate Conclave 2024) , 26, Nov. 2024
  2. Relationship between sustainability disclosure and corporate governance , Naoko Kawahara , Kansai CFE Research Association , 10, Sep. 2024
  3. Challenges in Responding to ESG Fraud Risks. , Naoko Kawahara , 14th ACFE JAPAN Conference , 12, Oct. 2023

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MISC

  1. Relationship between Business Status and Financial Status of Agricultural Corporations , Naoko Kawahara , Hot Agriculture Group; HAG , 10, Apr. 2025
  2. Learning with Graduate Students , Naoko Kawahara , 近畿大学商学論究 商学研究科創立70周年記念号 , 21 , 2 , 7 , 10 , 20, Feb. 2023
  3. パネルディスカッション「環境影響評価の多様な発展に向けて」 , 田中 充; 藤野 善久; 入江 賀子; 川原 尚子; 浦郷 昭子; 柴田 裕希 , 21 , 1 , 40 , 50 , 10, Feb. 2023

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Awards & Honors

  1. Mar. 2025, IOP Publishing, IOP Publishing Outstanding Reviewer 2024
  2. Mar. 2024, IOP Publishing, IOP Trusted Reviewer Certification: Outstanding
  3. Jul. 2019, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Awarded to special committee members of the Special Committee of the Research Fellows, etc.

Research Grants & Projects

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Financial Effects of Sustainability Disclosure: Exploration of Operational Variables and Causal Machine Learning.
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Information disclosure on social impact of municipalities' renewable energy business - Impact report model , Kindai University
  3. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure by Indonesian Companies , Kindai University

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