Edward Lee is a Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Alliance Manchester Business School of the University of Manchester. He currently serves as a Joint Editor-in-Chief of Accounting and Business Research, an internationally renowned academic journal in the accounting discipline. He also holds or held editorial positions in several other accounting academic journals, including those affiliated with the American Accounting Association (AAA), British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA), and European Accounting Association (EAA). His research has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Accounting Research, Management Science, Accounting, Organization and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Review of Accounting Studies. With over 20 years of academic research experience, he has examined a wide array of accounting issues with important policy relevance and focuses on corporate disclosure and capital market accounting research. He also engages further with interdisciplinary research in corporate finance, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility.