Yongqi Ke
PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2028
Educational Background
| Present | PhD Candidate, Business Administration Schulich School of Business – York University Toronto, Canada Advisor: Prof. Dr. Cameron Graham |
| 2022 | Master of Science in Accounting Organisations and Institutions London School of Economics London, UK |
| 2021 | Bachelor of Management in Accounting Fudan School of Management, Fudan University Shanghai, China |
Thesis Topic
Achieving our profession: Accounting, accountants, and the crisis of representation
Research Interests
Accountability; Accounting theory; Accounting profession; Critical accounting
Publications
Cohen, D., Graham, C., & Ke, Y. (2026). “Monetary Policy, Uneven Development, and Accounting for Spatial Justice.” In L. Rochon and S. Rossi (Eds.), Central Banking, Monetary Policy and the Common Good. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Work in Progress
Ke, Y. (R&R). The Great Sage who balances accounts: Re-imagining the Monkey King as an accountant on Chinese social media platforms. Accounting, Auditing, and Accountability Journal.
Ke, Y. (under review). Sharing our vocabulary: A pragmatist analysis of “data assets” as accounting language. Accounting, Organisations, and Society.
Ke, Y. & Graham, C. (under review). What we talk about when we talk about scapegoats: Consuming the Evergrande-PwC Audit Scandal with creative indifference. Critical Perspectives on Accounting.
Ke, Y. (drafting). Not that I seek the gift: Goodwill, patronage, and the narcissistic recipient.
Graham, C. & Ke, Y. (drafting). Unaccountability.
Graham, C. & Ke, Y. (drafting). Philanthropy.
Awards and Honours
| 2026 | Schulich PhD Conference Travel Fund (1,000 CAD) |
| 2025 | Schulich PhD Proposal Defence Scholarship (2,000 CAD) |
| 2025 | Ontario CPA Digital Accounting Information Grant (15,000 CAD) |
| 2024 | Schulich PhD Conference Travel Fund (1,000 CAD) |
| 2023 | Schulich PhD Scholarship (43,000 CAD per year) |
| 2021 | Scholarship for Research Assistant at FDSM (15,000 CNY) |
| 2019 |
FDSM Funding for Exchange Studies (32,000 CNY) |
| 2021 |
Scholarship for Undergraduate Research Project (5,000 CNY) |
| 2018 | Scholarship for FDU Excellent Student (1,000 CNY) |
Refereed Conference Papers
Ke, Y. (2026). Sharing our vocabulary: Asset accounting and the imagination of professional authority. 2026 Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference, FGV Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .
Ke, Y. (2026). The Great Sage who balances accounts: The transformation of literary image in professional myth. Schulich Research Day, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Ke, Y. & Graham, C. (2025). What we talk about when we talk about scapegoats: The death of revelation in the Evergrande-PwC audit failure case. 10th Qualitative Accounting Research Symposium, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
Ke, Y. & Graham, C. (2025). What we talk about when we talk about scapegoats: The eclipse of revelation in the Evergrande-PwC audit failure case. Invited research seminar. Warwick Business School, Coventry, UK.
Ke, Y. & Graham, C. (2025). What we talk about when we talk about scapegoats: The eclipse of revelation in the Evergrande-PwC audit failure case. Invited research seminar, University of Bristol Business School, Bristol, UK.
Graham, C. & Ke, Y. (2024). A radical critique of corporate social responsibility through the lens of philanthropy. Invited research seminar, Adam Smith Business School, Glasglow, UK.
Graham, C. & Ke, Y. (2024). A radical critique of corporate social responsibility through the lens of philanthropy. Invited research seminar, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK.
Graham, C. & Ke, Y. (2024). Philanthropy. 14th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, UK.
