Aeisha Ali

Aeisha is currently a graduate teaching assistant and PhD student in the Accounting, Finance and Economics department. She joined the school in January 2022 after completing her MA undergraduate degree in Accounting and Finance at Heriot-Watt in 2021. Prior to starting Heriot-Watt as a direct entrant, she completed her HND in Accounting at West Lothian College.

In 2023, Aeisha successfully completed the first course of the PgCert  (Learning about Learning) at Heriot-Watt and was awarded the AFHEA qualification. 

In 2021, she was nominated by the Young Women's Movement Scotland as one of 30 of Scotland’s most inspiring young women under 30 years old. 

Her PhD research is currently under the supervision of Dr Qi Li and Dr Lina Fadel. 

Aeisha’s research interests include critical accounting, social accounting, gender and racism (in particular, the South Asian diaspora and Muslims living in the West), decolonisation, human rights, and social justice.

Aeisha’s research is influenced by intersectional feminism, critical race and postcolonial thought with a focus on liminality and hybridity.

Aeisha’s PhD is centred around diversity and inclusivity within the accounting profession and focuses on the identity formation and renegotiation of Pakistani Muslim women within the accounting profession.  

Professional Identity, Postcolonial Theory, Liminality, Intersectionality, Hybrid Identity, Accounting Profession, Critical Accounting, Pakistan, UK, Life History Interviews, Semi-Structured Interviews, Women Accountants, Lived Experience, Racism, Islamophobia, Immigration, Social Justice, Diversity and Inclusion, Power, Feminist Theory

Tutorial Tutor: 

C39MT - Management Accounting Decision-Making Techniques 

C37IA - Introduction to Accounting 

C38PA - Principals of Accounting 

C37FA - Finance and Financial Reporting (MACS) 

Marking:

C38MO - Management Accounting 

C31FN - Financial Reporting