Dr Tommaso Palermo

Teaching

• AC312 Performance Measurement, Strategy, and Uncertainty
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• AC500 Topics in Accounting Research (AOI)
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• AC507 Accounting Work in Progress Seminars
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Research interests

My research has explored how organizations conceptualize and manage risk across diverse sectors and regulatory environments. I have been particularly interested in the design and implementation of risk and performance management processes. A key focus of my previous work has been the risk culture within financial sector organizations, examining how tools, norms, and values influence the perception and handling of risk-taking and control decisions. I have also investigated risk reporting and analysis in the aviation sector, where safety-critical operations provided a rich context for understanding the interplay between technical systems and organizational practices and cultures. Beyond organizational settings, I have examined risk regulation and the creation of markets, exploring how regulatory frameworks, control systems, and market mechanisms interact in shaping the governance of complex and ethically charged domains, such as recreational cannabis markets.

Current research

In my ongoing research projects, I continue to explore the measurement and assessment of risk culture, with particular attention to internal auditing practices. I am also writing about the conceptualization and practice of social impact in NGO fields.

I have recently begun work on nature-related risks, focusing on how complex ecological data and concerns are translated into organizational risk categories. More information about this current project can be found here.

Research networks

I am a founding member of the Organizing Risk Group (ORG, follow LinkedIn page here), an international network of scholars interested in risk and risk management, and I serve as co-director of the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR).

PhD supervision

I am currently supervising PhD research projects on the automation of donation practices (crowdfunding and charitable giving), as well as on accounting for nature and biodiversity.