Contact Details
| Organization: | Accounting and Business Information Systems |
| Position: | SENIOR LECTURER |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | http://www.abis.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/who/staff/phil_cobbin.html |
| Work: | 61383444039 |
| Fax: | 61393492397 |
| Level: | 07 |
| Building: | The Spot, 198 Berkeley St |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Biography
Phill Cobbin is a Senior Lecturer teaching in the undergraduate and postgraduate Audit and Assurances Services and Financial Accounting programs of the Department of Accounting & Business Information Systems. He has recently overseen the redesign, rewriting and implementation of the new first year undergraduate accounting program in the department.
His research interests encompass the market for audit services and accounting and auditing history. His particular interests at present focus on the conjunction between accounting history and military history in the late 19th and early to mid 20th Centuries. He is presently engaged in a major research project documenting the contribution of the Australian accounting profession to the Second World War effort, 1939-1945.
Phil is a member of the Academy of Accounting Historians.
Prior to joining academia he worked as a Chartered Accountant in the Melbourne and London offices of Price Waterhouse & Co. He is also a commissioned officer in the Army Reserve with the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps (currently on the Standby Reserve list).
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Key Words | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| accounting and auditing history | contemporary history of accounting education | Australia |
| market for audit services | Australia |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Business | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | 31-Dec-1978 | |
| Bachelor of Education | University of Melbourne | 31-Dec-1983 | |
| Graduate Diploma in Education | State College of Victoria | 31-Dec-1976 | |
| Master of Commerce (Honours) | University of Melbourne | 31-Dec-2001 | |
| Master of Education | University of Melbourne | 31-Dec-1993 |
Memberships
| Membership Type | Membership Body | Description | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Academy of Accounting Historians | Full member | 17-Feb-2007 |
Other Awards
| Award Type | Awarding Body | Comments | Date Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other (Award) | Academy of Accounting Historians | Richard Vanfermeersch Award | 13-Aug-2007 |
| Other (Award) | Faculty of Economics and Commerce | Dean's Certificate in Teaching Excellence | 14-Apr-2005 |
| Other (Award) | Faculty of Economics and Commerce | Dean's Teaching Award | 14-Apr-2005 |
| Other (Award) | Faculty of Economics and Commerce | Dean's Certificate in Teaching Excellence | 20-Mar-2003 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Curriculum Studies: Eco, Comm, Management & Services Edu (CURRICULUM STUDIES) (330204)
- Public Sector Economics (APPLIED ECONOMICS) (340209)
- Economic History (ECONOMIC HISTORY AND HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT) (340301)
- Political Economy (OTHER ECONOMICS) (349901)
- Financial Accounting (ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTABILITY) (350101)
- Management Accounting (ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTABILITY) (350102)
- Auditing and Accountability (ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTABILITY) (350103)
- International Accounting (ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTABILITY) (350106)
- Other Accounting (ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTABILITY) (350107)
- Business Information Systems (incl. Data Processing) (BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT) (350202)
- Commercial and Contract Law (LAW) (390104)
- History: Australian (HISTORICAL STUDIES) (430101)
- History: British (HISTORICAL STUDIES) (430107)
- Historical Studies not elsewhere classified (HISTORICAL STUDIES) (430199)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Army (DEFENCE) (610102)
- Finance and investment services (FINANCE, PROPERTY AND BUSINESS SERVICES) (710401)
- Commercial services not elsewhere classified (OTHER COMMERCIAL SERVICES) (710699)
- Macroeconomic issues not elsewhere classified (MACROECONOMIC ISSUES) (720199)
- Management and productivity not elsewhere classified (MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY ISSUES) (720499)
- Economic issues not elsewhere classified (OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES) (729999)
- Higher education (HIGHER EDUCATION) (740301)
- The professions and professionalisation (WORK) (750103)
- Understanding political systems (GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS) (750601)
- Public services management (GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS) (750605)
- Understanding Australia's past (UNDERSTANDING PAST SOCIETIES) (750901)
- Understanding the pasts of other societies (UNDERSTANDING PAST SOCIETIES) (750902)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Additional Grant and Contract Information
"The Army Advisory Accountancy Panel 1942-1945", Australian Army History Unit, 2005.Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.