Dr Curtis is a lecturer in Accounting at NUI Galway.  She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and prior to joining NUI Galway Dr Curtis work as an audit manager at Arthur Andersen in Luxembourg, following the completion of her professional training at Arthur Andersen in Dublin.

She completed her PhD at The University of Manchester.  Her PhD research focuses on the implications for practice and regulation of Accounting and Auditing as a social and institutional practice.  The thesis examines the development and implementation of Business Risk Auditing, a significant innovation in audit methodology by the large private sector audit firms. The research examined the knowledge management systems created, how these were used to attempt to change the business model and the tensions and conflicts created in attempting to implement and build legitimacy for this innovation in the highly institutionalised field of audit practice.

She is now applying the expertise gained on the development and implementation of innovation in the audit field to the use of control systems in managing creativity and  innovation in industrial settings.  She is currently involved in collaborative funded  study investigating the use of management control systems in highly innovative organisations.

Selected Publications:

Curtis, E. & Turley, S. (2007). The business risk audit: A longitudinal case study of an audit engagement. Accounting, Organizations & Society, 32: 4/5.

Curtis, E. & Sweeney, B. (2011) Creative spaces, control and efficiency.  Paper presented at Debating the link between creativity and Control 4-5 April 2011.  Workshop sponsored by Accounting, Organizations and Society, Barcelona, Spain.

Curtis, E. & Turley, S. (2005). From business risk audits to audit risk standards. European Accounting Association  28^th Annual Congress, Goteborg, May.

Curtis, E. & Turley, S. (2005). An institutional perspective on audit methodology. Irish Accounting and Finance Association 18^th Annual Conference, Kemmy Business School, Limerick, April.