Educational Qualifications

2018                    
Ph.D. (Accounting), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2013                    
M.Sc. (International Business, Controlling), Maastricht University, The Netherlands

2011                    
B.Sc. (International Business, Accounting), Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Academic and Professional Experience

2025 - present      
Senior Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

2023 - 2025          
Lecturer, Swansea University, UK

2024                    
Programme Director, UG Accounting & Finance, Swansea University, UK    

2018 - 2023          
Assistant Professor, New Jersey City University, USA

2015 - 2017          
Adjunct Instructor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Awards and Honours

2024                    
Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA)

2017                    
AAA/Deloitte Foundation/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow

2016                    
AAA Accounting Behavior and Organizations Doctoral Consortium Fellow

2015/16                
Excellent Graduate Student Teacher Award, Nanyang Technological University                 

Selected Publications

  • Helikum, L. J., Jamal, K., Tan, H. T., & Xiao, L. (2026). Can open audit committee chairs cure the chilling effect of management's presence on auditors' information sharing during audit committee meetings? Accounting, Organizations and Society. Vol 116, 101618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2025.101618 (FT 50; ABDC A*)
  • Baylis, R. M., De Widt, D., Helikum, L. J., & Ashworth, R. (2024). Debate: The lack of public sector accounting education within universities and what is next. Public Money & Management. 44(5), 347–348. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2333613  (ABDC B)
  • Cohen, N., & Helikum, L. J. (2024). Shadows on Solar: A Teaching Case on the Role of Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism on Forced Labour. Accounting Perspectives. Vol 23 (4): 547-552. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3838.12353 (ABDC B)
  • Helikum, L. J., & Sharma, G. K. (2023). Expanding Access to Exchanges: A Proposal to Address Healthcare Affordability in the US. Midwest Law Journal. Vol XXXIII (1): 38-58. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65077
  • Helikum, L. J., Tan, H. T., & Xu, T. (2022). Causal Attribution, Benefits Sharing, and Earnings Management. Contemporary Accounting Research. Vol 39 (2): 893-916. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12755 (FT 50; ABDC A*)

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