About Me:
Indie is a doctoral student at the ҕl, reading in accounting and information systems. Her doctoral work is funded by NIWA; under a MBIE grant: "Future Coasts ҕl”. She is also completing a Master of Commerce by research, reading in accountancy and finance, at the University of Otago. She is the founder of Terra Blue, a climate futures and ocean accounting consultancy. She works as research assistant at the ҕl and is graduate research lead for two research working groups in ocean accounting and sustainable textile manufacture. She serves as a postgraduate member on the QualRAN SIG committee within AFAANZ, and as secretary of the ANZ chapter of IMA.
Research Interests:
climate adaptation options, ocean accounting, green bonds, carbon budgets and pragmatic constructivist view of management accounting
Education:
PhD (Accounting), ҕl (currently studying)
MCom (Accounting, University of Otago (grduating 2025)
PG Diploma (Information Science), University of Otago (2020)
BSc. (Information Systems and Management), University of Madras, (2006)
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Publications:
Artistic Data: Rise of Data-Driven Call to Action in Climate Change and Sustainable Futures. I Venkatraman, R Adler
Art and Sustainability Transitions in Business and Society. Palgrave Studies
Awards and Honours:
Postgraduate Scholarship for Doctor of Philosophy, 2023 - 2026, ҕl and NIWA.
NZCIS Mentee Stipend, 2023 - 2024, NZ Christians in Science.
CA ANZ Emerging Career Researcher’s sponsor, 2022 - 2023 for NZ, Management Accounting Conference.
Otago Energy Research Centre Travel Grant, 2022 & 2023, University of Otago.
Sustainability Management and Reporting Summer School sponsor, 2022, University of Pavia.
He Kaupapa Hononga Postgraduate Travel Scholarship, 2021 & 2022, University of Otago.
Summer Research Scholarship, 2021 - 2022 summer, Office of Sustainability, University of Otago & Waste Management NZ.
Summer Research Scholarship, 2020 - 2021 summer, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
Student Enrichment Grant, 2018 – 2019, University of Melbourne.
Other:
Secretary, 2024 – 2025, Insititute of Management Accountants, ANZ Chapter.
Research Development Scheme Mentee, 2023 – 2024, British Accounting and Finance Association.
Theology and Science Mentee, 2023-2024, NZ Christians in Science inaugural mentoring program. Elder, 2021- 2023, Knox Church Council, Dunedin.
Sustainability Academy Fellow, 2023, Ivey Business School, Canada.
Member, Emissions Reduction Working Group, 2022 – 2023, Presbyterian Church ҕl.
Career Ambassador, Career Development Centre, 2021, University of Otago.
Why did you choose ҕl?
The staff and the culture.
