Professor Penelope Tuck

Professor Penelope Tuck

The Department of Accounting
Professor of Accounting, Public Finance and Policy

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 2699
Fax
+44 (0)121 414 6678
Email
p.a.l.tuck@bham.ac.uk
Address
University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Penelope Tuck is Professor of Accounting, Public Finance at Birmingham Business School at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Warwick)
  • FCA
  • CTA (Fellow)
  • BSc (Exeter)

Biography

Penelope Tuck is Professor of Accounting, Public Finance and Policy at Birmingham Business School. Prior to joining Birmingham Business School, she has held academic positions at Warwick Business School and at the Universities of Southampton and Buckingham. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a Chartered Tax Advisor. She was formerly a Senior Tax Manager with Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC). Penelope’s research areas are accounting in a public policy context, and taxation policy and practice from a social and institutional perspective. Previously Penelope was Head of the Department of Accounting and Director of Research for the Business School.

Teaching

Penelope currently teaches on the following modules:

  • International Business Taxation
  • Accounting theory

Postgraduate supervision

Penelope welcomes applications from those considering pursuing a PhD in the fields of taxation and public sector management. Her preference is for PhD students who use qualitative research methods and who take a critical and reflective perspective.

Research

Penelope’s research interests are at the boundary of accounting and organisation studies with a particular focus on taxation, and are concerned with the interplay of identity, knowledge and power, and governance in a public policy context.

Other activities

  • Council member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation
  • Member of the Research Advisory Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
  • Member of the Research Committee of the Chartered Association of Business Schools
  • UK Tax Research Network- member of the Executive and Steering Group

Publications

Recent publications

Book

Littlemore, J, Turner, S & Tuck, P 2023, . Routledge Focus on Applied Linguistics, 1st edn, Routledge.

Article

Doyle, E, McCarthy , B, Tuck, P & Berry, F 2025, '', Enterprise and Society.

Tuck, PAL, De Cogan, D & Ormeño Pérez, R 2024, '', The British Accounting Review, vol. 56, no. 6, 101406.

Exworthy, M, Lunt, N, Tuck, P & Mistry, R 2024, '', Public Money & Management, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 308-316.

Power, M & Tuck, P 2024, '', Critical Perspectives on Accounting, vol. 99, 102647.

Konovalova, M, Tuck, P & Ormeno Perez, R 2022, '', Critical Perspectives on Accounting.

De Cogan, D & Tuck, P 2022, '', Public Law, vol. Jan, no. 1, pp. 38-54.

Brackley, J, Tuck, P & Exworthy, M 2021, '', Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 1664-1691.

Oats, L & Tuck, P 2019, '', Accounting and Business Research, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 565-583.

Currie, G, Burgess, N & Tuck, P 2016, '', Journal of Professions and Organization, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 142-153.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Tuck, P, De Cogan, D & Snape, J 2019, . in P Harris & D De Cogan (eds), Studies in the History of Tax Law Volume 9. 1st edn, Studies in the History of Tax Law, Hart Publishing. <>

Chapter

Vollmer, H, Bigoni, M, Brackley, J, Closs-Davies, S, Cuckston, T, Denedo, M, Ejiogu, A, Tuck, P, Frandsen, A-C, Ghio, A, Hoskin, K, McBride, K, Russell, S, Shah, A & van Helden, J 2024, . in H Vollmer (ed.), Handbook of Accounting in Society. Edward Elgar, pp. 446–458.

Tuck, P, Cuckston, T & De Cogan, D 2024, . in H Vollmer (ed.), Handbook of Accounting in Society . Edward Elgar, pp. 168–181.

Tuck, P, de Cogan, DD & Snape, J 2019, . in Studies in the History of Tax Law: Volume 9. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, pp. 213-242.

Konovalova, M, Tuck, P & Ormeno Perez, R 2017, . in D Thomakos & K Nikolopoulos (eds), Taxation in Crisis: Tax Policy and the Quest for Economic Growth. Palgrave: Springer Link/JIBS Special Collection.