Professor Roger Simnett and Professor Ken T Trotman for their project entitled: Evaluation and enhancing the composition and functioning of multidisciplinary greenhouse gas assurance engagement teams. The purpose of this research is to understand and improve the functioning of multidisciplinary greenhouse gas assurance teams. A combination of archival and behavioural experiment research methods will be used to gain insights into current practice and techniques for optimising greenhouse gas assurance team performance.

Professor Ken T Trotman for his project entitled: Improving auditors? Risk assessments and detection of financial statement frauds. Auditor teams are required as part of the planning process to discuss potential financial statement frauds. By carrying out a series of experiments on audit discussion group teams this study will help improve the performance of audit teams to ultimately reduce the occurrence and increase the detection of financial statement fraud.