Nelson Duenas
- Location
- DMS 10147
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- 613-562-5800 x 6181
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Biography
Nelson is an Assistant Professor in the Telfer School of Management at University of Ottawa. He is in the Accounting department, where he teaches at the undergraduate and graduate level, in the areas of strategic management accounting, cost accounting, and financial accounting/financial management.
Nelson Duenas is a professional accountant and holds a Ph.D. in Accounting and MBA from Concordia University. He was the Valedictorian of the 2023 Fall Convocation at Concordia’s John Molson School of Business and his Ph.D thesis won the Joe Kelly Graduate Award for a thesis of exceptional merit. Nelson has industry experience in external audit, financial accounting, and financial analysis. He worked at the United Nations’ Joint Inspection Unit in Switzerland and was a consultant to UNCTAD for the implementation of the Accounting Development Tool in Colombia.
Nelson’s research interests are in the areas of management control, performance measurement, and accountability, particularly in the international development sector. He explores the implications of accounting, management control and accountability mechanisms in cooperation relationships between donors and implementing organizations of international development projects. He has done research visits at HEC Paris and Universidad Externado de Colombia. His research has been published in Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Qualitative Research on Accounting and Management, and his work has been supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQSC), University of Ottawa and the CPA Research Centre in Accountability.
Publications during the last 7 years
Papers in Refereed Journals
- DeMott, K., Repenning, N., Almersson, F., Chimenti, G., Delfino, G., Duenas, N., Fredriksson, C., Guo, Z., Holde Skinnerup, T., Sokolovskyy, L. and Xu, X. 2024. Navigating the PhD journey: a collective consideration of junior academics in qualitative accounting and management research. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, 21(5): 602-621.
- Duenas, N. 2023. Investigación contable en Organizaciones No Gubernamentales: una reflexión sobre metodologías participativas. Apuntes Contables, 33: 11-23.
- Duenas, N. and Mangen, C. 2021. Trust in international cooperation: Emotional and cognitive trust complement each other over time. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, (102328), (In Press).
Chapters in Books
- Savard, M.C., Duenas, N. and Audet, F. International NGOs as brokers of hierarchies in the localization agenda: a case study from the Philippines. In Egger, C.. Hierarchies and Exclusion in Humanitarianism. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2025.
Invited Contributions and/or Technical Reports
- Duenas, N. 2018. "Implementation in Colombia of UNCTAD’s Accounting Development Tool", August, https://www.ctcp.gov.co/proyectos/contabilidad-e-informacion-financiera/documentos-organismos-internacionales/informe-final-adt-en-colombia/1535053391-5772.
Funded Research during the last 7 years
| From-To | Source | Title | * | ** | Role | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2026 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | The Localization Agenda: Implications for accounting and management of international development resources | R | C | PI | $ 58,231 |
| 2024-2025 | University of Ottawa, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation | Community-Based Participatory Research in International Development: Empowering Marginalized Communities through Localization and Enhanced Accountability | R | I | PI | $ 9,700 |
| 2023-2024 | Telfer School of Management | Start-Up Fund | R | I | PI | $ 20,000 |
| 2020-2022 | Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC) | Trust and Control in the International Cooperation Sector | R | G | PI | $ 49,000 |
| 2020 | John Molson School of Business, Concordia University | Graduate Fellowship | R | O | PI | $ 3,600 |
| 2019 | Bourse d’Etudes Supérieures en Commerce et en Administration Humberto Santos | Trust and Control in the International Cooperation Sector | R | O | PI | $ 9,000 |
| 2019 | John Molson School of Business, Concordia University | Graduate Doctoral Fellowship | R | O | PI | $ 10,800 |
| 2018 | John Molson School of Business, Concordia University | Graduate Doctoral Fellowship | R | O | PI | $ 10,800 |
| 2017-2018 | Concordia University | Concordia Merit Scholarship | R | O | PI | $ 10,000 |
LEGEND:
*Purpose
C: Contract (R and D) | E: Equipment Grant | R: Research Grant | S: Support Award | P: Pedagogical Grant | O: Other, U: Unknown
**Type
C: Granting Councils | G: Government | F: Foundations | I: UO Internal Funding | O: Other | U: Unknown
Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator
