Xin Guo, known as Michael, is a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the Business School of the University of the West of Scotland. His research interests include accounting and business education, corporate social responsibility, banking and financial services, and social and environmental accounting. He is particularly interested in supervising doctoral students in the fields of accounting and finance in China.

Michael won the British Accounting & Finance Association Special Interest Group on Accounting Education Annual Best Paper Prize 2011 for his paper ‘Understanding plagiarism by accounting students: an empirical study in accounting education’ which appeared in ‘Accounting education: an international journal’.