Accounting, Society and the Environment

The annual Accounting, Society and the Environment (ASE) Research workshop, which will be held on Wednesday 8th May 2019 at the University of Aberdeen, Linklater Rooms, King's College, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX.

ASE is a friendly, scholarly event bringing together researchers to present, discuss and debate their research projects in various stages of development. The workshop is intended as a forum to encourage research collaboration across institutions and disciplines and for the dissemination of research outputs.

The workshop is interdisciplinary and welcomes contributions from all disciplines interested in Accounting, Society or Environmental issues. We call for papers that explore accounting and social impact through a critical lens within either social enterprises, public and third sector organisations,  co-operatives or private sector organisations.  Contributors are encouraged to interpret this theme broadly, yet critically, including through applying diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives to a wide range of countries and regional settings.  

Topics include but are not limited to:

• The role of social accounting in enhancing organisation-stakeholder interactions.
• The impact of corporate governance mechanisms on shaping social accounting practices.
• The interplay between accounting and government in the context of various social developments.
• How accounting has defined, limited or supported the development of social organisations.
• The impact of particular accountings on the development or delivery of social services.
• How new systems of accounting and accountability are engendered within social organisations.
• The interplay between accounting, technical innovation and IT and the development of local government services, transportation, education, healthcare and charities.
• The impact of accounting practices in social organisations and in society as a socio-political construct.
• Accounting’s role in relation to the effectiveness of rational deployment of public funding as a means of solving broad social problems.
• The function of accounting practice within specific socio-historical contexts.
• The social benefit of accounting in the everyday government of organisational activity.
• An investigation into the relationship between accounting and social organisations with regard to their shifting connections and interpretations.

The submission deadline for papers is 30th March 2019. Manuscripts should be sent electronically (in a Word file format) to: aseresearch95@gmail.com

This event has been sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). There is no fee for participation or attendance in this workshop. Registration for the workshop can be made through the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/accounting-society-the-environment-ase-workshop-tickets-52942728125

We hope that you will be able to join us.

Dr Audrey Paterson, Dr Akira Yonekura and Dr Vicky Lambert

Hosted by

University of Aberdeen Business School

Venue

Linklater Rooms

Contact

Dr Audrey Paterson aseresearch95@gmail.com