PhD, CA
Chair in Accountancy
- About
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- Email Address
- azizul.islam@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272710
- Office Address
- School/Department
- Business School
Biography
Muhammad Azizul Islam (Aziz) is a Professor in Sustainability Accounting & Transparency, Chair in Accountancy, and the Director of Research for the Accounting Discipline at the University of Aberdeen Business School. Aziz is a Chartered Accountant (CAANZ).
Aziz has 24+ years of experience in academia, including various leadership roles. He won the School's Award for Excellence in Administration and Support, and the Dean's Award for Team Teaching Excellence in 2011.
Aziz is widely recognised internationally as a leading sustainability accounting researcher. He investigates some of the specific sustainability accounting and transparency issues, including (but not limited to) corporate human rights measures, climate change accounting, social audit and corporate anti-bribery measures. His research has been funded by various organizations, including ACCA (UK), CPA (Australia), CAANZ, CSIRO/Data61, UK AHRC, and GCRF-Scottish Funding Council. Notably, he has received two prestigious grants (UK AHRC and GCRF-Scottish Funding Council) for two projects on corporate accountability in relation to modern slavery.
Aziz has received several awards for his research, including two Vice-Chancellor Excellence awards for his research project (2022) and research impact (2023), respectively. He was also a finalist for the Green Gown Award in association with UKRI for two consecutive years (2022, 2023), and he was a finalist for the Project of The Year category at the Times Higher Education Awards in 2023.
Aziz’s research appears in internationally recognised journals (ABDC A*/A, ABS 4*/3*, FT's top 50). His research findings attract widespread media attention and influence policy changes. His research-based opinions appear in BBC, The Guardian, Aljazeera, The Times, Sunday Post, Conversation, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Prothom Alo, IFAC-Gateway, Accountingweb and ICAEW feature articles.
Aziz is currently supervising four PhD and two post-doctoral candidates.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
BU5850:Accounting Profession
BU5574/75: Financial Analysis
BU5847/48: Studies in Accounting/Finance
AC4033: Accounting Theory
- Publications
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Modern slavery disclosure regulations in the global supply Chain: A world-systems perspective
Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 102677Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2023.102677
Environmental Accounting
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22767-8
Modern slavery and the accounting profession
British Accounting Review, vol. 55, no. 3, 101174Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2023.101174
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Rana Plaza: ten years after the Bangladesh factory collapse, we are no closer to fixing modern slavery
Contributions to Specialist PublicationsImpact of Global Clothing Retailers' Unfair Practices on Bangladeshi Suppliers During Covid-19
Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. 21 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsModern Slavery Disclosure Regulation and Global Supply Chains: Insights from Stakeholder Narratives on the UK Modern Slavery Act
Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 180, pp. 455–479Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSocial Contagion and the Institutionalisation of GRI-based Sustainability Reporting Practices
Meditari Accountancy Research, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1291-1308Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCovid-19 and global clothing retailers’ responsibility to vulnerable workers: NGO counter-rhetoric
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 216-228Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMoral versus pragmatic legitimacy and corporate anti-bribery disclosure: Evidence from Australia
Accounting Forum, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 30-56Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCivil liberties and social and environmental information transparency: A global investigation of financial institutions
The British Accounting Review, vol. 54, no. 1, 101018Contributions to Journals: Articles
