PhD, CA
Chair in Accountancy
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- Email Address
- azizul.islam@abdn.ac.uk
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- +44 (0)1224 272710
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- 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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Do stakeholders or social obligations drive corporate social and environmental responsibility reporting? Managerial views from a developing country
Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 287-314, 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersStakeholder pressures on corporate climate change-related accountability and disclosures: Australian evidence
Business and Politics, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 355-390Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Preliminary Analysis of Australian Government's Indigenous Reform Agenda 'Closing the Gap' and Corporate Accountability
Key Initiatives in Corporate Social Responsibility: Global Dimension of CSR in Corporate Entities. Idowu, S. O. (ed.). Springer, pp. 341-356, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21641-6_16
Carbon Emission Accounting Fraud
Corporate Carbon and Climate Accounting. Schaltegger, S., Zvezdov, D., Etxeberria, I. A., Csutora, M., Günther, E. (eds.). Springer, pp. 243-257, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27718-9_11
Corporate accountability in relation to human rights: Have RIOs done enough?
Sustainability after Rio. Crowther, D., Islam, M. A. (eds.). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 161-183, 23 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-052320150000008008
An exploration of NGO and media efforts to influence workplace practices and associated accountability within global supply chains
British Accounting Review, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 397-415Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBribery and corruption in Australian local councils
Public Money & Management, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 441-446Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Putting Accounting for Human Rights into Practice
La Trobe University and CAANZ. 52 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsCorporate accountability for human rights: Summary report
Corporate accountability for human rights: Summary report. Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersWorkplace Human Rights Reporting: A Study of Australian Garment and Retail Companies
Australian Accounting Review, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 102-116Contributions to Journals: Articles