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 (Aziz) Islam, PhD, 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. He is a Chartered Accountant (CAANZ). In 2025, he was conferred the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and featured as a leading social scientist by the Academy in recognition of his outstanding research impact.
Aziz has widespread experience in various leadership roles in academia. 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 sustainability accounting and transparency issues including human rights disclosures, modern slavery disclosures, social audits, climate change accounting and anti-bribery measures. His research has been funded by ACCA, CPA (Australia), CAANZ, UKRI-AHRC, and GCRF-SFC among others. He has received two prestigious grants for studies on corporate accountability in relation to modern slavery in global fashion chains, which support social movements advocating for Fashion Watchdog in the UK.
Aziz has received two Vice-Chancellor Excellence Awards: Research Project of the Year 2022 and Research Impact 2023 among others. He was a finalist for the Green Gown Award in association with UKRI twice (2022, 2023), and he was a finalist for the Project of The Year category at the Times Higher Education Awards in 2023. He was honoured to receive the Scottish Fair-Trade Award in 2022.
Aziz’s research appears in high-impact journals (ABDC A*/A, ABS 4*/3*, FT's top 50), attracting widespread media attention and influencing policy changes. His research and opinions appear in the BBC, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Times, Raconteur, Sunday Post, Conversation, Sydney Morning Herald, Prothom Alo, IFAC-Gateway, AccountingWeb, among many others.
Professor M Azizul Islam's blog
Professor Islam writes blogs for the University of Aberdeen based on his research
Internal Memberships
Member of the Senate at the University of Aberdeen, representing the Business School
- 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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Stakeholder 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: ArticlesCorporate Commitment to Sustainability - Is it All Hot Air? An Australian Review of the Linkage between Executive Pay and Sustainable Performance
Australian Accounting Review, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 384-397Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRegulating for corporate human rights abuses: The emergence of corporate reporting on the ILO's human rights standards within the global garment manufacturing and retail industry
Critical Perspectives On Accounting, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 790-810Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2011.07.003
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Environmental incidents in a developing country and corporate environmental disclosures
Society and Business Review , pp. 229-248Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCorporate sustainability reporting of major commercial banks in line with GRI: Bangladesh evidence
Social Responsibility Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 347-362Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMedia pressures and corporate disclosure of social responsibility performance information: A study of two global clothing and sports retail companies
Accounting and Business Research, pp. 131-148Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSocial Responsibility Disclosure Practices: Evidence from Bangladesh
Working Papers: Discussion PapersGrameen Bank's social performance disclosure: Responding to a negative assessment by Wall Street Journal in late 2001
Asian Review of Accounting, pp. 149-162Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMotivations for an organisation within a developing country to report social responsibility information
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, pp. 850-874Contributions to Journals: Articles
