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Accountancy & Finance

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Overview of our Research

Addressing the UN sustainable development goals related to:

  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure and
  • Sustainable communities and cities

We engage in research on management control and innovation, equitable taxation, accountability and audit, performance measurement, stakeholder salience and management accounting change. This research has been carried out in public and private sectors including, hospitals, the third sector, SMEs, the medical device industry, professional services firms and the green energy sector.  

Members of the Discipline have published their research in leading journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society; Management Accounting Research; Accounting and Business Research; Critical Perspectives on Accounting; European Accounting Review; Financial Accountability and Management; British Accounting Review; Accounting, Auditing and Accountability; and Advances in Taxation.

Funding has been awarded to a number of staff from national and international bodies such as Horizon 2020, CIMA, Irish Accountancy Education Trust, IRCHSS, and NAIRTL. Members have been recognised internationally through Fullbright scholarships, Erskine scholarships, memberships of editorial boards of high-ranking journals, visiting scholar positions, best paper awards, and membership of EFMD’s EPAS Peer Review Teams and Accreditation Board.

Further details on individual research areas and awards are available on staff members’ web pages.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  4. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  5. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  6. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  7. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  8. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  9. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land
  10. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  11. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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