Since 1991 the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) has been an international, membership-based
organisation exploring the implications of and the possibilities for social,
environmental and sustainability accounting and reporting. CSEAR’s
network of members supports students, practitioners, scholars and
educationalists in all aspects of this mission.
CSEAR convenes academic conferences in St Andrews as well as
supporting conferences that take place around the world (organised by country
members). In addition, CSEAR hosts visiting members; publishes a quarterly
newsletter which includes updates of policy, practice and research
developments, and conference and paper calls; has a dedicated library of
resources and publishes the Social and Environmental Accountability
Journal.
CSEAR also aims to enables collaboration amongst its members
in a variety of universities and research institutions. In all, it promotes
deliberation on the role of accounting in governing and mediating the
relationship between organisations, society and the environment. Its
activities are intimately connected to the Ethics, Sustainability and
Accountability theme in the School of Management at the University of St
Andrews, and there are a number of PhD students associated with its
activities.
The Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research
(CSEAR) is run by the democratically elected CSEAR Council which
is chaired by Professor Ian Thomson (University of Birmingham), and which in turn is supported by the Executive Council and the Committee of International Associates. CSEAR's journal, Social and Environmental
Accountability Journal is supported by the SEAJ Editorial Board.
CSEAR is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Directors (Professor John Ferguson and Ms Lorna Stevenson), and an administrative assistant, Ms Lori Leigh Davis. It is supported by the School of Management at the University of St Andrews.
Accountability, Transparency, Sustainability is the name of CSEAR's blog, which was launched in 2010 and is edited by Dr Colin Dey (Senior Lecturer at the University of Stirling and Member of the CSEAR Executive Council).
CSEAR is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Directors (Professor John Ferguson and Ms Lorna Stevenson), and an administrative assistant, Ms Lori Leigh Davis. It is supported by the School of Management at the University of St Andrews.
Accountability, Transparency, Sustainability is the name of CSEAR's blog, which was launched in 2010 and is edited by Dr Colin Dey (Senior Lecturer at the University of Stirling and Member of the CSEAR Executive Council).
