Professor Jan Bebbington
M. Com (Hons), PhD, FCCA
Professor of Accounting and Sustainable Development
Co-Head of School
Director, St Andrews Sustainability Institute
Contact details
Tel: +44 (0)1334 462348
Fax: +44 (0)1334 462812
Web Links
Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR)
St Andrews Sustainability Institute (SASI)
Teaching 2012/2013
- MN1001 Organisations and Society
- MN4238 Sustainable Development and Management
- MN5001 Contemporay Global Issues in Management
- MN5514 Managing Natural Resources
- SS5101 Being a Social Scientist
Biography
Jan qualified as a chartered accountant in New Zealand where she also held her first academic post before moving to the UK to pursue her academic career. Previously Professor of Accounting at the University of Aberdeen, Jan is actively engaged in many aspects of the application of academic research in sustainable development to practice in industry, non-profit and political organisations.
Research Specialisms
Social and Environmental Accounting; Sustainable Development and Organisational Change; Education.
Selected Recent Publications
Frame, B., and Bebbington, J., (forthcoming) "National sustainable development strategies for New Zealand and Scotland: A comparison", International Journal of Sustainable Development.
Ferraro, E., White, R., Cox, E., Bebbington, J., and Wilson, S., (2011) "Craft and sustainable development: reflections on Scottish craft" Craft + Design Inquiry, Vol 3, pp. 1-26.
Bebbington, J., and Barter, N., (2011), Strategic Responses to Global Climate Change: A UK analysis (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants: London).
Lovell, H., Aguiar, T., Bebbington, J., and Larrinaga-Gonzalez, C., (2010), Accounting for Carbon (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants: London).
Gray, R., Bebbington, J., and Gray, S., (2010), Social and Environmental Accounting (Vols I - IV), (Sage: London).
Bebbington, J., Higgins, C., and Frame, B., (2009), "Initiating sustainable development reporting: Evidence from New Zealand", Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 22(4), pp. 588-625.
Bebbington, J., Larrinaga-Gonzalez, C., and Moneva, J. (2008), "Corporate Social Reporting and Reputation Risk Management", Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 21(3), pp. 337-361.
Selected Other Information
- Keynote speaker at University of Gloucestershire's 12th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe: Sustaining Growth through Human Resource Development, May 2011.
See the video: "Achieving Sustainable Development: exploring the complexities". - Plenary speaker at APIRA 2010: 6th Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference. The address was filmed in St Andrews and shown at the Sydney event.
See the film and more information on the St Andrews Sustainability Institute (SASI) website.