About us

The Centre for Social and Environmental Research (CSEAR) is an international membership-based network that aims to mobilize accounting scholarship to enable a more sustainable society.

CSEAR aims to be a world-recognized, global community of scholars who engage with students, activists, practitioners, policy makers and other interested groups in order to generate and disseminate knowledge on social and environmental accounting and accountability. CSEAR's mission is to encourage and facilitate high quality, relevant research, teaching and external engagement with practice and policy through developing knowledge, expertise, resources and a supportive network for mentoring and career development.

CSEAR activities include:

• Supporting effective sustainability accounting education

• Conferences in the UK and around the world

• Social and Environmental Accountability Journal

• Regular communication via social media, websites and quarterly newsletters

• Research projects undertaken by CSEAR

• Sponsoring and commissioning research

• Research training

• Mentor emerging scholars in the field

• Engaging with practice, the profession, NGOs, activists, government and academia

• Making research accessible to society-at-large through communications such as press releases and non-academic articles

• Building the network of CSEAR members, including through Partners and Satellite Offices.