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Business School

Dr
Aideen
O’Dochartaigh

Primary Department
Business School
Role
Assistant Professor in Accounting
Work Area/Key Responsibilities
Financial and Operational Performance Group
Dr Aideen O'Dochartaigh
Phone number: 01 700
5265
Campus
Glasnevin Campus
Room Number
Q137

Academic biography

Dr O’Dochartaigh joined DCU Business School in 2020 as Assistant Professor in Accounting. She is a leading expert in sustainability accounting and responsible business.

Aideen's research is interdisciplinary in nature and incorporates environmental social and governance (ESG) reporting practice and regulation, carbon accounting and budgeting, the circular economy and the bioeconomy. She has published in leading international academic and professional journals including MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal and Environmental Research Letters. Her work has transdisciplinary impact on industry, society and policy; she has published high-impact research reports and regularly provides opinion pieces and invited comment on sustainability to national and international media.

Aideen previously qualified as a chartered accountant (FCA), training in practice with Deloitte Ireland, and completed her PhD on sustainability accounting at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She serves on a pro bono basis on the An Taisce Climate Committee and works on a voluntary basis with several climate and social justice community groups and NGOs in Ireland.

Research interests

Sustainability accounting

Accountability

Multi-entity sustainability reporting

Carbon budgeting

ESG reporting

Circular economy 

Bioeconomy