ISCAP/IPP Accounting Webinar Series | 06.10.2022 | 15h30

This seminar is integrated in the curricular unit activities of the Degree in Accounting and Administration; Degree in Consultancy and Translation; Degree in Corporate Communication; Master in Accounting and Finance; Master in Corporate Finance and Master in Management and Legal Business Regime of the Social Economy.

The event is aimed at students, teachers and researchers in the area of Accounting and is part of the Research Line "Accountability and Reporting" developed by CEOS.PP. If you wish to participate, please contact Cláudia Teixeira (mclaudia@iscap.ipp.pt).

October 6th 2022, 15h30

The blind spots of interdisciplinarity in addressing grand challenges.

Guest Speakers: Erica Pimentel (Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Canada) and Charles H. Cho (Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada). 

Meeting link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/93669687824?pwd=YnBPOXVMNC94c3k4T3NPZW5YSUdMUT09

Erica Pimentel currently an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University. Her research focuses on the impact of technological disruption on how auditors work, with a particular focus on remote work and blockchain technologies. A CPA of over a decade, Erica remains connected to the profession through her involvement in working groups at CPA Canada and l’Authorité des marchés financiers. She is a frequent contributor to the media and has been featured in outlets like the Wall Street Journal, the National Post, the Globe and Mail and many others.

Charles H. Cho is Professor of Sustainability Accounting and the Erivan K. Haub Chair in Business & Sustainability at the Schulich School of Business, York University. His research interests include Social and Environmental Accounting; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); and Accounting and the Public Interest. Professor Cho has published his work in leading academic and currently serves as an Editor of Accounting Forum and the Accounting and Business Ethics Section Co-Editor of theJournal of Business Ethics. He is actively involved in the academic community as a Council member of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) and Chair of its International Associates Committee; is regularly invited as plenary keynote speaker at international conferences and professional events; and solicited by the media. Recently, he was selected as one of the “Top 50 Academic and Research Support Project” from the Republic of Korea’s Prime Minister and Minister of Education and was recognized as one of the top 2% most cited scholars within discipline worldwide (34th in the world and 1st in Canada) in the Accounting field for 2019.