Second Announcement and Call For Papers

The Department of Economics, Society and Politics of the University of Urbino, in collaboration with the CSEAR Italy, is delighted to welcome the 7th Italian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR Italy 2018) “Accounting, Accountability and Society” that will be held in Urbino (Italy) on 20th and 21st September 2018 and the 2nd CSEAR Italy Doctoral Colloquium which will precede the CSEAR Conference and will take place on 19th September 2018.

The Centre for Social and Environmental Research (CSEAR) is an international membership-based network that aims to mobilise accounting scholarship to enable a more sustainable society. CSEAR
is a world-recognized community of scholars who engage with students, activists, practitioners, policy makers and other interested groups to generate and disseminate knowledge and build capacity on social and environmental accounting and accountability.

The CSEAR Italy conferences, which have been organized bi-annually since 2006, provide an interdisciplinary forum for encouraging and facilitating research and debate in social and environmental accounting and accountability. In particular, the 7th Italian CSEAR Conference gives opportunities to present and discuss research ideas, emerging projects and working/full papers with the purpose of encouraging constructive interaction, engagement and dialogue in a friendly and supportive environment.

CSEAR Italy Conference: Plenary Sessions

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jan Bebbington (University of St. Andrews), Professor Jesse Dillard (Portland State University) and Professor Carlos Larrinaga Gonzales (University of Burgos) will be the plenary speakers for the 7th CSEAR Italy Conference.

Practitioners Session

For the practitioners forum “Accounting, Accountability and Society: nuove misure delle performance?”, that will be chaired by Prof. Antonio Matacena (University of Bologna), we are equally pleased to welcome: Prof. Paolo Ricci, President of the GBS group – Gruppo di Studio per il Bilancio Sociale (Social Report Working Group); Prof. Marcantonio Ruisi; President of EBEN-Italy; Dott. Balestieri Paolo, President of Chartered Accounting Association of Pesaro-Urbino. In addition, this session will involve Chartered Accounting delegates, practitioners and representatives of the entrepreneurial, and institutional local fabric. The official language for the Forum will be Italian.
Participation in the conference will attribute professional training credits to Chartered Accounting Members.

Parallel Sessions

Presentations of full papers followed by discussion. Each parallel session will have a chair.
Workshop Sessions
These run for a shorter time period (10-15 minutes each followed by a discussion) and may include Phd outlines and in-progress research projects for comments.

Submissions procedure

Participants are kindly invited to submit abstracts (no more than 500 words plus references) of research projects, working and full papers to the following email address: csearitaly2018@uniurb.it.
Works and projects could be submitted and discussed in English. It is important to note that the submitted works/papers should be anonymous. The following information should be included in a separate file:
– Title of the contribution
– Author(s) and organization affiliation (e.g. university, department, organization, etc.)
– Contact Information (address, telephone, fax, e-mail etc.)
– Type of contribution (full papers, papers in progress, ideas for research project, thesis in progress)
– References

Publishing/Editorial opportunities

All papers/abstract will be peer-reviewed prior to acceptance for the Conference. A number of papers will be selected for submission to Journal of Management and Governance following a fast-track review process for publication (http://link.springer.com/journal/10997); In addition, a number of papers will be eligible for submission to: Piccola Impresa/Small Business (http://rivistapiccolaimpresa.uniurb.it), fast-track review process for publication; International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility (Springer Open Access Journal, https://jcsr.springeropen.com/ ISSN: 2366-0066, print version;
ISSN: 2366-0074, electronic version.Accepted papers will also be eligible for publication in a book planned in the Springer Series, CSR, Sustainabiliy, Ethics & Governance (http://www.springer.com/series/11565). Further Editorial Opportunities will be announced in the last announcement (third call).

Dates to remember

• 20th July 2018: Submission deadline for full papers or abstract and for doctoral application and PhD research project
• 5th August 2018: Notification of acceptance
• 15th August 2018: Early registration dead line
• 31 st August 2018: Late registration until 11th September
• 19th September Doctoral Colloquium
• 20th – 21st September 2018: CSEAR Conference

Contact and Information

Inquiries concerning general information about the Conference, registration and accommodation should be direct to the Conference Administrator e-mail address: csearitaly2018 @uniurb.it
Please check the conference website https://eventi.uniurb.it/csear/ for more details. The website will be regularly updated with important information about registration and accommodation.

CSEAR Italy, with the support of the University of Urbino and the patronages of SIDREA (Società Italiana dei Docenti di Ragioneria e di Economia Aziendale) and AIDEA (Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale), is pleased to announce the 2nd CSEAR Italy Doctoral Colloquium, a one-day event dedicated to emerging scholars in the social and environmental accounting research field. The colloquium will take place on 19th of September 2018, in the afternoon, preceding the 7th CSEAR Italian Conference on 20th and 21st September 2018.
The aim of the colloquium is to provide an opportunity for emerging scholars in social and environmental accounting to present and discuss their research projects and papers alongside a cohort of distinguished scholars. The colloquium will be relatively informal to enable intensive intellectual debate and sharing of ideas and projects with the specific purpose of encouraging constructive interaction, engagement and intellectual debate in a friendly and supportive environment.

The colloquium will combine plenary sessions with small group discussion sessions guided by a few national and international leading scholars in social accounting and accountability research. Namely, we are pleased to announce that Professor Carlos Larrinaga Gonzales (University of Burgos), Professor Samuel O. Idowu (London Metropolitan University) and Prof. René Schmidpeter (Center for Advanced Sustainable Management, Cologne Business School) will intervene at the Doctoral Colloquium, that will be coordinated by Maria-Gabriella Baldarelli (University of Bologna), Massimo Contrafatto (University of Bergamo), Ericka Costa (University of Trento) and Mara Del Baldo (University of Urbino) in collaboration with members of the Scientific Committee of the 7th CSEAR Italy Conference.

Selection of Participants and Applications

Scholars (including emerging scholars such as Ph.D. Students, Post-doctoral researchers and early career fellows) are invited to submit their research proposals (e.g. ideas, projects and working/full papers) to be selected for the participation to the Colloquium. To encourage constructive dialogue and engagement, the number of scholars invited to participate will be limited. A special welcome is addressed to Pdh students from the Graduate school of Colonia Business School, Center for Advanced Sustainable Management (CASM).

In particular, emerging scholars wishing to participate to the colloquium are kindly invited to submit in English:

1. An extended abstract (no more than 1,000 words, excluding references) of their research proposal, which summarizes the title and focus of the research, the research question(s) pursued, the theoretical and methodological frameworks adopted, the discussion of the findings to date and the potential implication/contribution of the project.

2. A one-page CV, indicating the name, email, affiliation, years in the PhD program to date (if applicable), PhD supervisor (if applicable) and any other relevant information about the research activity undertaken.

Participants are kindly invited to submit their applications no later than 20th July 2018 to the following e-mail address: csearitaly2018@uniurb.it It is important to indicate in the subject of the email “2nd CSEAR Italy Doctoral Colloquium”.
Notification of acceptance will be given by 5th August 2018. Early registration dead line is: 15th August 2018.

Registration and Location

The participation in the 2nd CSEAR Italy International Doctoral Colloquium is free of charge. However, the participants to the International Doctoral Colloquium are expected to join the 7th CSEAR Italian Conference and are invited to present and submit their work to the conference to be include within the parallel and workshop sessions and rendering it eligible to the connected publishing opportunities.

Phd student are requested to use the submission procedure, following the instruction available on: https://eventi.uniurb.it/csear/

The Colloquium will be held at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo. For any information about 2nd CSEAR Italy Doctoral Colloquium, write to the following e-mail address: csearitaly2018@uniurb.it

Please check the conference website https://eventi.uniurb.it/csear for more details. The website will be regularly updated with important information about registration and accommodation.