Dr. Aideen O'Dochartaigh
Dr O’Dochartaigh joined DCU Business School in 2020 as Assistant Professor in Accounting. She is an 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
Teaching Interests
Aideen teaches across the accounting curriculum and has co-ordinated modules in Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Corporate Governance and Sustainability Accounting. She developed the unique module Accounting for Sustainable Business which blends the latest research on sustainability accounting with insights from practice, industry and civil society.
Aideen is a member of the DCU Challenge-based Learning (CBL) committee and incorporates many innovations into her teaching including CBL, authentic assessment, use of simulations and business games.
She has taught on multiple undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in DCU including BA Accounting and Finance, Bachelor of Business Studies, BSc Common Entry into Actuarial and Financial Mathematics, MSc Accounting, MSc International Accounting and Business, MSc Management (Business) MSc Management (Strategy), MSc Management (Aviation Leadership), MSc Management for Sustainable Development, MSc Operations Management and MSc Green Technology.
Aideen is Programme Chair of the MSc International Accounting and Business. See the programme page for more information and how to apply: https://business.dcu.ie/course/msc-in-international-accounting-and-business/.