Dr Caroline Linhares PhD

Senior Lecturer in Accounting/ Course Leader MSc Accounting and Finance, MSc Forensic Accounting

Summary

I am a research-active academic specialising in Social and Environmental Accounting and Reporting, with a decade of industry experience as a corporate reporting accountant. My professional journey sparked a deep interest in understanding the impact of accounting on society and on the environment. My research focuses on the role of accounting in promoting sustainable development, particularly in integrating social and environmental considerations into organisational decision-making and evaluating the effectiveness of sustainability reporting in fostering accountability.

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with solid experience teaching in higher education in the UK and I am passionate about Responsible Management Education.

I am the PRME Lead for Sheffield Business School and the Course Leader for MSc Accounting & Finance and MSc Forensic Accounting.

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About

Qualifications
2020: Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
2018: PhD Accounting, University of Sheffield
2011: MBA, University of Sheffield
2005: BSc Accounting, FAE Business School

Teaching

Sheffield Business School

College of Business, Technology and Engineering

Courses taught:
MSc Accounting and Finance
BSc Accounting and Finance

Modules taught:
Environmental Accounting
Dissertation or Applied Business Project
Strategic Management Accounting

Research

Social and Economic Research Institute

Publications

Journal articles

Dibben, P., Meira, J., Linhares, C., Bruce, R., & Wood, G. (2020). Vanishing value chains, industrial districts and HRM in the Brazilian automotive industry. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31 (2), 254-271. http://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1233446

Book chapters

Wood, G., Dibben, P., Cullen, J., Meira, J., Bonnin, D., Miranda, L., & Linhares, C. (2025). HRM and Global Value Chains. In Collings, D.G., Wood, G., & Szamosi, L.T. (Eds.) Human Resource Management: a critical approach. (pp. 150-164). Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781032625560-8

Johnson, P., Wood, G., Dibben, P., Cullen, J., Meira, J., Bonnin, D., ... Linhares, C. (2018). Reconfiguration and Regulation of Supply Chains and HRM in Times of Economic Crisis. In Human Resource Management A Critical Approach. Routledge

Reports

Cookson, G., Linhares, C., & Choo, L.S. (2022). CO2e Written verification standard creation. Unpublished.

Presentations

Ramsbottom, O., & Linhares, C. (2024). Systems Thinking in Practice and Application: A collaborative, multi-university, inter-disciplinary approach to provide students with a systems view toolkit for Responsible Strategic Thinking. Presented at: 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCEMENTS IN PEOPLE MANAGEMENT, Bangalore, India

Linhares, C., Ejiogu, A., & Denedo, M. (2024). Social and Environmental Reporting and organisational change: the case of the Social Housing sector. Presented at: 34th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, University of St Andrews, Scotland

Linhares, C., Ramsbottom, O., & Duffy, M. (2024). Systems Thinking in Practice and Application: A collaborative, multi-university, inter-disciplinary approach to provide students with a systems view toolkit for Responsible Strategic Thinking. Presented at: PRME UK & Ireland Chapter Conference 2024, University of Exeter, UK

Linhares, C., Ejiogu, A., & Denedo, M. (2024). Sustainability Reporting for Social Housing. Presented at: Inaugural Environmental, Ecological and Extinction Accounting, Governance and Economics Research Group (EEEAGER) Conference, Cardiff Business School

Linhares, C., & Cullen, J. (2018). An exploration of the potential of supply chain accounting for promoting both economic and social upgrading. Presented at: European Management Control Symposium, Nice, France

Postgraduate supervision

I am currently supervising three Doctoral students. I welcome Research Proposal from prospective PhD and DBA students.