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Research & Scholarship
For the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) the University of Dayton prepared an inventory of sustainability-related research as a component of the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). Of the 699 faculty and staff members engaged in research, 117 are directly engaged in sustainability research. This commitment to sustainability in research reaches across departments with 78.38% of research-producing departments engaged in sustainability research. Details of this report may be found here.
As a signatory of the United Nations-supported initiative, Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), the University of Dayton School of Business Administration (SBA) is committed to the Guiding Principles. In the most recent PRIME report, the SBA committed to engaging “in conceptual and empirical research that advances our understanding about the role, dynamics, and impact of corporations in the creation of sustainable social, environmental and economic value. ” For the full report and a list of recently published research in this area, please follow this link. The School of Business Administration is part of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s International Standards for Accounting and Reporting (UNCTAD ISAR). ISAR, the intergovernmental working group of experts of international standards of accounting and reporting, assists developing countries and economies in transition in the implementation of best practices for accounting and corporate governance. ISAR is the instrumentality of the UN tasked with developing measures and reporting standards for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The University of
