Diogenis Baboukardos is an Associate Professor at Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK.
He is also a research affiliate of the Adam Smith Observatory of Corporate Reporting Practices at the University of Glasgow, committee member of the British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) Financial Accounting & Reporting Special Interest Group (FARSIG), and serves in editorial positions for a number of accounting academic journals.
He has held teaching and research appointments in Greece, Sweden and the UK.
Diogenis has extensively researched issues about corporate reporting and particularly companies’ sustainability and climate change reporting.
His research has been published in various academic journals, and it has been funded by professional bodies and regulators (such as the UK Financial Reporting Council -FRC and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants -ACCA).
He is also involved in consultancy projects in relation to the application of UN’s Sustainability Development Goals in local councils in the UK.
He is a member of the European Accounting Association, the British Accounting and Finance Association and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.
He has a rich professional record with extensive experience in accounting and taxation consultancy positions.