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Dr Shona Russell

Senior Lecturer in Governance, Accounting & Sustainability

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2807

Email

sr65@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Biography

Shona Russell is a Senior Lecturer in Governance, Accountability and Sustainability at the University of St ÌÇÐÄlogo Business School and Co-Director of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR). Her research examines the role of accounting in shaping sustainability transformations and ecological restoration. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives from accounting, management, and sustainability studies, she explores how accounting practices influence environmental governance, biodiversity conservation, and nature restoration initiatives. Her work seeks to advance critical and ecologically informed approaches to accounting, with a particular focus on alternative forms of valuation, accountability, and decision-making that can support more just and sustainable social–ecological futures.

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Teaching

• MN4238 Sustainable Development and Management
• MN5001 Contemporary Global Issues in Management

Research areas

An engaged scholar committed to generating theoretically-informed and impactful research for academic, policy and practice communities in the areas of

• Governance, accountability and accounting technologies for the environment;Ìý
• Collaborative and interdisciplinary knowledge production in the domain of environmental science and policy; andÌý
• Organising sustainability transitions

PhD supervision

• RoseÌýKleeger
• SashikaÌýWithanage

Selected publications

• Open access
  Ellsworth-Krebs, K. & Russell, S., 6 Mar 2026, In: International Coaching Psychology Review . 21, 1, p. 24-36

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Russell, S. & Vollmer, H., Dec 2026, In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 104, p. 1-13 13 p., 102877.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Helmcke, C., Hooker, S., Roney-Dougal, C., Skrzypek, E., Reid, L., Wishart, L. J., Russell, S., High, M., Lawson, I., Cole, L., Hope, J., Sfrappini, E., Christie, E., Paul, F., Mallows, C., Auxtova, K., Twist, B. & Gregnanin, G., Mar 2026, 5 p. Online : Scottish Government.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Open access
  Helmcke, C., Christie, E., Twist, B., Mallows, C., Roney-Dougal, C., Sfrappini, E., Skrzypek, E., Paul, F., Gregnanin, G., Joubert, G., Lawson, I., Hope, J., Auxtova, K., Reid, L., Wishart, L. J., Cole, L. E. S., High, M., Conlan, P. J., Hooker, S. & Russell, S., 27 Mar 2026, Online: University of St ÌÇÐÄlogo. 11 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Open access
  Helmcke, C., Hooker, S., Roney-Dougal, C., Skrzypek, E., Reid, L., Wishart, L. J., Russell, S., High, M., Lawson, I., Cole, L. E. S., Hope, J., Sfrappini, E., Christie, E., Paul, F., Auxtova , K., Gregnanin, G., Twist, B. & Mallows, C., Mar 2026, 8 p. Online : Scottish Government.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Open access
  Christie, E., Helmcke, C., Twist, B., Mallows, C., Roney-Dougal, C., Sfrappini, E., Skrzypek, E., Paul, F., Gregnanin, G., Joubert, G., Lawson, I., Hope, J., Auxtova, K., Reid, L., Wishart, L., Cole, L., High, M., Conlan, P., Hooker, S. & Russell, S., 13 Aug 2026, Online: Scottish Council on Global Affairs. (State of the world)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Brown, A., Russell, S. & Marr, V., 9 Jun 2026.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

• Sobkowiak, M., Russell, S. L. & Larrinaga, C., 19 Apr 2025, In: Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. Latest Articles

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Russell, S., 2025

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Open access
  Lynch, H., Ellsworth-Krebs, K. & Russell, S., 27 Nov 2024, edie.

  Research output: Other contribution

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