Research

  • Projects

     

    Several research and extension/outreach projects are developed in the Graduate Program in Accounting, under the responsibility of its faculty.

    Get to know the projects developed in the Program at link.

     
  • Research Groups

    Center of Research and Extension/Outreach in Accounting and Finance (NUPECOF)

    Research and extension/outreach group created to support all projects developed in the Graduate Program at the master’s and specialization levels. It should be noted the studies in the lines of Controllership and Management Control and Accounting Education and Research.

    Further information at: http://dgp.cnpq.br/dgp/espelhogrupo/16236#identificacao

     

    Group of Study, Research and Teaching in Accounting (GEPECON)

    The efforts of the study, research and teaching group in accounting aims to complement the training of undergraduate and graduate students in Accounting Sciences in Brazilian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), to contribute to the improvement of education professionals in the teaching/learning process, resulting in benefits within research for the scientific community and dissemination of qualified knowledge to the local community where the HEIs operate.

    Further information at: http://dgp.cnpq.br/dgp/espelhogrupo/3939

  • Research Lines

     

    Controllership and Management Control

    Based on the vision that Accounting represents an imperative instrument for the maintenance of organizations, this line of research is aimed at the development of research based on challenges to identify, measure, analyze, and evidence information concerning organizations’ economic and financial events. Thus, it is intended for the different agents involved in professional and academic environments, as a way to encourage reflections about the management control as a strategy to promote the economic and social development of organizations. Research developed under this line are concerned with practical aspects related to topics such as management control, cost management, accounting information systems, innovation in accounting, among others.

    Education and Research in Accounting

    This line is aimed at research based on the teaching and research processes that permeate accounting science. The proposal consists of instigating the development of research about methods, techniques and instruments for improving and advancing the quality of teaching, education and research in Accounting Sciences, including studies involving teaching practices and teacher training, as well as the use of technologies in education as a fundamental instrument for the advancement of knowledge in the field.