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.