Charl de Villiers

Charl de Villiers is Professor of Accounting at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is internationally known for his Sustainability Accounting and Integrated Reporting research and expertise. Charl is also an adjunct professor at the University of Cape Town and the University of Pretoria.

Charl has over 400 research based publications and presentations, including more than 100 articles in refereed journals, and two Routledge published edited books, namely Sustainability Accounting and Integrated Reporting (2018), and The Routledge Handbook of Integrated Reporting (2020). He has published in Accounting, Organisations and Society; Journal of Management; Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal; British Accounting Review; and European Accounting Review, among other journals. As an indication of impact, his research has been cited more than 14,000 times and his h-index is over 55, i.e., 55+ of his research publications have been cited 55+ times. A Stanford University study ranks Charl 52nd among the 5,919 accounting academics globally, based on citations during 2022, also placing him in the top 2% of scientists worldwide. In 2022, he was inducted into the AAAJ/APIRA Hall of Fame, which has a small and exclusive membership (currently 26), for outstanding contributions to the interdisciplinary accounting research community.

Charl serves on the editorial board of 10 academic journals, including Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal; British Accounting Review; and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. He is editor-in-chief of Meditari Accountancy Research and deputy editor of Accounting & Finance. Charl plays an active role in promoting sustainability accounting and integrated reporting research in New Zealand and Australia, having established and serving as chair of the steering committee of the Sustainability Accounting Research Network and its annual Conference. He also furthers accounting research in general, by regularly presenting and publishing on methodology, theory, the choice of research topic, what constitutes a contribution to the literature, and the writing of academic research. Charl was President (New Zealand) of AFAANZ (Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand) from 2018 to 2020. He has maintained his links with the accounting profession as a FCA and FCMA.