Prof. Silvia Gaia

Silvia Gaia is a Professor of Accounting at Essex Business School (EBS). She is currently the EBS Director of Sustainability and the Deputy Head of the Accounting Group. She previously held other positions within the Business School and worked as a Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Cagliari (Italy). She held visiting scholar positions at the University of Birmingham (UK), HEC Montréal (Canada) and Columbia Business School (USA). Silvia’s research focuses on the interplay between financial and non-financial reporting, social and environmental issues and corporate governance. She has published her research in highly reputed academic journals such as Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Accounting and Business Research, British Accounting Review, Accounting Forum, Regional Studies and Journal of Business Ethics, among others. She is a recipient of several grants from different bodies, such as the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Institute of Family Business (IFB), the British Academy (BA), which have been enabling knowledge exchange and development of impact cases in relation to corporate governance, sustainability and corporate reporting. Silvia is an Associate Editor for Accounting Forum and Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation and an editorial board member of the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. She was the Chair of the Special Interested Group of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) on Financial Accounting and Reporting (FARSIG) from 2021 to 2024 and currently sits on FARSIG Advisory Board.