Biography
Dr Jonida Carungu is a Reader in Accounting and Principal Lecturer for the Accounting, Banking, and Finance subject area within the Guildhall School of Business & Law at London Metropolitan University. Her primary research areas include sustainability accounting, accounting history, and international accounting.
Jonida’s research excellence is reflected in several achievements, including:
- Three research grants awarded (such as CIMA);
- Two scholarships;
- Best conference paper award from the British Accounting and Finance Association;
- ”Top cited author" award from Meditari Accountancy Research journal;
- Nominee for “The Most Inspirational Paper Award” from EURAM conference.
In 2017, Jonida earned a PhD in Business Administration and Management from the Universities of Pisa, Siena, and Florence (Italy). Her research has been published in leading international accounting journals, including Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal (3ABS), Business Strategy and the Environment (3ABS), Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (2ABS), Accounting History (2ABS),and Management Decision (2ABS).
Publications
- Carungu, J., Di Pietra, R., Molinari, M., Nicolò, G. (2025). Confronting sustainability grand challenges: how do standard-setters shape sustainability reporting standards and accountability practices? Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (3ABS), ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-06-2024-7142.
- Carungu, J., Dimes, R., Molinari, M. (2025). The influence of global sustainability reporting standards on the discourse within the EU. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (2ABS), In Press,10.1108/SAMPJ-12-2024-1378.
- Carungu, J., Dimes, R., Molinari, M. (2025). EFRAG and ISSB: tensions and opportunities for convergence in the quest for the standardisation of sustainability reporting standards. Management Decision (2ABS), ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-10-2024-2463.
- Molinari, M., Carungu, J., Di Pietra, R. (2025). How management accountants address the challenges of energy and climate change reporting: evidence from a longitudinal case study. Business Strategy and the Environment (3ABS), ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70048.
- Carungu, J. (2025). Bridging Financial and Sustainability Reporting: A Study of the ISSB and EFRAG Agendas. Studi di Ragioneria e di Economia Aziendale, vol. 93. Milano: Wolters Kluwer Italia S.r.l. ISBN: 9788813390020.
- Carungu, J. and Molinari, M. (2023), “Analysis and evolutionary paths of financial and non-financial reporting standards”, (Title in Italian: “Analisi e linee evolutive degli standard di rendicontazione finanziaria e non finanziaria”), Publisher: Wolters Kluwer, ISBN: 9788813382780.
- Carungu, J. and Molinari, M. (2022), "The “accountant” stereotype in the Florentine medieval popular culture: “galantuomini” or usurers?", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (3ABS), Vol. 35 No. 2, pp. 241-270. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-01-2020-4386.
- Alexander, D., Carungu, J. and Vignini, S. (2022). "IFRS meets the realities of a post-communist Balkan State", Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems, Vol. 21/ No. 2/2022, pp. 141-173, http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/jamis.2022.02001; Available at: http://online-cig.ase.ro/jcig/art/21_2_1.pdf.
- Carungu, J., Molinari, M., Nicolò, G., Pigatto, G., & Sottoriva, C. (2022). Implementing SDGs and Mandatory Non-financial Reporting in Corporate Practices: Insight from an Italian Global Player. In Non-financial Disclosure and Integrated Reporting: Theoretical Framework and Empirical Evidence (pp. 61-84). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Carungu, J., Di Pietra, R. and Molinari, M. (2021), "The impact of a humanitarian disaster on the working approach of accountants: a study of contingent effects", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (3ABS), Vol. 34 No. 6, pp. 1388-1403. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-08-2020-4789.
- Carungu, J., Di Pietra, R. and Molinari, M. (2021), "Mandatory vs voluntary exercise on non-financial reporting: does a normative/coercive isomorphism facilitate an increase in quality?", Meditari Accountancy Research, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 449-476. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-08-2019-0540.
- Patuelli, A., & Carungu, J. (2020). “A comparative study of the accounting research trends (1994–2014) between Spain and Italy”. Accounting History, 25(3), 488-508, (2ABS). https://doi.org/10.1177/1032373219876355. Project awarded from “2019 Margit F. Shoenfeld and Hanns Martin W. Shoenfeld Scholarship in Accounting History”, American Accounting Association.
- Catturi G. & Carungu, J (2020). “The dream comes true: the New Theatre of the Accademia dei Rozzi (Siena 1775 – 1817) (Title in Italian: “Il Nuovo Teatro dell’Accademia dei Rozzi (Siena 1775 – 1817)”). Accademia dei Rozzi, Issue XXVII/1 – V.
- Carungu, J. & Paolicelli, N. (2018). “The Involvement of Monte Dei Paschi di Siena Bank and the Role of Bookkeeping After the Earthquake of 1798”. Accounting and Cultures, Vol. 18 No. 2, pp. 85-117. DOI: 10.3280/CCA2018-002005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3818324.
