Desna Mackenzie
Centre Co-ordinator
Our members are drawn from across Lancaster University, in research, teaching or professional services roles.
Pentland Centre Director Professor Jan Bebbington focuses on issues that emerge at the intersections between sustainable development concerns and accounting scholarship and has published on topics such the Sustainable Development Goals; sustainability science; motivations and rationales for standalone reporting; carbon accounting; sustainability assessment and accounting education.
Jan is also involved in a long-term collaboration between ecologists and sustainability scientists at the Stockholm Resilience Centre at the University of Stockholm that aims to provide knowledge to a practice-based cohort of seafood companies who are seeking to actively contribute to ocean stewardship (focusing on SDG 14 – Life Below the Water). The project is yielding insight into the differences between accountability and stewardship as well as the issues in establishing organisational control over supply chains and reporting meaningfully on performance.
Alongside her academic work, Jan has also made substantive contributions to the practice and policy communities in a variety of roles including, for example, being the Vice Chair (Scotland) of the Sustainable Development Commission from 2006 to 2011. The role of the Commission (a part of the UK Government) was to promote sustainable development across the UK and all sectors of society, particularly within Government. A more recent practice engagement is her membership (since 2013) of Scottish and Southern Energy’s Sustainable Development Fund panel, which supports community projects across regions in Scotland where SSE has renewable generation assets. In 2018 the Royal Scottish Geographical Society awarded Jan an Honorary Fellowship.
Centre Co-ordinator
Casual Events Assistant
Visiting Researcher
Senior Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Sciences & Director of Energy Lancaster
Business Networks Officer
Visiting Researcher
Professor of Finance
Honorary Researcher
Senior Faculty Finance Assistant
Lecturer
PhD Candidate
Professor in Strategic Project Management
Director of Digital Education (Senior Teaching Fellow)
Professor
Senior Lecturer & Director of the Centre for Family Business
International Lecturer in Business Management
Visiting Researcher
PhD Candidate & PPiPL Project Administrator
Development Manager
Professor of Computing and Sustainability
Professor of Management - Sunway University Business School
Lecturer
Professor in Entrepreneurship
Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Policy
Entrepreneur in Residence
Research Associate
PhD Candidate
Professor of Operations Management
Lecturer - Sunway University Business School
Senior Lecturer
Visiting Researcher
Partnership Development Manager
Senior Lecturer
Lecturer in Sustainability
Senior Lecturer
Lecturer
Teaching Fellow
Professor Markets, Marketing and Management & LUMS Associate Dean for Research
Senior Research Associate
Senior Lecturer in Management Learning and Leadership
Senior Lecturer
Honorary Professorial Fellow
Reader in Organisation, Work & Technology
Lecturer in Marketing
Lecturer in Economics
PhD Candidate
Senior Lecturer
Professor
Lecturer in Accounting
Professor & Director of Academy for Gender, Work and Leadership
Cross-Faculty Associate Dean Global Engagement & Professor of Operations Management
Senior Lecturer
Research Associate for Trustworthy and Accountable Decision-Support Frameworks for Biodiversity
Content Manager - Research and Engagement
Lecturer in Accounting
External Accreditation Manager
Visiting Researcher
Senior Lecturer
Professor
PhD Candidate & SIRIUS Project Co-ordinator
Lecturer in Organisation, Work and Technology