Dr Ana Rita Domingues

Profile

I joined the Sustainability Research Institute in September 2022 as a lecturer in sustainability consultancy and business. I am particularly interested in research focused on the intersection between policy and accountability mechanisms, namely sustainability accounting and reporting.

Before joining the School of Earth and Environment, I was a lecturer in sustainability at Nottingham Trent University. I was responsible for curriculum and business development, creating projects for students to work as sustainability consultants in small and medium enterprises. I also worked as a researcher and guest lecturer in the Department of Management – University of Bologna (Italy), a researcher at NOVA School of Science and Technology (Portugal) and University of Coimbra (Portugal), and a guest lecturer in the Post-graduate programme in Environmental Sciences at the Federal University of Goiás (Brazil). Before starting my academic career, I worked in the Sustainable Development Observatory at the European Economic and Social Committee (Belgium) and as an environmental engineer, consultant, and project manager in Lisbon (Portugal). 

I am a reviewer of multiple scientific journals, including the Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Frontiers in Sustainability, Ocean and Coastal Management, and Journal of Management and Governance. 

Responsibilities

• Programme Leader MSc Sustainability and Consultancy

Research interests

My research interest is sustainability assessment and reporting, organisational change, and stakeholder engagement, particularly in public and third-sector organisations. I have participated in various research projects related to organisational change management for sustainability, environmental initiatives in public sector organisations and small and medium enterprises, sustainability indicators, and co-design processes. 

Recent research projects:

• 2024 Resource Reuse Within the West Yorkshire Cultural and Creative Sector (University of Leeds, UK)
• 2021-2024 SUSChange Organisational Change for Sustainability in Nottingham-based Small and Medium Enterprises through student consultancy (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
• 2016-2021 Environmental accounting and reporting in Italian local governments: a longitudinal analysis of context, content, and process changes (University of Bologna, Italy)
• 2013-2015 SPS Sustainability Performance Assessment and Benchmarking Framework of the Public Sector (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)
• 2013 ReSkills Assessment of life-cycle skills needs in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector: the cases of the wind energy and electric mobility and smart grids (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)
• 2011-2013 Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Electric Vehicle Systems (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
• 2010 Sustainability label for local public services (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)

Qualifications

• PhD, Management, University of Bologna
• MSc, Environmental Engineering, Nova University Lisbon
• BSc, Environmental Engineering Science, Nova University Lisbon

Professional memberships

• Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)

Student education

• SOEE5226 Managing and Delivering Sustainability through Projects and Organisations (Module leader)
• SOEE5190 Developing and managing environmental projects
• SOEE5179 Sustainability Consultancy Project
• SOEE1390 Intro to Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility
• SOEE3030 Environmental Research Project

Research groups and institutes

• Sustainability Research Institute
• Business Organisations for Sustainable Societies