Rate My Professor Gaia Melloni

Her research interests include sustainability accounting, integrated and sustainability reporting, corporate sustainability, ESG factors, greenwashing, corporate governance, textual analysis, and impression management. Her publications have appeared in leading international journals, including the Strategic Management Journal, European Accounting Review, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Melloni has received notable awards and funding, such as a Horizon 2020 grant and the Sandoz Family Philanthropic Foundation (FPFS)-Monique de Meuron research fellowship in 2020. This competitive fellowship for up-and-coming academics in human sciences supports her research on sustainability accounting, integrated reporting, and corporate resilience to crises like COVID-19, with funding available from September 2021 for two years, renewable for two more. She has consulted for the European Parliament and the United Nations on sustainability reporting and serves on boards of directors and ESG committees. At HEC Lausanne, she has supervised doctoral students, including Arianna Pisciella, who graduated in 2024.