Background
This research group bringing together researchers, consultants and entrepreneurs in the
specific subjects to provides in-depth analysis, news, research and perspectives on
the latest educational trends.
Since 1999, Prof. Edson Luiz Riccio and a dedicated team launched “The Accounting Research
in Academic courses in Brazil, the first information database to contain all dissertations and theses.
The research quickly grew in size and scale and in 2003 the team was renamed PeCont, to reflect its breadth
of content, services and ease of use by the community. Due to the increase demand of related subjects,
the Accounting Education Research group was created.