İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi

Dr. Amirul Haqeem bin Abd. Ghani IFP®, CQIF, joined Durham University as a Doctoral Student in October 2014 at Doctoral Training Centre in Islamic Finance, the same year in 2014 he was awarded Islamic Financial Planner (IFP) professional certificate and gained his Doctorate in May 2019. Prior to his academic career as a Senior Lecturer in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Haqeem, a graduate of Dundee University worked at Kuwait Finance House Malaysia as a professional banker. He is the Old Putra (OP) of Royal Military College (RMC). In February 2021 he finally awarded Certified Qualification in Islamic Finance (CQIF-Wealth Management) after completing all modules by IBFIM.

Teaching: Islamic Financial Planning (2019,2024); Islamic Accounting (2019-2020,2023); Risk Management and Takaful Planning (2021-2023), Regulation and Shariah Governance for Islamic Financial Institution (2020-2021) , Islamic Investment (2020-2021), Module Developer and Trainer for Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professional -Enterprise Risk Management (2020), Islamic Credit Analysis and Financing (2024)

Diploma in Banking, UiTM;
Bac. (Hon) Islamic Banking (1st-Class, Vice-Chancellor Award) UiTM;
MSc. Islamic Accounting & Finance, University of Dundee Scotland;
PhD in Islamic Finance, Durham University England;
Islamic Financial Planner (IFP) 2014, Certified Qualification in Islamic Finance (CQIF) 2021

Alija Avdukic is currently a Professor in Islamic Economics and Finance at Al- Maktoum College of Higher Education and is the deputy director of Ph.D. & MSc Islamic Finance programs at Business School of the University of Dundee. Alija holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Economics and Finance (2016) from Durham University; and has MA in Islamic Banking, Finance and Management (2010) from Gloucestershire University. Alija completed his BA (2003) and PGDip (2007) from Al-Azhar University, Cairo, and Damascus University, Damascus.
Alija’s research interest in Islamic economics and its various articulations, Islamic moral and political economy, and Islamic finance and banking. Alija teaches and supervises research on Islamic political and moral economy, Islamic banking, finance, and the political economy of development in the Muslim world. Alija’s recent research includes the construction of Islamic moral economy and Islamic political economy, both of which is considered as an incomplete project since the early 1970s. Secondly, Alija develops the discourse around the ‘social and developmental failure’ of Islamic banking and finance in relation to the expressed ideals of Islamic moral economy by essentializing sharing and collaborative economy nature of Islamic finance. Alija is also involved in empirical research in various aspects and dynamism of Islamic banking and finance.

Banjaran Surya Indrastomo is currently a lecturer at Islamic economics program, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia and a member of Board Advisor, Business Risk and Finance Working Group, School of Business and Management, Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia. He earned his Ph.D in Islamic economics and finance from Durham University in 2019, after obtaining M.A. in Islamic Finance from Durham University in 2013. Banjaran was an International Fellow at Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose (FSCIRE) in Bologna/Palermo Italy from 2020 to 2021 working on project Teologia, pensiero economico e prassi commerciali: feneratio, ribā e tasso d’interesse fra cristianesimo e islam' (Theology, economic thought and commercial practices: feneratio, ribā and interest rate in Christianity and Islam), co-funded by Banca d’Italia. He has published worked in peer-reviewed Journal, such as Heliyon and Journal of Business Ethics, and has numerous writings both in popular channel and in the form of policy briefs. Beside his academic work, Banjaran is currently involved in shaping Islamic economic and finance industry, acting as Chief Economist of PT. Bank Syariah Indonesia, Tbk, Indonesian largest Islamic/participatory bank and as member of Islamic Economic Board, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mervan Selçuk graduated from the Business Department of Istanbul University in 2014. He received his MA and Ph.D. degrees from Islamic Economics and Finance Department at Sakarya University in 2016 and 2021, respectively. His doctoral dissertation is about the feasibility of a monetary union in Islamic countries. He was a visiting researcher at Kuwait University between November 2018 - May 2019. Since 2015, Assoc. Prof. Selçuk has been a research assistant at the Research Centre of Islamic Economics and Finance, Sakarya University. His research areas include Islamic economics, monetary unions, and cryptocurrencies.

He was born on 25 May 1983 in Dimetoka, Greece. In 2006, he graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Theology. He completed his postgraduate education at Marmara University in 2014 and received his doctorate degree in Islamic law. He is currently working as an Associate Professor at Sakarya University Faculty of Theology. His research interests include foundation law and history, classical-modern fiqh thought, late Ottoman legal thought and Islamic economics. Purpose in Waqf: A Research in the Framework of Hanafi Waqf Law, 40 Questions on Waqf, and The Literature of Islamic Law Studies in Turkey (1928-2012), as well as published articles and book translations.