Mehmet Asutay is a Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Political Economy & Finance at the Durham University Business School, and the Director of the Durham Centre in Islamic Economics and Finance.
Mehmet’s teaching, research, publication, and supervision of research is all in Islamic moral economy/Islamic economics, Islamic political economy, Islamic finance and banking, Islamic governance and management and the Middle Eastern political economies.
His articles on his research interest have appeared in various international academic journals and professional magazines. He has also published manuscripts and edited books on aspects of Islamic moral economy and Islamic finance, the latest of which are: A Model for Islamic Development: An Approach in Islamic Moral Economy (with S. Jan, 2019), Mapping the Risks and Risk Management Practices in Islamic Banking (with W. Eid, 2019).
Mehmet's recent research includes the construction of Islamic moral economy and Islamic political economy; and their articulation in economic and sustainable development. In addition, his research focused on locating Islamic banking and finance within the expressed ideals of Islamic moral economy by essentialising sharing and collaborative economy nature of Islamic finance. Mehmet is also involved in empirical research in various aspects and dynamics of Islamic banking and finance as well as examining the political economy determinants and consequences of various Islamic finance industry development models.
Mehmet has acted as consultant to COMCEC (part of OIC), CIBAFI and UNDP-IICPSD on various projects, who was also a member of Board of Directors of Albaraka Turk Islamic Bank from 2018-2020.
Mehmet is the Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Islam and Society, the International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies, and the Review of Islamic Economics. Mehmet is also a Board Member of the International Association for Islamic Economics.
His profile: https://www.durham.ac.uk/business/our-people/mehmet-asutay/

Ahmet Suayb Gundogdu is a professor in Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University and a senior professional at the Islamic Development Bank where he has been employed since 2008. Before joining the bank, he was pursuing his PhD in Economics at Virginia Tech, USA. He holds a BA in International Trade from Bogazici University and an MA in International Development from the International University of Japan. He completed his PhD in Islamic Finance at Durham University, UK.

Dr. Güney graduated from the Faculty of Theology at Selçuk University in 2003. He began his academic career as a research assistant in Islamic Law at the same faculty in 2005. In 2006, he completed his Master's thesis in Islamic Law, and in 2013, he finished his doctoral dissertation on Islamic law of obligations. While pursuing his PhD, he also graduated from Anadolu University with a degree in Economics through the Open Education program.

Dr. Güney has served as a visiting researcher at Columbia University in New York for one year in 2009 and at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRT) in Jeddah for two months in 2018. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020. He currently serves as a faculty member in the Department of Islamic Law at Necmettin Erbakan University and also teaches as a visiting faculty member in the Department of Islamic Economics and Finance at KTO Karatay University.

She was born in Manisa. After completing secondary school in Manisa Anatolian Imam Hatip High School, she graduated from Open Education High School. Orhan, who graduated from Bahçeşehir University, Department of Economics (with full scholarship) in her undergraduate education, completed her master’s degree in International and EU Relations at Linköping University in Sweden with a Swedish Institute scholarship. Then she received her PhD in Economics from the International University of Sarajevo. Her doctoral dissertation deals with the risk analysis of profit and loss sharing instruments in Islamic banking (participation banking). She has been working at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences since Fall 2015. The main areas of work Orhan, who received the title of associate professor in the field of banking and insurance, are comparative finance and banking, and the connection of Islamic finance and banking with the Islamic economy.

Ozan Maraşlı completed his BSc in Business Administration at İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University in 2014 and MA in Economics at Istanbul Technical University in 2018. Then he completed his Ph.D. in Islamic Economics and Finance at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University in 2022. He is currently working in the department of Islamic Economics and Finance at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. His fields of interest are Islamic economic institutions, Islamic economic thought, and waqf.

He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in economics at TOBB University of Economics and Technology (2017) and Boğaziçi University (2020), respectively. He served as a board member of the Kafkas Foundation between 2018 and 2022. He graduated from Abdullah Tivnikli ISAR Foundation's basic education program in Islamic sciences and Arabic in 2022. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Islamic Economics and Finance (English) at İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, where he is also working as a research assistant. His research interests include Islamic public finance and Islamic finance theory.

I am a Research Assistant in the Department of Islamic Economics and Finance (English) at the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Theology from Istanbul University (2018) and a Master’s degree in Islamic Law from Marmara University (2021). I am currently pursuing a PhD in Islamic Law at Istanbul University and am concurrently enrolled in the non-thesis Master’s program in Public Law at Marmara University.

I am currently serving as a TÜBİTAK-funded visiting researcher at the University of Turin, Italy. Prior to my current position, I worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Islamic Law at the Faculty of Theology, Dokuz Eylul University. I am proficient in Turkish, Arabic, and English.

My academic work explores the intersections of Islamic law, Islamic economics, and contemporary socio-legal dynamics in Muslim societies. I am particularly interested in the ways classical Islamic jurisprudence can be re-engaged to address modern challenges related to economic justice, governance, and public finance.

Edo Omerčević, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Economics. He earned his Ph.D. in 2016 at the International University of Sarajevo. Prior to joining IUS, he gained teaching experience at the tertiary level in Bosnia, Malaysia, Qatar, and Kuwait. He is also the director of the Center for Public Policies and Economic Analyses, the first and only free-market think tank in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he authored and co-authored several public policy papers and analyses. Dr. Omerčević was also one of the founding members of the Islam and Liberty Network (currently active as a fellow), an international network of individuals working to explore and promote a Muslim case for religious, economic, and political freedom. He also has experience as a banker, manager, and consultant.