Tina Šegota is an Associate Professor in Tourism and holds the Vice Dean of Science and Research position at the Faculty of Tourism at the University of Maribor, Slovenia. Her research interests include destination marketing and advertising, sustainable tourist behaviour, tourism seasonality, quality of life, and families and children in tourism destinations.

Xiao Gu is a Assistant Researcher at the Hangzhou Open University,He received his doctorate from Liaoning University.In recent years, He has published many articles in reputable journals, including Energy Economics,Journal of Environmental Management, Gondwana Research, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment,etc.
His scholarly works demonstrate an unwavering commitment to his research pursuits and have substantially influenced his area of expertise. Located in the nexus of academia and technical proficiency, he continues to drive innovation and academic discourse in his role at the University.

Mehmet Asutay is a Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Political Economy & Finance at the Department of Finance, Durham University Business School; the Director of the Durham Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance, and the programme director for the MSc Islamic Finance programme.

Mehmet’s teaching, research, publications, and research supervision focus on Islamic moral economy/Islamic economics, Islamic political economy, Islamic finance and banking, Islamic governance and management, Islamic social welfare institutions, and Middle Eastern political economies. 

His articles on his research interests 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. 

Mehmet has served as a consultant to COMCEC (a part of the OIC), CIBAFI, and UNDP-IICPSD on various projects, and he was also a member of the Board of Directors of Albaraka Turk Participation Bank from 2018 to 2020. He was the Honorary Treasurer of BRISMES (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) and its journal British Journal of Middle East Studies from 2009 to 2019.

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. He is also a Board Member of the International Association for Islamic Economics.

Mehmet is the 2024 Laureate of IsDB (Islamic Development Bank) Prize for Impactful Achievement in Islamic Economics for recognition of his novel work on Islamic moral economy and the articulation of Islamic finance to be supportive of sustainable development and the welfare of human beings.

Durham University Profile: https://www.durham.ac.uk/business/our-people/mehmet-asutay/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=e6ZHO-cAAAAJ&hl=en

Email: mehmet.asutay@durham.ac.uk

Dr. Masud Rana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST), Bangladesh. Since joining PUST on September 2, 2023, he has continued his dedication to education and research. Dr. Rana holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Finance and Banking from the University of Rajshahi, where he graduated with notable distinctions. His academic journey led him to pursue a Ph.D. focusing on the "Impact of Monetary Policy on the Economic Development in Bangladesh" at PUST, under the supervision of esteemed professors from both PUST and the University of Chittagong. Dr. Rana’s teaching career began in 2014 when he joined PUST as a Lecturer, later advancing to Assistant Professor in 2016 before becoming an Associate Professor in 2023. He has supervised a significant number of graduate and postgraduate students. Despite the challenges posed by limited research funding and heavy academic workloads, Dr. Rana has made valuable contributions to peer-reviewed international and national journals. His academic career reflects his early passion for engaging in education and research. Dr. Rana’s contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the Best Research Award at PUST in 2022. His research continues to influence the fields of monetary policy, green banking, ESG, SDGs Achievements and the economic development of Bangladesh.