Prof Alija Avdukic

Biography

Professor Avdukic teaches and supervises research on Islamic Political Economy; Islamic Moral Economy; Islamic Banking, Finance and Management; Political Economy of Development in the Muslim world and Islamic studies related subjects.

He is the Deputy Director of the MSc Islamic Finance at the University of Dundee; visiting professor for masters programme in Islamic banking and finance for the joint programme School of Economics, University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) with University of Bolton (UK). He is also a senior research fellow at Ibn Rush Centre for Excellence (UK). Finally, he is a visiting research fellow of Durham Centre in Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance (UK).

Research Interests

Professor Avdukic’s research includes the theoretical construction of Islamic moral/political economy as a guiding theory for Islamic finance. Building on the earlier contributions in the post-colonial period made by scholars from the sub-continent, Dr Avdukic aims to systemise Islamic political economy as the defining framework for the moral or social economy. He also develops the discourse around social and develop-mentalist failure of Islamic charitable and financial sectors in relation to the expressed ideals of Islamic moral economy. Dr Avdukic is also involved in empirical research in various aspects of Islamic economics and finance.

Publications

• Maqasid al-Sharia (Higher Ethical Objective) Augmented Framework for Assessing the Ethical Performance of Islamic Banks: Performance and Determinants, Journal of Business Ethics. (2019).
• History of Economic Thoughts in the Ibrahim Religions: A Case of Religiously Informed Regulative Environment (Palgrave Edited Book on Islamic Economics and Finance) (2019).
• Utility Theory: an Islamic Political Economy Perspective (Palgrave Edited Book on Islamic Economics and Finance) (2019).
• Accounting for the Ideology and Culture within Literature: Deconstruction of Arguments, Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, (2019).
• Islamic Economics through the Eyes of Political Economy, Znakovi Vremena, Sarajevo, Jesen Xx, 76/77 (2017).
• Islamic Economy Promotes Corporate Social Responsibility, Novi Mualim, 18(71) (2017).