Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures

Friday, June 24, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


TH07-01
Theorizing Islamic Economy and Finance
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
Looking Beyond – a Transdisciplinary Contribution to the Theory Development of Islamic Economics
Frauke Demuth, Durham University
Emerging Moralities through Islamic Finance: Multiple Modernities Framework in the Making of Islamic Banking and Finance
Mehmet Asutay, Durham University Business School
When is a promise still a promise? Case study in the application of Islamic financial theory
Abdulkader Thomas, SHAPE Knowledge Services
Getting `Real’ About Islamic Finance
Larry Beeferman, Harvard Law School

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


TH07-02
Theorizing Islamic Moral Economy and Its Other
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
Moral Economic Axioms, Preference, Choice, and Welfare in Conventional and Islamic Economics
Necati Aydin, Alfaisal University
Economic Theology of Islam
Mohammad Kabir Hassan, University of New Orleans; Muhammad Khan, Independent Researcher
Embededdness As a Feature of Islamic Moral Economy: Exploring the Divergence of Islamic Finance from Embeddedness
Alija Avdukic, Durham University Business School; Mehmet Asutay, Durham University Business School

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


TH07-03
Islamic banking: Theory and Practice
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
Strategic Orientation of Islamic Banks – a Review of Strategy Language
Dr. Imam Uddin, Institute of Business Management
Do Credit Analysts of Islamic Rural Banks Consider Moral in Assessing Credit Applications? Evidence from Indonesia
Ahmad Zaki, Universitas Gadjah Mada; Mahfud Sholihin, Universitas Gadjah Mada
The Challenges to a Moral Islamic Banking
Abdulazeem Abozaid, Qatar Foundation

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


TH07-04
Islamic Finance and Social Finance: Theory, Praxis, and Prescription
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
Can the Integration of SRI Principles in Islamic Finance Help Bridge the Gap Between Aspirational Islamic Moral Economy and Realistic Islamic Finance?
Dalal Aassouli, ENS de Lyon
Social Responsibilities and Emerging Morality: Evaluating Social Responsibility of Malaysian Islamic Banks
Shifa Mohd Nor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Mehmet Asutay, Durham University
Towards the Institutionalization of Screening and Measuring for Social Impact: Implications for Islamic Finance
Jeffrey Kappen, Drake University; Kavilash Chawla, Baton Global; Matthew Mitchell, Drake University
The Regulation of the Institution of Fatwa and the Need for Islamic Economics Policy Think Tanks
Ashraf Gomma Ali, University Bank

Saturday, June 25, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


TH07-05
Social Justice, Ethics, and Market Theory
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
Bringing Substantive Morality Back in: Towards a Definition of Islamic Moral Economy
Isa Yilmaz, PhD candidate at Durham University
Examining Social Justice in Islamic Finance
Bridget Kustin, Johns Hopkins University
Kurdish Moral/Political Economy in Polanyi's Moral and Embedded Economy Frame: The Political Economy and (Non)Great Transmogrification of Kurds in the Fin-De-Siecle
Tekdemir Omer, University of Westminster, Department of Politics and International Relations; Mehmet Asutay, Durham University Business School
Ethics in Islamic Finance: A Methodological Framework
Habib Ahmed, Durham University Business School

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


TH07-06
Islamic Finance and Regulation
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
The Politics of Financial Ideas: Grafting Islamic Finance
Jikon Lai, University of Melbourne; Lena Rethel, University of Warwick; Kerstin Steiner, Monash University
Regulating Islamic Finance in Emerging Market Economies
Fulya Apaydin, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
Regulation of Financial Markets - an Islamic Ethical Perspective
Asad Zaman, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics; Wijdan Tariq, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


TH07-07
Prescriptive strategies for transforming Islamic economies
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
Beyond Islamic Banking: How the Waqf Can Play the Role in Creating an Islamic Moral Economy
Ebi Junaidi, Durham Business School; Wachid As'ad Muslimin, Durham University; Muhamad Rizky Rizaldy, Durham University
Endogenising TRUST for a Good ‘Waqf' Governance
Dian Masyita, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Padjadjaran; Mehmet Asutay, Durham University Business School
Beyond Financial Inclusion and Social Justice: A Call for Interfaith Microfinance Collaboration Between Christian and Muslims Organizations
Long Le, Santa Clara University

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


TH07-08
Making Islamic Markets: Ideology, Governance and Subjectivities
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
Keeping the Faith?: Reconciling Disjuncture in the Praxis of Islamic Banking and Finance
Ra Tiedemann-Nkabinde, University of Cape Town
Liability Circuits: Quality Construction and Private Halal-Certification
Aisalkyn Botoeva, Brown University
How to Moralize a Market: The Empowerment of Moral Critics within Islamic Investment Banks
Aaron Z. Pitluck, Illinois State University

Sunday, June 26, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


TH07-11
Diverse catalysts for the Islamic finance industry
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
Centralized Islam for Socio-Economic Control: Human Capital and Gender Roles in the Service of Moral Economy in Turkey
Umut Korkut, Glasgow Caledonian University; Hande Eslen-Ziya, KwaZulu-Natal University
Islam and its Impact on Economic and Financial Attitudes in Indonesia
Fauziah Rizki Yuniarti, Universitas Indonesia; Mehmet Asutay, Durham University Business School
A Social Movement Perspective on Finance: How Islamic Finance Emerged and Developed
Banjaran Surya Indrastomo, Durham University; Mehmet Asutay, Durham University Business School

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


TH07-10
Religious Reasoning, Instrumental Reasoning, and Labor
Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures


Participants:
Labor Rights and Fair Wage in Islam - Ideals and Realities
Aljawhara Ibrahim AlQuayid, Alfaisal University
Rise of Instrumental Reasoning and Decline of Embeddedness in Social Relations: Emergence of New Islamic Economic Moralities
Harun Sencal, Durham University Business School; Mehmet Asutay, Durham University Business School
Exploration of Islamic Moral Axioms in Employer-Employee Relationships in Saudi Arabia
Saud Alshathri, Alfaisal University; Necati Aydin, Alfaisal University