Islamic Finance in Western Higher Education Developments and Prospects

by Belouafi, Ahmed; Belabes, Abderrazak; Trullols, Cristina

• ISBN13: 9781137263681
• ISBN10: 1137263687
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-27
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The recent international financial turbulences have been severe and far reaching in their magnitude and consequences. Neither any country nor any sector seems to have been spared from their effects. The higher education sector is not an exception; particularly the programs offered in business and finance. Many academics, practitioners and others have started questioning the content of the programs and their impact on the learners. Ethics, values and responsibility are coming out as factors that cannot be surpassed. Thus, current and future programs ought not to ignore such factors. Within this heated context, Islamic finance education has gained momentum. This phenomenon has been depicted by Western higher learning institutions as an opportunity that could enhance its competitiveness. Consequently, many renowned Universities and business Schools started offering streams at their existing programs or even establishing fully-fledged Islamic Finance ones. This book sheds light on this development through actual cases written by lecturers and researchers who played an important role in the Islamic finance in western higher education.

Author Biography

ABDERRAZAK BELABES is a researcher at the Islamic Economics Institute, King Abdulaziz University. He teaches Islamic finance from geoeconomic perspective at the University of Strasbourg. His main research interests are ethical finance, economic methodology, Islamic finance education and regulatory framework of Islamic finance in Europe.

 

AHMED BELOUAFI has long standing research and teaching experience in Islamic finance and economics. He is currently a researcher at the Islamic Economics Institute, King Abdulaziz University. His research interests include Islamic finance education curricula, developments of Islamic finance in the West, and Islamic Economics and finance literature by non-Muslims.

 

CRISTINA TRULLOLS is an associate professor of Microfinance, and Researcher for Saudi-Spanish Center of Islamic Economics and Finance both at IE Business School. She holds a Masters degree from the Executive Financial Management Program at the IE Business School, an M.B.A. from the University of Quebec in Montreal and a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Boston College. She is fluent in Spanish, English and French.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword: Volkner Nienhaus
Preface: Celia de Anca
Editors' Notes and Acknowledgements
About the editors
About the Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Glossary of Selected Arabic Terms
Introduction

PART I: ISLAMIC FINANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: CARTOGRAPHY

Research in Islamic Economics and Finance: A state of art and agenda for academic co-operation.

Islamic Finance Higher Education at a Glance: a Global Picture.

Islamic Finance Education in a Complex World.

Islamic Finance Higher Education in the UK.

Islamic Finance Education in France: An Unexpected Surge.

Islamic Finance in Italy-University of Rome.

Islamic Finance Education at the Top Ten Business Schools.

PART II: ISLAMIC FINANCE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE WEST: CASES AND EXPERIMENTS

Islamic Finance at Henley Business School, Reading University.

Islamic Finance Education in Australia: the Case of La Trobe University

Islamic Finance in Reims Management School.

Islamic Finance at Newcastle University.

Islamic Finance at Bangor University.

Islamic Finance in the Markfield Institution of Higher Education.

Islamic Finance at Strasbourg University.

Islamic Finance at University of Leuven.

Islamic Finance at Liverpool Hope University.

PART III: ISLAMIC FINANCE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE WEST: RESEARCH AND OTHER INITIATIVES

Islamic Finance Project at Harvard University.

Islamic Finance in Sorbonne: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Chair for Ethics and Financial Norms of Sorbonne University. Islamic Banking and Finance Teaching and Supervision at the Westminster Business School Westminster University.

The Saudi Spanish Center for Islamic Economics and Finance at IE Business School (SCIEF).

Conclusion

Index