Professor of Political Economy and Islamic Finance -  School of Business – University of Dundee ​

Dr Alija (Ali) Avdukic is currently a Professor in Political/Moral Economy and Islamic Finance at University of Dundee School of Business. He is also a trustee and investment advisor for International Waqf Fund of Islamic Relief Worldwide. Alija holds a Ph.D in Islamic Economics and Finance (2016) from University of Durham; and has MA in Islamic Banking, Finance and Management (2010) from Gloucestershire University. 

Alija's research interest includes sustainable development, Islamic economics and its various articulations, Islamic moral and political economy, and Islamic finance and banking. Alija teaches and supervises research on Islamic political and moral economy, Islamic banking, finance, and the political economy of development in the Muslim world. Alija's recent research includes the construction of Islamic moral economy and Islamic political economy, both of which are considered as incomplete projects since the early 1970s. Additionally, Alija develops the discourse around the 'social and developmentalist failure' of Islamic banking and finance in relation to the expressed ideals of Islamic moral economy by essentializing the sharing and collaborative economy nature of Islamic finance. Alija is also involved in empirical research on various aspects and dynamics of Islamic banking, finance, and sustainable development ​