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Dr. Syed Nazim Ali
Director of the Research Division and Director of the Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (CIEF)
Dr. Syed Nazim Ali
Director of the Research Division and Director of the Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (CIEF)
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Information Sciences
MLS in Library Sciences
Entity
College of Islamic Studies
Divison
Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (CIEF)
Islamic Finance
Biography
Dr. Syed Nazim Ali is Research Professor and Director of the Research Division at CIS. He has spent the last 30 years spearheading interdisciplinary research in Islamic finance and faith-based initiatives in finance as well as community development. He was formerly the Founding Director of the Islamic Finance Project at Harvard University and Acting Executive Director of the Islamic Legal Studies program at Harvard Law School.
Some of his most significant contributions to the field have been the I-BIR Databank (http://ibir.hbku.edu.qa/), the Islamic Finance Workshop in London at London School of Economics (2007–2017) and SOAS University of London (2018–Present), and the biennial Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance (1997–Present), the proceedings of which are published under his editorship.
Dr. Nazim Ali has previously been actively involved with the US Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, US Department of the Treasury, and central banks in other countries, working to improve understanding and combat misconceptions about the Islamic finance industry. Most of his work focuses on social financing, Islamic finance, and Islamic information systems.
PhD in Information Sciences
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
1983
MLS in Library Sciences
Emporia State University, Kansas
1975
BSc in Biology and Chemistry
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
1970
- Islamic Finance
- Islamic Social Welfare
- Ethical Finance
- Bibliometrics
- Scholarly Communication
Director of the Research Division
CIS, HBKU
2017 – Present
Director
Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (CIEF), CIS, HBKU
2014 – Present
Director of Islamic Finance Program
Harvard University
1995 – 2014
Head of Research and Information Services
University of Bahrain
1984 – 1994
Director of Library
King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia
1976 – 1983
BOOKS
- Springer Nature.
- Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN: 978 147 4436007.
- London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1138494800.
- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1-78536 335-1
- Cambridge: Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project. ISBN 0-9702835-8-X
- Cambridge: Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project. ISBN 0-9702835-9-8
- London: Routledge. ISBN 978041578266-1
- Cambridge: Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project. ISBN 0-970-2835-7-1
- Cambridge: Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project. ISBN 0-9702835-6-3
- Cambridge: Harvard Law School, Islamic Finance Project. ISBN 0-9702835-5-5
- London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7103-0486-2
BOOK CHAPTERS
- In Belouafi, A., Belabes, A., & Trullols, C. (Eds.), Islamic Finance in Western Higher Education: Developments and Prospects. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. 209-228.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
- King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics. 33(1). 83-90. DOI:10.4197
- International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 12(3). 346-367.
- Society and Business Review, 12(3). 356-372.
- Journal of Islamic Business and Management, 7(1). 11-27.
- Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, 12(3).75-97.
- Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance, 33(4). 24-35.
- Journal of Islamic Finance, 5(1). 26-44.
- International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 39. 27-39.
- Harvard Business Review. 43.
- Review of Islamic Economics, 12(1). 151-168.
OTHERS
- In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance Conference Papers. Jeddah: King Abdulaziz University. 225-34.
- HUMA Foundation Award — Harvard Muslim Alumni Association (HUMA), Cambridge MA, 2004