Islamic finance Indonesia: CALL FOR PAPERS - Morality and Finance (deadline July 31st, 2011)

Call for papers and Participation

Orientation Seminar and Research Workshop

Morality and Finance

Organized by : The Islamic Foundation, UK / Markfield Institute of Higher Education, UK
and Islamic Research and Training Institute of The Islamic Development Bank(IDB), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Date : Tuesday 4^th -Thursday 6^th October, 2011

Venue: Markfield Conference Centre,Ratby Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9SY (UK)
(more hereunder)

The Islamic Foundation and Markfield Institute of Higher Education, UK and Islamic Research and Training Institute (IDB), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia are pleased to announce the organisation of a three-day orientation seminar on “Morality and Finance”. This orientation seminar will explore the question how modern financial practices can be reconciled with moral values. Integrating morality with banking, insurance and the financial intermediary will play a key role in modern economy. The smooth functioning of Islamic capital market is essential to investment and capital accumulation driving economic growth and prosperity.

This programme will have two main themes:

· An orientation seminar on Islamic Finance,

· A research workshop on the theme: Morality and Finance

Two day orientation seminar on Islamic Finance ( October 4-5, 2011)

The purpose is to disseminate knowledge by covering the following ethical and Islamic finance related topics such as:

· Growing importance of Islamic Finance

· The rationale behind investing in Shari'ah compliant funds

· Reviewing Islamic Equity in Europe- Reports

· Lessons for Islamic finance from the Western ethical "green" finance industry

· Attracting funds through Islamic Finance and Ethical Investment

· Improving transparency and fostering credibility by harmonising the best practices

· Sovereign funds, sukuk and real estate and infrastructure investments

· Insightful case studies

Research Workshop (October 6, 2011)

The purpose is to sensitize graduate students and researchers to the new area integrating morality and values with economics as well as to encourage open discussions leading to quality publications: authentic books, refereed journal articles etc.

Both programmes will complement each other in providing orientation and in creating new knowledge/research in ethical economics.

Call for Papers and Participation

Papers are invited to analyse the moral economy nature of Islamic finance. Covering any topic on morality, ethics, Islamic finance and investment in the Western countires’ perspective, but not limited to those identified below, with the understanding that the same work has not been and will not be published, nor is presently submitted elsewhere:

Religion as a source of ethical pursuit in humans

Islamic or Christian or Jewish Financial principles and morality

Perspectives on the development and performance of Islamic finance in relation to its moral economy base in the Western countries’ perspective

Socially responsible banking (SRI, religiously inspired banking, microfinance, and cooperative banking)

Islamic finance and ethical investment

Case studies (Islamic and socially responsible investment in the West)

Pension fund management and morality/ethics

The abstract (min. 500 words – max. 1000 words) should be submitted by 31^st July, 2011
interested persons are invited to attend the programme. There is no conference fee for paper presenters and workshop chairs.

Important dates to observe:

Abstract submission for the conference: 31^st July 2011

Announcement of the accepted abstracts: 05^th August 2011

Deadline for the complete papers: 15 September 2011

Abstracts / full papers on the above broader areas should be e-mailed to:

Dr. Salman Syed Ali

Islamic Research and Training Institute

Islamic Development Bank

Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Email: ssyedali@isdb.org

Dr. Abul Hassan

Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9SY, UK