Muhammad Irwan Ariffin is an associate professor at the Department of Economics, Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, IIUM. He was conferred the double-degree Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and Bachelor of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage (Honours) by IIUM in 2004. He received the Best Student in Economics (Academic) Award during his convocation. Upon graduation, he joined the Department of Economics, IIUM, as an Assistant Lecturer. He went to pursue his M.A. and Ph.D in Economics at Carleton University, Canada, from 2006 to 2014 under the financial sponsorship of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Malaysia and IIUM. During this time, he was a teaching assistant and received several awards from Carleton University due to his excellent academic performance. In 2012, the Royal Commonwealth Society of Ottawa awarded him the Arnold Smith Commonwealth Scholarship for being the best student from a Commonwealth country. Since February 2015, he has been teaching at the Department of Economics and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Islamic Economics, IIUM.

• 2017 - 2017: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Affiliate Researcher), CENTRIS IIUM

Completed

2016 - 2019	Debt and Indebtness in the Hadith Literature: The Severity, Rights and Responsibilities
2015 - 2019	Acquirement of Consumer Perception on the Ethicality and Islamicness of Islamic Finance Products and Services
2015 - 2019	Principle of Economics in Sahih Al Bukhari
2013 - 2022	Socio Economic Impact of Shari'ah Compliant Hospitality and Services on Malaysia and Muslim Communities

On-Going

2023 - Present	Contemporary Corporate Practices from the Perspective of Islamic Ethics
2023 - Present	Public Finance from Islamic Perspective
2022 - Present	Maqasid Shariah for Economists
2021 - Present	Partnership for SDG Finance - Undertaking Development Finance Assessment and SDG Budgeting & Costing
2019 - Present	Review of Influential Works in Islamic Economics
2019 - Present	DEVELOPING A CIRCULAR ECONOMIC MODEL BASED MAQASID AL-SHARIAH FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

27 Jul, 2023	Active Researcher Award - Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences	KCDIO
27 Jul, 2023	Merit Award for Scholarship of Integration and Islamisation - Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences	KCDIO
21 Jun, 2022	Most Promising Academic Award - Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences	KCDIO
21 Jun, 2022	Murabbi Award - Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences	KCDIO