Muhammad Irwan Ariffin 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 Dr. Irwan has been an Assistant Professor 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

BUSINESS ECONOMICS	2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS	2019/2020 2017/2018 2008/2009
ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS	2022/2023 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015
ECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS	2022/2023
ECONOMICS OF ZAKAT	2022/2023
FIQH FOR ECONOMIST II	2019/2020 2018/2019
FIQH FOR ECONOMISTS I	2018/2019 2017/2018
FOUNDATION OF ISLAMIC ECONOMICS	2022/2023 2021/2022 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015
INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS I	2020/2021 2015/2016
MACROECONOMIC THEORY	2020/2021 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015
MALAYSIAN ECONOMY	2022/2023 2021/2022
MICROECONOMICS	2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
MONEY AND BANKING	2008/2009
OBJECTIVES OF SHARI'AH	2022/2023 2017/2018 2016/2017
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS	2008/2009
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS	2021/2022 2020/2021
PUBLIC FINANCE	2021/2022 2020/2021
STATISTICAL METHODS	2014/2015 2008/2009

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

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

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

Article

2023	Islam, western materialism and Malaysian muslims’ complex debt behavior: an analysis of the religious experts’ viewpoints. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13 (2) pp. 24-43
2022	Economic concepts and ideas of Al-Bukhārī: an analysis of the book of sales in Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī. The Journal of Muamalat and Islamic Finance Research, 19 (1) pp. 1-20
2022	Economic growth, international trade, and environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Economics and Development, 24 (4) pp. 293-308
2022	Economic impacts of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities on artisanal fishing in Somalia. Journal of Somali Studies : Research on Somalia and the Greater Horn of African Countries, 9 (1) pp. 33-49
2022	The impact of zakat in poverty alleviation and income inequality reduction from the perspective of gender in West Java, Indonesia. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 15 (5) pp. 924-942
2021	Covid-19 pandemic and addressing digital divide in Malaysia. Journal of Information Systems and Digital Technologies, 3 (2) pp. 29-49
2021	Economic impact of maritime piracy on Artisanal fishermen in Somalia. Empirical Economic Letters, 20 (6) pp. 1107-1118
2021	Fertility and female labor force participation in Asian countries; panel ARDL approach. Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan, 22 (2) pp. 272-288
2021	Transmission channels and indirect effects in the relationship between institutions and environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Green Economics, 15 (4) pp. 335-358
2020	From Islamic input in Medical Program to Islamic medical practice: the journey from Kulliyyah of Medicine to IIUM Medical Centre. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 19 (1) pp. 121-124
2020	The paradox between shoe diagram and sound mind. Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF), () pp.
2019	China-U.S. trade war a chance for Muslim countries to benefit. New Straits Times, () pp. 18
2018	Does domestic credit of the banking sector promote economic growth? Evidence from Bangladesh. International Journal of Islamic Business, 3 (1) pp. 33-55
2018	IIUM a different type of university. The Star, () pp. 1-2
2018	Malaysia's tourism demand: A gravity model approach=Permintaan pelancongan di Malaysia: Pendekatan model graviti. Journal of Business and Social Development, 6 (1) pp. 39-50
2018	Malaysia’s tourism demand: A gravity model approach= Permintaan pelancongan di malaysia: pendekatan model graviti. Journal of Business and Social Development, 6 (1) pp. 39-50
2018	More significant role for Jakim. The Star Online, () pp.
2018	Waqf fundraising management: a proposal for a sustainable finance of the Waqf institutions. Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance, 3 (Special Issue) pp. 201-234
2018	Zakat for poverty alleviation and income inequality reduction: West Java, Indonesia. Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance, 4 (1) pp. 85-100
2017	Rethinking Islamic economics and finance: paving the way forward. International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 25 (2) pp. 153-171
2017	Shariah minds in Islamic finance: an inside story of a Shariah scholar, by Mohd Daud Bakar, Amanie Media, 2016, xl + 322 pp., ISBN 978-967-13789-0-8. International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 25 (1) pp. 141-145
2017	The comparison between consumption and production-based zakat distribution programs for poverty alleviation and income inequality reduction. International Journal of Zakat, 2 (2) pp. 11-28
2016	Early Islam and the birth of capitalism by Benedikt Koehler, Lexington Books, 2014, vi + 231 pp., ISBN 978-0-7391-9745-5. International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 24 (1) pp. 129-133
2016	Heaven’s bankers: inside the hidden world of Islamic finance, by Harris Irfan, The Overlook Press, 2015, xx + 347 pp., ISBN 978-1-4683-1047-4. Amity Journal of Economics, 1 (2) pp. 110-114

Conference or Workshop Item

2023	Teaching Intermediate Macroeconomics with Islamic inputs: the IIUM Experience. In: Workshop on Teaching Macroeconomics from Islamic Perspective,
2020	Mercy to the worlds. In: IIUM Library Ibadah Camp 2020,
2020	Respect. In: IIUM Library Ibadah Camp 2020,
2019	Maqasid al-Shariah and humanizing education. In: National Education Philosophy - Department of Accounting Staff Development Program 1/2019,
2019	Maqasid Al-Shariah and sustainable development. In: Islamic Economics Training Camp 2019,
2019	Teaching of heritage in Islamic economics program at International Islamic University Malaysia. In: Workshop on Islamic Economics Curriculum and Related Disciplines,
2018	Efficiency evaluation: the case of tourism industry in Malaysia. In: International Business and Economic Conference Kedah (IBecK2018),
2018	Indebtedness among young Muslims in Malaysia: review of the extant literature. In: 3rd International Social Science Conference, Islamic Thought and Understanding (ISSCITU) 2018,
2018	Maqasid Al-shariah dan strategi penjagaan pesakit. In: Islamic Jurisprudence in Medicine Seminar,
2018	Teaching macroeconomics from Islamic perspective. In: Workshop on ‘Teaching of Islamic Economics" International Islamic University Malaysia,
2017	Evolution of rural communities through homestay programs: A case study of Banghuris Homestay. In: 4th International Conference On Rural Development And Entrepreneurship (ICORE2017),
2017	Malaysia’s tourism demand: gravity model approach. In: Global Tourism Conference (GTC) 2017,
2017	Maqasid Al-Shariah dan aplikasinya dalam perubatan. In: Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM) 19th Annual Scientific Conference 2017,
2017	Teaching Islamic heritage at Department of Economics, Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, IIUM. In: Workshop on Islamic Economics, Management and Accounting Curriculum (WIEMAC) 2017,
2017	The impact of currency fluctuations on palm oil exports. In: MPOB International Palm Oil Congress (PIPOC) 2017: Global Economics and Marketing (GEM) Conference,
2017	The role of zakat for poverty alleviation and income inequality reduction. In: 3rd International Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance Conference (IIMEFC),
2017	Waqf fundraising management: a proposal for a sustainable finance of the Waqf institutions. In: 3rd International Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance (IIMEFC) 2017,
2016	Individual decision making: preference and choice. In: International Workshop on Fundamental Concepts of Islamic Economics: Concept of Consumption in Islamic Perspective,
2015	Teaching macroeconomics from Islamic perspective: The case of IIUM postgraduate students. In: 4th Workshop on Islamic Economics Curriculum: Teaching of Macroeconomics from the Islamic Perspectives in Southeast Asian Universities,
2005	Towards the expediency and leniency of Islamic finance through Islamic micro credit financing. In: Seminar Ekonomi dan Kewangan Islam (SEKI'05),

Book

2018	Islamic economics: principles & analysis. International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA), ISBN: 978-967-16568-2-2

Book Section

2021	Sejahtera heart and spirituality: lessons from selected hadiths. In: Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-2621-92-8, pp. 68-81
2021	Sejahtera heart and spirituality: lessons from selected hadiths. In: Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-2621-92-8, pp. 68-81
2021	Sejahtera leadership: an Islamic economics reflection based on Verse 165 of Surah Al-An'am. In: Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-2621-94-2, pp. 10-21
2021	Sejahtera leadership: an Islamic economics reflection based on Verse 165 of Surah Al-An'am. In: Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-2621-94-2, pp. 10-21
2021	The Importance of Incentives to Sustain Voluntary Projects. In: Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-26219-1-1, pp. 119-129
2021	The Importance of Incentives to Sustain Voluntary Projects. In: Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-26219-1-1, pp. 119-129
2018	Indebtedness among young Muslims in Malaysia: review of the extant literature. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-491-008-2, pp. 337-357
2009	Ke arah pembangunan ekonomi seimbang dan komprehensif: falsafah dan cabaran. In: Yayasan Ilmuwan, ISBN: 9789834437213, pp. 203-231
2007	Towards the realization of divine objectives and moral principles in Islamic finance. In: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, ISBN: 978-983-3455-82-9, pp. 21-42