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Salman Ahmed Shaikh

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD in Economics - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • MS Economics - Masters Degree, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
  • Masters in Management Science (Finance) - Masters Degree, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
  • BBA - Bachelor Degree, Bahria University

Salman Ahmed Shaikh (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES


salman@iium.edu.my
4625


Expert Profile


Salman Ahmed Shaikh holds a Ph.D. in
Economics from the National University of Malaysia. He did a Masters in Economics
from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi (AACSB Accredited). Currently, he is
working as an Associate Professor at the International Islamic University of Malaysia in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences. 
He is a published author with 42 peer-reviewed, indexed research papers, most of which have been published in Web
of Science, Scopus, or ABDC-ranked journals. He has also contributed 18 book chapters
in book publications by Routledge, Springer, Palgrave, Edward Elgar, DeGruyter, and Gower Publishing. 
On Web of Science Core Collection
Metrics, he has 18 research documents with an H-index of 6. On Scopus, he has 27 research documents with an H-index of 6. 
He is also an Editorial Advisory Board
Member of Emerald International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance
and Management (Indexed in SSCI) and Field Editor of Turkish Journal of Islamic
Economics (Indexed in ESCI). He is also Associate Editor of ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance (Indexed in ESCI and Scopus). Furthermore, the Emerald editorial
team selected two of his papers for two separate journals as Highly Commended
Papers in the 2018 Emerald Literati Awards. He also won a paper prize at the World
Islamic Finance Forum 2018. 
In his professional corporate career, he has
worked for Meezan Bank, BMC Pakistan and Bankers’ Academy, USA. He also worked
in two research projects as Principal Investigator for AAOIFI, Bahrain on
“Alternate Benchmark Rate for Islamic Finance” and “Institutionalizing Islamic
Social Finance for Social Protection” for the Institute of Policy Studies & GIZ
Germany. He has also worked as a consultant for Asian Development Bank &
Edbiz Consulting UK on promoting "Islamic Financial Literacy among Children and Women". He also worked as a consultant for CIBAFI
Bahrain on developing training materials for the CIBAFI Sustainability Guide. He also runs a monthly periodical with the name of Moral Reflections on Economics, published by the Islamic Economics Project.



Area of Specialisation


  • Economics, Business And Management ~ Economics, Business And Management ~ Economics/Applied Economics ~ Islamic Economics - Islamic Economics, Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Banking


Professional Membership


  • 2025 - 2027 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Research Fellow), Center for Islamic Economics, International Islamic University of Malaysia


Teaching Responsibilities


FOUNDATION OF ISLAMIC ECONOMICS 2025/2026 2024/2025
ISLAMIC ECONOMICS 2024/2025
ISLAMIC ECONOMICS THOUGHT 2025/2026
ISSUES IN ISLAMIC ECONOMICS 2025/2026
MACROECONOMICS 2025/2026
MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS 2025/2026 2024/2025
STATISTICAL METHODS 2025/2026 2024/2025
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES 2025/2026


Supervision


Human Capital, Government Spending On Education And Convergence Of Economic Growth : An Empirical Evidence In Indonesia.
Ph.D In Progress Member Supervisory Committee
Revisiting The Kutzets Curve : Productive Zakat And Income Inequality In Malaysian States.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Fiscal Capacity And The Dynamic Inclusive Growth Effects Of External Economic Shocks: An Islamic Economics Perspective From Developing Asian Economies.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
No data
On-Going
2025 - Present Micro-credential course development -Islamic Economics
2025 - Present Book on Methodology of Islamic Economics


Awards & Recognition


01 Jun, 2018 Emerald Highly Commended Paper for ISRA Journal - Emerald Publisher International
01 May, 2018 Emerald Highly Commended Paper for JIABR - Emerald Publisher International
15 Dec, 2014 Teacher Award - Express Tribune International
17 Dec, 2007 Award as Author by National Book Foundation - National Book Foundation Pakistan International


Publications


Articles

2025 Integrating values in economics: challenges and prospects. International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Research, 8 (1) pp. 34-47
2024 Guest editorial: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Islamic finance and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 40 (4) pp. 721-724
Book Sections

2025 Achieving economic development through institutionalisation of zakat and waqf in contemporary economies. In: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN: 9781032321066, pp. 60-72
2025 ESG adjustment in country risk premium in sovereign sukuk. In: Edward Publishing, ISBN: 978103534967 8, pp. 134-160
2025 ESG adjustment in country risk premium in sovereign sukuk. In: Edward Publishing, ISBN: 978103534967 8, pp. 134-160
2025 Resilience to avert financial and economic crisis in Islamic economics framework. In: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN: 978-1-032-81522-0, pp. 22-38