Moamen Gouda

Prof. Moamen Gouda is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Middle East and Africa, Graduate School of International and Area Studies (GSIAS), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in Seoul, South Korea. He holds additional roles including board membership at the Middle East Economic Association, research affiliations with CESifo (Munich), and editorial board memberships at the Journal of East Asian Affairs and Journal of Research in Economics. His research focuses on institutional economics, law and economics of Muslim-majority countries, and Islamic constitutionalism.

Research interests include analyzing how institutions shape economic, political, and social decisions in Middle Eastern contexts. He explores topics such as the economic impact of religious laws, historical institutional frameworks, and the intersection of crime/terrorism with economic systems. His work emphasizes comparative institutional analysis across Muslim-majority nations.

No recent articles were explicitly listed in the provided texts. He maintains active research collaborations through affiliations with the Marburg Center for Institutional Economics and the Institute of Law and Economics at Hamburg University.