معرفی
Professor Mehmet Asutay is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Political Economy & Finance at Durham University Business School, where he serves as Director of MSc Islamic Finance Programme and Director of Durham Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance. He holds degrees in Public Finance (BA, University of Istanbul), Economics of Public Policy (MA, University of Leicester), and Political Economics (PhD, University of Leicester).
His research reconstructs Islamic political economy as a framework for moral economy and examines its practical applications. Current research focuses on the social and developmental impact of Islamic finance, sustainable development linkages, and political economy dynamics in Muslim-majority regions.
Publication analysis reveals core research streams:
- Islamic moral economy conceptual foundations
- Ethical performance assessment of Islamic banks
- Political economy of Islamic finance development
- Intellectual capital in Islamic financial institutions
- Sustainable finance and faith-based initiatives
He supervises doctoral researchers in Islamic finance topics and leads international research collaborations on faith-based finance models.

