Professor Masudul Alam Choudhury is one of a handful of academic scholars in the field of Islamic studies with a focus on Islamic economics and finance. His work has been highly recognised in both Western and Muslim academic circles. Professor Choudhury obtained his Ph.D. in the field of Human Capital Theory and Economic Growth from the University of Toronto. He is the first academic in his field to address the original methodology of Tawhid as ontological law in the development of a Theory of Meta-Science. Professor Choudhury is the International Chair in the Postgraduate Program in Islamic Economics and Finance at Trisakti University in Jakarta, Indonesia. He teaches and supervises doctoral students, and researches and publishes in the areas of Islamic socio-scientific methodology, shari’ah and economics, and policy-theoretic applications using these foundational areas of Islamic studies. He is a regular Summer Visiting Professor in the Social Economy Center of the OntarioInstitute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.Contributions by:Dr. Ari Pratiwi, Postgraduate Program in Islamic Economics and Finance, Faculty of Economics, Trisakti University and Graduate Program of Human Resource Development, Paramadina University, Jakarta, Indonesia.Dr. Lily Rahmawati Harahap, Faculty of Economics, IBA University Palembang, South Sumetera, Indonesia.Professor Dr. Mohammad Shahadat Hossain, Department of Computer Science, Chittagong University, Bangladesh.Professor Dr. Saeed Al-Muharrami, Department of Economics and Finance, College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
