SC invites applicants for Islamic Finance programme

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KUCHING:The Securities Commission (SC) invites interested applicants to apply for the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) under the Scholar in Residence Programme in Islamic Finance for the academic year commencing October 2014.

The capital market regulator in a press statement yesterday said the Scholar in Residence Programme is a joint initiative between the SC and OCIS.

The initiative was an outcome of the annual SC-OCIS Roundtable which is the flagship event under the collaboration between the SC and OCIS that started in 2010.

It said the roundtable in 2011 proposed that an initiative dedicated to research on contemporary issues in Islamic finance be introduced, which led to the establishment of the Scholar in Residence Programme in 2012.

The SC noted the first visiting fellow under the programme was Dr Amir Shaharuddin of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia with his research titled gHarmonising Syariah Rulings in Islamic Finance: Issues, Ways and Challenges h.

It observed that the second and current visiting scholar is Dr Valentino Cattelan of the University of Rome Tor Vergata who is conducting research on “Performing God’s Will in market economy: Islamic contract law, fiqh and the law of Islamic finance”.

The SC said applicants and nominees for the visiting fellowship under the Scholar in Residence Programme must be specialists in Islamic finance and/or a closely related discipline, preferably with practical experience of policy-making with an international or comparative component.

It added applicants and nominees must be able to demonstrate competence to conduct independent academic research.

The SC noted that successful applicants will be expected to conduct research, relating to the development of Islamic finance on a topic of contemporary relevance to this field, and to participate in a range of academic activities at OCIS.

The capital market regulator added the tenure of the fellowship is for one academic year.

It said the visiting fellow will have membership to the centre and will enjoy full access to its facilities including shared office accommodation.

It also said a grant of 10,000 pounds will be made to contribute towards covering the visiting fellow’s living, travel and incidental research expenses.