Dr Alija (Ali) Avdukic is currently a Professor in Political/Moral Economy and Islamic Finance at University of Dundee School of Business. He is also a trustee and investment advisor for International Waqf Fund of Islamic Relief Worldwide. Alija holds a Ph.D in Islamic Economics and Finance (2016) from University of Durham; and has MA in Islamic Banking, Finance and Management (2010) from Gloucestershire University.

Alija’s research interest in Islamic economics and its various articulations, Islamic moral and political economy and Islamic finance and banking. Alija teaches and supervises research on Islamic political and moral economy, Islamic banking, finance and political economy of development in the Muslim world. Alija's recent research includes the construction of Islamic moral economy and Islamic political economy, both of which is considered as an incomplete project since early 1970s. Secondly, Alija develops the discourse around ‘social and developmentalist failure’ of Islamic banking and finance in relation to the expressed ideals of Islamic moral economy by essentialising sharing and collaborative economy nature of Islamic finance. Alija is also involved in empirical research in various aspects and dynamism of Islamic banking and finance.