Imran K. Lum
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PhD Candidate (Islamic Banking) Asia Institute Email: iklum@unimelb.edu.au |
Background
Imran K. Lum is a research assistant with the Centre for Islamic Law and Society (CILS) and a PhD candidate in Islamic Banking at the Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne. Imran completed his undergraduate degree at Adelaide University and a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Islamic Studies at The University of New England on: 'Ijtihad: The Construction and De-construction of Religious Authority'. His current doctoral thesis is on: 'The Demand for Islamic Banking in Australia and the UK: A Study of the Approaches to Riba and the Religious, Economic and Social Factors Influencing Bank Selection Criteria of Australian and British Muslims'.
Research Interests
- Islamic banking and finance
- Minority fiqh (jurisprudence)
- Muslim minorities in the West
- Muslim communities in Australia
Positions Held and Committees
- Board of Directors, Islamic Foundation Australia Inc.
- Visiting Researcher, King’s College London, University of London, Sep-Dec 2006
Conference Papers
- ‘Sidestepping Riba: Pragmatic Negotiation of the Prohibition of Interest and the Implications for Islamic Banking’, Centre for Islamic Law and Society (CILS) Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference, 13-15 November, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2007
- 'Islamic Banking and the Tensions between Homo Economicus and Homo Islamicus', Joint Asialink and Centre for Islamic Law and Society (CILS) Islamic Research Paper, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2007
- ‘Towards a Seerah Based Methodology for Dealing with New Muslims’, Global Discover Islam Conference, Manama, Bahrain, 2007
- ‘The Market for Islamic Banking in the UK and Australia’, IMASE 3rd Muslim Researcher’s Colloquium, King’s College, University of London, United Kingdom, 2006
- ‘The Abraham Project’, The Forum for the Comparative Study of Jews and Muslims in Britain, Europe and North America, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom, 2006
- ‘Banking on Identity: Bank Selection Criteria of Muslims in the West’, CCentre for Islamic Law & Society (CILS), Islam Research Seminars, 10th May, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2006
- ‘Islam in Australia and Recent Challenges’, School of Law and Walker Institute of International & Area Studies Conference on ‘Islamic Minorities in the West’, Rudolph C. Barnes Sr. Symposium, 3rd April, The University of South Carolina, USA, 2006
- ‘Islamic Banking in Australia: The Challenges of Dealing with a Heterogeneous Muslim Community’, Centre for Islamic Law & Society (CILS) Islamic Studies Post Graduate Conference, 21-22 November, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2005
- ‘Muslim Philanthropy in Australia’, Australian Research Council (ARC): Asia Pacific Futures Research Network (APFRN) Workshop on ‘Philanthropy for Social Justice in Muslim Countries’, 7th November, Department of Sociology, Flinders University, Adelaide, 2005
- ‘The Development of Islamic Law and Current Issues in The Shariah’, Asialink Leadership Program, 14th November, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Southbank, Melbourne, 2005 ‘Islamic Banking and Approaches Banking and Philanthropy in the Muslim World and Australia’, Philanthropy Australia Conference, 11th October, Sofitel, Melbourne, 2005
Scholarships
- Inaugural National Australia Bank Sheikh Fehmi al-Imam Scholarship, 2007
- PhD Scholarship, Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
- The Asialink Leaders Program, 2007
- Postgraduate Overseas Research Experience Scholarship (PORES), 2006