Dr. Ugi Suharto is currently a Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Indonesian International Islamic University (IIIU). He was an Adjunct Professor at Raja Zarith Sofiah (RSZ) Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science and Civilization (CASIS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia from 2022-2024. He is an academician in various international universities. In the year 2000 Ugi Suharto received his Ph.D (Islamic Civilization, majoring in Islamic Economics) from International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) after obtaining both his Master of Economics (M.Ec) in 1993 and Bachelor of Economics (B.Ec) in 1990, from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

 

He then worked as an academician in Malaysia for 12 years. First as Research Fellow and Assistant Professor at International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) from 1996 to 2003 and then as Assistant Professor at Kulliyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) from 2003 to 2008.

After being in Malaysia, he travelled to Bahrain, UK and Oman. He was teaching at the University College of Bahrain (UCB) as an Associate Professor for 2 years, and at the Centre for Academic and Executive Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) for additional 2 years, and at Ahlia University, Bahrain for almost another 4 years. In between, Dr. Ugi was also with the Markfield Institute of Higher Education, United Kingdom, from 2010 to 2011. Afterward he also worked as an Associate Professor in the University of Buraimi, Sultanate of Oman from 2018 to 2022.

 

Dr Ugi has written some academic articles in international journals and few books related to his field. His books include: (i) Islamic Public Finance: Kitab al-Amwal: Abu ‘Ubayd’s Concept of Public Finance (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC-IIUM, 2005); (ii) Pemikiran Islam Liberal: Pembahasan Isu-Isu Sentral, (Shah Alam: Dewan Pustaka Fajar, 2007), Malaysia; and (iii) Nafi, Isbat dan Kalam – Bunga Rampai Postulat Pemikiran Islam, (Pimpin dan Bentala, 2022), Indonesia.

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You may contact him at ugisuharto@gmail.com