Necmettin Kızılkaya

• Prof.
• Istanbul University

Necmettin Kızılkaya is currently working as a Professor of Islamic Law and Economics at the Faculty of Theology, Istanbul University. He is director of the Center for Islamic Economics and Finance at Istanbul University. He earned his B.A in Islamic Studies from Marmara University and M.A in Islamic Law from the same university. He received his PhD in Islamic Law from Selcuk University, Institute of Social Sciences in 2011. He has also been a visiting fellow at Princeton University, Columbia University, and Cambridge University. His research interests related to Islamic studies, especially Islamic law and economics. He focuses on the history of Islamic law, Islamic corporate law, modernity and Islamic law. He also works on Islamic economics, migration issues, halaal food and some other contemporary issues from the legal perspective. Kızılkaya has published several books. His research in the field of Islamic law and economics has appeared in many leading academic journals. He is a scientific advisor for numerous academic journals, and serves on the editorial boards of many academic journals.