Research Institutes, Centres and Units - Universiti Sains Malaysia

Centre for Islamic Development
Management Studies (ISDEV)
The Centre for Islamic Development Management Studies, or ISDEV, was founded in
1995 at the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Its name
devolved from the original International Project for Islamic Political Economy (IPIPE),
to Islamic Development Management Project (IDMP) in 1997, and finally, to its current,
Centre for Islamic Development Management Studies (ISDEV) in September 2005.
As a research and educational centre, ISDEV gathers its academic members from
various disciplines and schools within the University. It aims at pioneering an initiative
to broaden the field of Islamic development management beyond its current confines of
development and management. It adopts a trans-disciplinary approach to development
and management, integrating social, economic, and political tools of analysis to understand
development management in an integrative and holistic manner based on Islamic principles.
ISDEV proposes to scrutinise and construct a conceptual and practical framework
for managing development from an Islamic perspective. As development is seen as
embracing all aspects of life, from the spiritual to the material and physical, from the
individual level to that of society, from the context of state to that of the global, ISDEV
intends to pioneer a comprehensive vision of human development. Hence, it proposes
the formulation of a new integrated discipline, called Islamic Development Management.
ISDEV attempts to accomplish this objective through research and consultancies,
publications, supervision of graduate students, and organisation of academic meetings
such as conferences, seminars, workshop, in-house seminars, and study groups. ISDEV
also helps the School of Social Sciences in designing proposals for Major in and Master
of Islamic Development Management programs as proposed by the University Senate.
Currently, ISDEV members and Research Associates (graduates) undertake research
and consultancy projects on Islam Hadhari, Foundations of Islamic Development, Islamic
Research Methodology, Islamic Capital Market, Zakat Accounting, Islamic Consumer
Behaviour, Islamic Project Management System, Islamic Code of Ethics, Management
of Islamic Development Institutions, Tazkiyah an-Nafs in Islamic Development, Cash
Waqf and Waqf Delivery Systems. These research and consultancy projects are funded
by both internal and external sources.