Hasan Özalp graduated his undergraduate education at the Faculty of Theology at Cumhuriyet University. Later, he completed his master's degree with a thesis titled "Mead in the Thought of Farabi and Ibn Sina" in the Department of Islamic Philosophy of the same university's Philosophy and Religious Sciences. He defended his doctorate in the field of Philosophy of Religion with a thesis titled "Reconciliation Approaches in the Relationship between Religion and Science" at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Sciences at Istanbul University. He became an associate professor in 2016 and a professor in 2021. Özalp has published books, book chapters, and published international and national articles and proceedings. He is interested in topics such as the relationship between religion and science, the history and philosophy of Islamic science, globalization and ethics, internet addiction and social media ethics, the culture of living together, faith and social peace. Some of his published works are as follows: Batı Düşüncesinde Tanrı ve Tasarım: Bilimsel Felsefi ve Teolojik Bir Yaklaşım, (Otto yay., Ankara. 2015), Din ve Bilim Uzlaşması: Klasik ve Modern, (Otto Yay., Ankara. 2015), İslam Felsefesi Tarihi, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi yay., 2014, Farabi ve İbn Sina Düşüncesinde Ruh ve Ölüm Ötesi, (İlahiyat yay. Ankara. 2014). İslam Felsefesinin 100’ü (Otto yay., Ankara. 2017), İslam Felsefesinin 200’ü (Otto yay., Ankara. 2017), İslam Felsefesinin 300'ü (Sonçağ yay. Ankara. 2020).

Philosophy, Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Philosophy of Religion

Dr. Ozat Shamshiyev is an Assistant Professor at the Social Sciences University of Ankara (Department of Islamic Economics and Finance) and the Deputy Director of the ASBU International Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (ULIFAM). He also serves as the Co-Editor of the Journal of Islamic Economics, with its Editor-in-Chief being the renowned scholar and pioneer of Islamic economics, Prof. Dr. Mabid Ali Al-Jarhi.

He graduated from the Faculty of Theology at Necmettin Erbakan University in 2013 and earned an associate degree in International Trade from Anadolu University in 2014. He completed his master’s degree in Islamic Sciences at Erciyes University in 2017 and obtained his PhD in Islamic Contract Law from Necmettin Erbakan University in 2022.

He has authored and edited several books and published numerous research papers on Islamic law, Islamic economics, and finance. He speaks English, Arabic, Turkish, Russian, and his native Kazakh. Dr. Shamshiyev is married and a father of three children.