Research

ICAIR's six active, multi-year research programmes explore some of the most significant questions facing Muslim communities today, translating rigorous scholarship into practical guidance that informs individuals, institutions, and society.

The six streams

Education

Examining educational philosophy, curriculum, pedagogy and character formation from within the Islamic intellectual tradition.
Biomedical Ethics

How Islamic ethical and legal principles should be understood and applied within rapidly evolving medical contexts.
Artificial Intelligence

Combining technical understanding with ethical analysis rooted in Islamic scholarship, so that Muslim perspectives shape the technologies being built.
Finance

Islamic economic and financial thought applied to the instruments, markets and obligations Muslims actually encounter.
Faith and Community

Where faith meets the everyday life of a community, beginning with mental health and wellbeing.
Texts & Traditions

Critical study of the textual sources of the Imāmī tradition and of the scholarly traditions built upon them.

Collaborate on research

We work with universities, seminaries and community institutions on joint research, doctoral supervision and commissioned work.

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Education

Biomedical Ethics

Artificial Intelligence

Finance

Faith and Community

Texts & Traditions

Collaborate on research