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| Professor Azizan Bint Baharuddin |
Prof. Azizan received her BSc.
(Hons) Biology, University of Tasmania, Australia in 1978, MSc. (Univ. College
London) and PhD in Philosophy of Science, University of Lancaster, U.K. She
specializes in several areas such as environmental and bioethics, science,
religion and development; interfaith and inter-civilisational dialogue. She has
published widely in all these areas (14 books & monographs and more than
100 articles). She is also active in several NGOs that are connected with
development as well as being a member of
various advisory and consultative committees for ministries such as Unity &
National Integration, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Women’s and
Social Development, Ministry of Science and Technology. Besides annually giving
papers at various conferences locally and abroad, she is also invited regularly
to give inputs through the local media regarding issues that are of relevance
and connected to her areas of specialization. Currently
she is professor at the Department of Science & Technology Studies as well Deputy Director-General at the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia. She was Director of the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya (2000-2011). She is also a member of the UNESCO International Network of Women Philosophers; member of the National Bioethics Committee, Malaysia; member of the Committee for the Promotion of Inter-religious Harmony Malaysia as well as member of the National Research and Science Council.
she is professor at the Department of Science & Technology Studies as well Deputy Director-General at the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia. She was Director of the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya (2000-2011). She is also a member of the UNESCO International Network of Women Philosophers; member of the National Bioethics Committee, Malaysia; member of the Committee for the Promotion of Inter-religious Harmony Malaysia as well as member of the National Research and Science Council.
Examples of her publications are:
Guardianship of Nature; An Islamic
Perspective in the Context of Religious Studies,
Theology and Sustainable Development 2011
Humanity Texts and Contexts
The Role of Religious Communities in
Recycling: Empirical Insights From Malaysia 2011
Environmental Ethics Regulation & Economy
Dialogue of Civilizations and the
Construction of Peace 2007
Islam and Dialogue of Civilizations, (2006)
Science & Religion: An Islamic
Perspective (2007)
Intersection of Science, Religion and
Development 2000
Islam and Ecology: a Bestowed Trust;
co-authored with Richard Foltz and Azim Najim 2003
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