Participants (2nd iiss-2014)
| Name | Affiliation | Country | Presentation |
| Abdulkadir Wahab Aman | Yıldız Technical University | Turkey (Ethiopia) | Development beyond Per Capita Income: The Real Development Status of Muslim Countries |
| Abdulrahman Hossam | İstanbul Şehir University | Turkey (Egypt) | Why Does Islamic Resistance to Western Power Fail: Revisiting the State and Society in Egypt |
| Ahmet Gençtürk | University of Panteion | Greece | Scapegoating ‘Nation State’ in Middle East |
| Alexandru Boboc-Cojocaru | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | Romania | The Concept of Secularism in Muslim Societies – evolution and development |
| Almaz Radikovich Sandybayev | Girne American University | Kazakhstan | Islamization States Central Asia: Trends and Prospects |
| Amer Maraqa | Marmara University | Turkey (Jordan) | Enhancing Future Innovation and Encouraging Long Term Investment: Finding Best Practices of the Entrepreneurship Education for the Youth in the Muslim world |
| Anca Elena Ursu | VU University of Amsterdam | Italy | Islam and Modernity: Bridging Cultures Through Cultural Initiatives |
| Anthony Idoko Okpanachi | University of Hull | UK | The Role of Traditional Governance and Democratic Challenges: The Nigerian Experience |
| Anwar Hassen Tsega | Juba University | Sudan | Challenges for Democratic transition in the Muslim world: Egypt as a case study |
| Arash Beidollahkhani | University of Tehran | Iran | The Rentier State and structural despotism in the Islamic world (Middle East countries) with emphasis on Iran: Quasi- decision making and unstable Rentier economy. |
| Arber Fetiu | Laval University | Kosovo | The uses of “secularism” in the public discourse: The case of Kosovo |
| Aysel Gurbanova | Western University | Azerbaijan | Women, Islam, and the Twenty-first Century |
| Azamat Esenamanov | American University Central Asia | Kyrgyzstan | Possible Ways to Stop Violence in Gaza Strip |
| Azar Rashtiani | Islamic Azad University | Iran | The Study of Formation of Unilateral Management After Qajar era in Iran |
| Azadeh Bozorgi | University of Tehran | Iran | |
| Bernando J. Sujibto | Selçuk University | Turkey (Indonesia) | Youth Peace Movement in Dilemma |
| Cyrollah Rasol Disoma | Uludağ University | Turkey (Philipinnes) | Muslims in the Philippines: Their Struggle for Self-Determination |
| Çağrı Koşak | İstanbul Şehir University | Turkey | Islamist Rebellion in Syria |
| Danish Naeem | Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University | Turkey (Pakistan) | Codification: From the State to the Shariah |
| Duygu Kapusuz | Johann Wolfgang Goethe University | Germany | Global Governance as Institutionalism |
| Fatma Nur Zağralı | İstanbul 29 Mayis University | Turkey | An Analysis of the Institutional Structure of Zakat and the Case for Turkey |
| Fjolla Spanca | Kosovo | Chronic Verbal Violence Against Kosovo’s Women | |
| Gökhan Bozbaş | Necmetin Erbakan University | Turkey | The Imagination of State in the Islamic World |
| Haris Ubeyde Dündar | Erciyes University | Turkey | The Successes and Failures of Islamic Republic of Iran as an Islamic State in Global Politics |
| Liudmyla Garnyk | V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University | Ukraine | Civil Society and Muslim World: Historical Heritage, Institutes, Approaches, Trajectories |
| Md. Abdul Gaffar | Jawaharlal Nehru University | India | Political Transition: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Post-Saddam Iraq |
| Mehmet Alkış | Dicle University | Turkey | Secularisation and Nation-Building in Turkish Modernization Process |
| Mohammad Tayeeb | Anadolu University | Turkey (Afghanistan) | Islamic Banking and Its Opportunities in Islamic And Non Islamic Countries |
| Mohammad Waqas Sajjad | Graduate Theological Union | USA | Contextualizing Islam in South Asia- Deobandi and Barelvi traditions and debates |
| Mohd Yaseen Gada | Aligarh Muslim University | India | Civil Society in Modern Islamic Political Thought: Apprehensions and Aspirations |
| Muhammad Ali Nasir | University of Heidelberg | Germany | Governing (Through) Religion |
| Muhammad Faisal Awan | University of Karachi | Pakistan | Market, Media and the Masses in Pakistan |
| Mukerem Mifta Shafi | Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University | Turkey (Ethiopia) | The “Ethiopian” Identity and Muslims: A Critical Reflection on the Evolution of Muslims’ Identity in Ethiopia. |
| Nassef Manabilang Adiong | Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University | Turkey (Philipinnes) | The ‘Virtuous Ruler’ of Al-Farabi, the ‘Shah’ of Ferdowsi, the ‘Supreme Leader’ of Al-Mawardi, and the ‘King’ of Nizam al-Mulk as “Agent” of Statecrafting a Civilization |
| Nenden Octavarulia Shanty | Middle East Technical University | Turkey (Indonesia) | Education in the Muslim Countries: Falling Behind? |
| Orgun Özcan | Philipps-Universität Marburg | Germany | Psychological Research about Decision Making and the Relation Between Politics and Kemalat |
| Ömer Şipal | İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi | Turkey | the Presidency of Hassan Rouhani in Iran and the Possible Implications of This Presidency for the Future of Post-Islamist Movement in Iran |
| Rabia Unber Malik | International Islamic University Islamabad | Pakistan | Contemporary Muslim Political Thought( Democracy) and its effects in Muslim world |
| Samad Hashemian | University of Tehran | Iran | Progressive Patterns of State Society Relation in Islamic Societies. A comparative study. |
| Shima Vezvaei | Institute of Humanities of Cultural Studies | Iran | “Right to the World” An Alternative Global Approach to Islamic Nation-States in Middle East and North Africa |
| Showkat Ahmad Dar | Aligarh Muslim University | India | Concept of Islamic State and its Applicability in 21st Century: An Appraisal of Muhammad Asad’s Thought |
| Siddeek Mohamed Sufıyan | University of Colombo | Sri Lanka | Islamic Movements in Opposition and Governance |
| Siraj Khan | University of Edinburgh | Germany | Reviving Dead Land: Moulding the Islamic State |
| Sophia Concong | Gazi University | Turkey | The History of Islam in China and the general situation of Chinese Muslims |
| Zarilbek Nyshan Uulu | OSCE Academy | Kyrgyzstan | Historical analysis of development of Muslim Statehoof in Central Asia |