Announcement

The 12th International Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance Conference and Call for Papers (12th IIMEFC)

October 7, 2026

"Strengthening Islamic Economic and Financial Policies for Inclusive Growth, Innovation, and Industry Development"

Organized By 

Bank Indonesia 

Jakarta, Indonesia, October 7, 2026

OVERVIEW

The 12th International Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance Conference (12th IIMEFC) and Call for Papers is an annual event organized by the Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance (JIMF); a Scopus-indexed international journal published by Bank Indonesia Institute. This conference serves as a forum for researchers, academics, practitioners, and policymakers from various countries to discuss strategic issues, share research findings, exchange ideas, and advance knowledge in Islamic economics and finance. This year's conference theme is "Strengthening Islamic Economic and Financial Policies for Inclusive Growth, Innovation, and Industry Development". 

Islamic economics and finance have evolved into an integral component of many national financial systems, contributing to financial inclusion, economic resilience, and sustainable development. Through instruments grounded in ethical principles, asset-backed financing, and social solidarity, the Islamic economic framework provides policy options that complement conventional economic and financial approaches.

Nevertheless, the policy environment has become increasingly complex. Structural changes in global trade, production, and value chain network, the need to strengthen domestic industry, and persistent development gaps require Islamic economic and financial policies to be more adaptive, coordinated, and impact-oriented. At the same time, innovation has emerged as a key driver of productivity and competitiveness, yet its benefits are not automatically inclusive.

In this regard, innovation should not be narrowly interpreted as digitalisation alone. While digital technologies can enhance efficiency and outreach, non-digital innovations such as improvements in institutional arrangements, regulatory frameworks, financing models, and policy coordination remain equally critical, particularly for supporting MSMEs, traditional industries, and underserved communities.

Strengthening Islamic economic and financial policies, therefore, calls for a holistic approach that integrates inclusion, innovation, and industry development. This includes optimising the role of Islamic banking and capital markets, enhancing the effectiveness of Islamic social finance, improving policy coordination across authorities, and ensuring that innovation contributes to real-sector development and broad-based welfare gains.

This call for papers is designed to facilitate evidence-based discussions and research on these issues, providing actionable insights for policymakers and advancing Islamic economics and finance as a driver of inclusive and sustainable growth. We welcome theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented contributions that produce testable implications, pilot designs, stress‑test prototypes, governance blueprints, or improved measurement approaches, especially cross‑country comparative work and country-case evidence. Submissions that offer concrete pathways for central banks and policymakers to strengthen support for inclusive growth, foster innovation in its broadest sense, and promote industry development are particularly encouraged, as are contributions from authors based in emerging and developing economies.

SCOPE OF CALL FOR PAPERS

This call for paper encourages submissions from diverse perspectives, including theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented approaches on the following issues: 

Sub-Theme 1: Islamic Economic and Financial Policies for Inclusive Growth
•    Policy frameworks for financial inclusion within Islamic finance systems.
•    Integration of Islamic social finance (zakat, waqf, sadaqah) with formal financial and fiscal policies.
•    MSME financing models, entrepreneurship development, and local economic empowerment.
•    Distributional impacts of Islamic financial policies and instruments.

Sub-Theme 2: Innovation in Islamic Economics and Finance
•    Digital innovation: fintech, digital payments, platform-based intermediation, data analytics.
•    Non-digital innovation: institutional design, regulatory architecture, governance reform, and product structuring.
•    Adoption barriers, regulatory trade-offs, and risk implications of innovation.
•    Innovation and productivity linkages in Islamic financial ecosystems.

Sub-Theme 3: Islamic Finance and Industry Development
•    The role of Islamic finance in industrial upgrading and structural transformation
•    Financing value chains, manufacturing, and the halal industry
•    Islamic capital market instruments for infrastructure, green projects, and industrial expansion
•    Linkages between Islamic finance and real-sector productivity

Sub-Theme 4: Policy Coordination, Stability, and Impact Assessment
•    Coordination between monetary, financial, fiscal, and social-finance policies.
•    Financial stability, systemic risk, and resilience in Islamic financial systems.
•    Stress testing, risk-sharing models, and crisis transmission channels.
•    Measurement frameworks, data gaps, and empirical evaluation of policy impact.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The 12th International Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance Conference and Call for Papers is planned to be held on October 7, 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia with hybrid mode (online and in-person). It will be officially opened by the Governor of Bank Indonesia, Honorable Dr. Perry Warjiyo, who will also deliver his keynote address. It will be followed by a Plenary Session with international prominent speakers. The plenary speakers will be announced soon. The plenary sessions will be moderated by Prof. Mansor H. Ibrahim, Managing Editor of JIMF. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

• The abstract should contain a paragraph containing 150 – 250 words (in English) and no references.

• For the article, 2 – 4 keywords are sufficient; JEL Classifications: 2 – 4.

• Only full papers along with the abstracts, a maximum of 10,000 words, should be submitted and follow a scientific approach, which includes but is not limited to:

• The article's title should be no more than 12 words: Introduction; Literature Review; Methodology; Results and Analysis; Conclusion and Recommendation; Acknowledgment (if any).

• Format: Papers should be formatted according to the JIMF guidelines, available at https://jimf-bi.org/index.php/JIMF/author-guidelines

• Review Process: All submissions will undergo a peer-review process to ensure academic rigor and relevance.

IMPORTANT DATES

REGISTRATION & SUBMISSION INFORMATION

• Authors are recommended to follow the guideline of the Journal in the JIMF website.
• Registration and submission of full paper must be done electronically through online submission system through https://submit.confbay.com/conf/iimefc2026
• If you have not registered with ConfBay before, click on Register to create ConfBay Account and follow the instructions given.
• If you have registered with ConfBay in a previous conference, you may use the same ID and Password to Log In the system.
• After logging in, you will be able to submit your paper through the Online Submission System.
• Click on the "My Submission" menu and follow the instructions shown on the screen.
• You will receive a notification email if your submission was successful.

REGISTRATION FEE

Free Registration

PUBLICATION

The IIMEFC conference follows a double-blind peer-review procedure, and those manuscripts that adhere to high standards (post-revisions) will be further considered for publication in the Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance (JIMF)

Additional information regarding journal submission will be provided subsequent to the event.

AWARDS & REWARDS

•    Two best papers will be selected and rewarded Rp10.000.000 (including tax) each.
•    Accommodation and travel allowance for the authors of selected papers will be provided by 
     Bank Indonesia (valid for 1 person only for each paper), at a cost of a maximum of Rp10.000.000 (including tax),
     conditional on authors signing a copyright transfer form and letter of commitment

CONTACTS

Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance
Bank Indonesia Institute - Bank Indonesia 

Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.2, Jakarta 10350
E-mail: jimf@bi.go.id; journal.jimf@gmail.com

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