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Fatih Al is an academic researcher in Islamic Economics and Finance hailing from Istanbul, Turkey. His main research interests are game theory and agent-based modeling, with his doctoral study in Islamic economics and finance at Istanbul Zaim University concentrating on the theory of moral agency in economic decision-making.

Additionally, he holds a master's degree in Business Administration from Schulich School of Business, York University, and a non-thesis master's degree in Management of Information Systems from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). His undergraduate degree is in Aeronautical Engineering also completed at ITU.

Fatih worked for more than ten years in the manufacturing industry, in product development and R&D, mostly servicing automotive, defense, and major consumer sectors, before turning to academia. His professional experience includes project management, advanced product quality planning, statistical process control, and enterprise resource management systems. 

Working as a volunteer for NGOs, he is particularly interested in social innovation and social impact assessment. 

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He currently performs as a visiting researcher at Durham University Business School, UK, running a project on agent-based modeling of moral agency in economic decision-making, funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).