Year: 2025 | Faculty: FEB
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Source metadata: PKM: Strengthening Researchers’ Competence in Applying Quantitative and Qualitative Method for Islamic Economic and Finance | Tim: Rininta Nurrachmi, Nurshifa Vathia, Muhammad Yusuf Fakhri
Good research requires more than an interesting topic. It depends on methods that are clear, credible, and appropriate to the questions being asked. UIII’s community engagement project on strengthening researchers’ competence in quantitative and qualitative methods supported the development of stronger research capacity in Islamic economics and finance.
The Faculty of Economics and Business team focused on a field where methodological rigor is increasingly important. Islamic economics and finance address issues such as poverty, social justice, philanthropy, banking, markets, and sustainable development. To contribute meaningfully to these debates, researchers need to understand how to collect data, analyze evidence, and present findings responsibly.
The project’s value lies in bridging technical skill and substantive purpose. Quantitative methods can help researchers identify patterns, measure relationships, and test hypotheses. Qualitative methods can help them understand experience, meaning, institutional context, and community perception. When both are understood well, research becomes more capable of informing policy and practice.
For UIII, the activity reflects a commitment to improving the wider scholarly ecosystem. Community engagement can include strengthening fellow researchers and institutions, especially when the resulting knowledge can benefit society.
A feature story should translate methodological training into a public message: better methods produce better evidence, and better evidence can lead to better decisions. The final article should include where the training took place, who participated, and what competencies were covered. The strongest angle is that Islamic economics and finance need not only ethical ambition, but also research standards that make their social contribution more persuasive.
