Dr Kamran Mofid, Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative and Co- founder/Editor, Journal of Globalisation for the Common Good, holds dual British and Canadian nationality, was born in Tehran, Iran in 1952, received his BA and MA in economics from the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, in 1980 and 1982 respectively.

In 1986 he was awarded his doctorate in economics from the University of Birmingham, UK. In 2001 he received a Certificate in Education in Pastoral Studies at Plater College, Oxford. From 1980 onwards he has been teaching and supervising undergraduate and graduate students in development economics, business studies, international business and the political economy of the Middle East. He has also acted as external examiner for undergraduate and PhD research thesis at different universities. In recent years Dr. Mofid has developed short courses, seminars and workshops on economics and theology, the economics of the common good, religions & globalisation, altruism &service: Islam and Christianity in dialogue, business ethics& corporate social responsibility, spiritual economics and non-violent conflict resolution and an inter-faith perspective on globalisation.

He has been a frequent speaker at major international conferences in Europe, United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Russia, Kenya and the Middle East. Dr. Mofid’s work is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on Economics, Politics, International Relations, Theology, Culture, Ecology, Ethics and Spirituality. Dr. Mofid’s writings have appeared in leading scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers. 

His books include Development Planning in Iran: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic (1987), The Economic Consequences of the Gulf war (1990), Globalisation for the Common Good (2002) which has been translated into Japanese and was published in May 2003 by Don Bosco-sha, Tokyo, and Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Globalisation for the Common Good (March, 2003).  Dr. Mofid has been invited to speak on his research and publications at major international universities, amongst them: Oxford; School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Manchester; Glasgow;  Sussex (First and Second US/European School on Global Security and Arms Control); Durham; Exeter; Columbia (New York); University of California at Berkeley; Michigan (Ann Arbor); George Mason (Fairfax, Virginia);  Sophia (Tokyo); Hosei (Tokyo and London); Kyoto Sangyo; Reitaku (Japan); The Australian National University and the University of Queensland (Brisbane). 

Dr. Mofid has also been invited to present papers at well-known international think tanks, amongst them:  Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security (Ottawa);  Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo);  International Energy Forum (Tokyo);  The Japanese Institute of Middle Eastern Economies (Tokyo);  Japan Cooperation Centre for the Middle East;  Idemitsu Kosan (Tokyo);  Institute for International Economic Studies (Tokyo); Africa Research and Resource Forum, Nairobi; American Business Council of Dubai and World Trade Club of Dubai.

In 1994, at the personal invitation of the late George Bull OBE, the former Director of the Anglo-Japanese Economic Institute, Dr. Mofid joined the Advisory Committee of the International Minds Forum and its journal International Minds. In collaboration with George Bull and in association with International Minds Forum, the Anglo-Japanese Economic Institute and Coventry Cathedral, Dr. Mofid organised and convened many international conferences in Coventry, including: Japan and the U.K. Economy, Forgiveness and Reconciliation; NAFTA and the EU; Japan and the Global Economy; and Iran and the Emerging Global Order.  They also together instigated and co-founded a Centre for the Study of Forgiveness and Reconciliation at Coventry and as part of its work, in association with the Ambassadors’ Lecture Series, which they had founded already, major international speakers such as the former presidents Mrs. Mary Robinson, F.W. de Klerk and Ambassadors of Japan, Germany, Italy, Egypt, Mexico and Canada were invited to deliver lectures in Coventry on the need for dialogue and mutual respect among different cultures and civilisations. At the suggestions of George, and the support of Canon Oestreicher and Provost John Petty of Coventry Cathedral, Dr. Mofid received an invitation from Sir Richard Branson to accompany the Coventry delegation (City and Cathedral) to Hiroshima for the unveiling ceremony of the Statue of Reconciliation at Hiroshima Peace Museum. 

In 2002, at the personal invitation of Sir Sigmund Sternberg, co-founder of The Three Faiths Forum, (an inter-faith dialogue forum for the three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam) Dr. Mofid joined its Advisory Committee.  In 2002 he founded an annual international conference on An Inter-faith Perspective on Globalisation for the Common Good. The Inaugural Conference took place in Oxford and in 2003 it was held in St. Petersburg, Russia.  The 2004 conference was held in Dubai. The 2005 conference was held in Nairobi and Kericho, Kenya. The 2006 Conference was held at Chaminade University of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the 2007 Conference was held at Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey. The 2008 Conference will be held at Trinity College, university of Melbourne. Future conferences are currently under consideration.  

Moreover, he convened a Programme on “An Inter-faith Perspective on Globalisation for the Common Good” at The Parliament of the World’s Religions conference in Barcelona during 7-13 July 2004. At the invitation of The Hommes de Parole Foundation, Paris, Dr. Mofid was invited to participate at and comment on his work- An Inter-faith Perspective on Globalisation for the Common Good- at the First World Congress “Imams and Rabbis for Peace” which was hosted at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, January 3-6, 2005. At the invitation of Dialogue Eurasia Platform and the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Mofid gave the Opening Address at the International Symposium, “From Terrorism to Global Ethics: Religions & Peace”, Moscow, June, 7-8, 2005.  At the invitation of the City of Philadelphia- hosting a Social Issues Series- “Ending Poverty in Africa: What Role should the G8 Play? What Can Americans Do?”  as part of the City’s Live 8 activities, in association with the Centre for Global Negotiations, Philadelphia, Dr Mofid gave two keynote lectures on “Globalisation for the Common Good and Africa: A Continent of Hope and Inspiration”, (Arch street United Methodist Church, July 2, 2005) and “An Inter-faith Perspective on Globalisation for the Common Good: The Long Walk to Justice”, (First United Methodist Church of Germantown, July 3, 2005). 

Dr. Mofid has been a frequent speaker on the BBC World Service, BBC Coventry and BBC Radio Oxford and on occasions he has been interviewed for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and The Voice of America. Dr. Mofid is currently carrying out research on the relationship between economics, spirituality, ethics, cultures, faiths and globalisation.  These are highlighted in his co-authored recently published book, Promoting the Common Good: Bringing Economics and Theology Together: A Theologian and an Economist in Dialogue, Rev. Marcus Braybrooke and Kamran Mofid, Foreword by Richard Harries, the Bishop of Oxford( Shepheard-Walwyn, London, June 2005). 

Kamran lives in Coventry with his wife Annie and their two sons, Kevin and Paul. Web sites:

http://www.globalisationforthecommongood.info/ http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/jgcg/

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