Curriculum Vitae

Wan Fariza Alyati Wan Zakaria ialah seorang sarjana dalam bidang pemikiran Islam kontemporari dan falsafah, dengan kepakaran meliputi falsafah Islam, pemikiran dan ideologi Islam kontemporari, serta Islam dan kajian masa depan. Beliau memperoleh Ijazah Sarjana Muda dan Sarjana dalam Teologi dan Falsafah dari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) masing-masing pada tahun 1998 dan 2003, sebelum menamatkan pengajian kedoktoran (PhD) dalam Pemikiran Islam di University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, pada tahun 2010. Sumbangan profesional beliau merentasi bidang akademik, pentadbiran kerajaan, serta platform antarabangsa. Beliau telah berkhidmat sebagai pakar dalam isu radikalisme dan deradikalisasi bersama Kementerian Dalam Negeri, Jabatan Penjara Malaysia, dan Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT). Beliau juga dilantik sebagai panelis bagi kes-kes keganasan di bawah Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-langkah Khas) [SOSMA] 2012 dengan Polis Diraja Malaysia. Di luar bidang keselamatan, beliau turut terlibat secara aktif dalam inisiatif berkaitan gender dan pemerkasaan wanita, termasuk peranan beliau dalam Jawatankuasa Akta Anti-Diskriminasi Terhadap Wanita di bawah Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat. Dalam bidang akademik, Wan Fariza pernah memegang jawatan sebagai felo penyelidik di Institut Fatwa Sedunia, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), serta di Pusat Kepimpinan Wanita Tun Fatimah Hashim, UKM. Beliau juga telah menyumbang secara signifikan kepada Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) sebagai panelis bagi Sijil Akidah dan Modul Pemikiran Islam, serta sebagai penilai bagi terjemahan al-Qur’an dalam bahasa Inggeris. Penglibatan antarabangsa beliau termasuk jemputan sebagai penceramah di USIM–COMSATS–UNESCO International Workshop on Foresight and Innovation Policy, serta peranan sebagai pakar rujukan bagi World Foresight Forum Report terbitan The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, Belanda.
Wan Fariza Alyati Wan Zakaria is a scholar of contemporary Islamic thought and philosophy, with expertise encompassing Islamic philosophy, contemporary Islamic thought and ideology, as well as Islam and future studies. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Theology and Philosophy from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 1998 and 2003, and completed her PhD in Islamic Thought at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 2010. Her professional contributions span academic, governmental, and international platforms. She has served as an expert on radicalism and deradicalisation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Malaysia Prison Department, and the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT). She has also been appointed as a panelist for terrorism cases under the Security Offence (Special Measures) Act (SOSMA) 2012 with the Royal Malaysia Police. Beyond security-related matters, she has actively contributed to gender and women’s empowerment, including her role on the Anti-Discrimination Against Women Act Committee under the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development. In the academic sphere, Wan Fariza has held research fellowships at the Institute of World Fatwa, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), and at the Tun Fatimah Hashim Centre for Women Leadership, UKM. She has also contributed significantly to the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM), serving as a panelist for the Certificate of Aqidah and Islamic Thought Module and as an evaluator for English translations of the Qur’an. Her international engagements include being an invited speaker at the USIM–COMSATS–UNESCO International Workshop on Foresight and Innovation Policy and serving as an expert reference in the World Foresight Forum Report published by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, The Netherlands.