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Professor of Philosophy, Uskudar University; Visiting Professor, Clark University

Dr Ibrahim Ozdemir is a professor of philosophy at Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Uskudar University, where he is the founding director of its Forum for Environmental Ethics. He was a Senior United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) advisor. He is also a visiting professor at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Clark University, MA. Previously, he was Director-General at the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Turkish Ministry of National Education.
He was a lead member of the drafting team for the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change endorsed by the UN United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, and a lead member of the drafting team behind the Al-Mizan Covenant for Earth documented adopted by the UNEP’s Faith For Earth Initiative.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Visiting professor, Clark University
  • 2016–present
    Professor of Philosophy , Uskudar University, Istanbul
  • 2021–2023
    Dean, Uskudar University
  • 2018–2020
    Visiting professor, Abo Akademi University, Turku-Finland
  • 2010–2014
    President, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep
  • 2009–2010
    Professor of Philosophy, Ankara University, Turkey

Publications

  • 2022
    Care for Creation: An Islamic Perspective , Viverealtrimenti, UK
  • 2022
    A New Ethics of Compassion to Animals: Said Nursi on the Rights of Flies, Journal of Islamic Ethics, Journal of Islamic Ethics, Brill
  • 2020
    Jalaluddin Rumî and Confucius on Meaning of Life, Amazon: New Jersey
  • 2020
    A Common Care for Creation: Said Nursi and Pope Francis on Environment, International Journal of The Asian Philosophical Association
  • 2019
    A bestowed trust: The perception of nature and animals in Islam, The Ecological Citizen
  • 2017
    Muhammad Iqbal and Environmental Ethics, Acta Via Serica, S. Korea
  • 2016
    Environment, Religion and Culture in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UNEP
  • 2013
    Environment and Islam, Joint publication with Alpay S. , Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development
  • 2008
    The Ethical Dimension of Human Attitude Towards Nature , Insan Publications: Istanbul

Professional Memberships

  • the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, 2022-Present
  • The North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS), 2023
  • The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture