- 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
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2022–presentVisiting professor, Clark University
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2016–presentProfessor of Philosophy , Uskudar University, Istanbul
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2021–2023Dean, Uskudar University
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2018–2020Visiting professor, Abo Akademi University, Turku-Finland
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2010–2014President, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep
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2009–2010Professor of Philosophy, Ankara University, Turkey
Publications
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2022Care for Creation: An Islamic Perspective , Viverealtrimenti, UK
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2022A New Ethics of Compassion to Animals: Said Nursi on the Rights of Flies, Journal of Islamic Ethics, Journal of Islamic Ethics, Brill
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2020Jalaluddin Rumî and Confucius on Meaning of Life, Amazon: New Jersey
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2020A Common Care for Creation: Said Nursi and Pope Francis on Environment, International Journal of The Asian Philosophical Association
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2019A bestowed trust: The perception of nature and animals in Islam, The Ecological Citizen
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2017Muhammad Iqbal and Environmental Ethics, Acta Via Serica, S. Korea
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2016Environment, Religion and Culture in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UNEP
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2013Environment and Islam, Joint publication with Alpay S. , Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development
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2008The 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
Contact Ibrahim for
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Istanbul, Turkiye
- Website
- X (formerly Twitter): @iozdemir27
- Article Feed
- ORCID
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