AIC Welcomes Dr. İbrahim Özdemir: Vice President for Academic Affairs
AIC BULLETIN
AIC WELCOMES
Dr.İbrahim Özdemir
TO THE TEAM!
We are delighted to introduce Dr. İbrahim Özdemir as AIC's newInterim VP for Academic Affairsand welcome him to the talented, diverse, and growing AIC team. Dr. İbrahim is a professor of environmental philosophy, and his works span the fields of environmental philosophy and ethics, ecology and religion, practical ethics, philosophical counseling, critical thinking, and Islamic philosophy. More specifically, his work explores the ethical responsibilities of individuals, communities, and governments towards the environment and advocates for a more sustainable and ecologically conscious approach to human activities.
Dr. Ibrahim has held teaching and senior administrative positions at universities in Turkiye, the US, and Finland since 1992. These include Harvard university, Hartford International University (formerly Hartford Seminary), Uskudar University, Abo Akademi University, and University of Turku - Finland. A widely respected Muslim environmentalist and lecturer, he is a life member of the World of Philosophy and the Turkish Association of Philosophy. In addition to his own scholarly books, articles, and presentations, he has served as a member of the drafting team forthe Islamic Declaration for Global Climate Change(2015) andEnvironment, Religion and Culture in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development(2016), which was published by UNEP. Presently, he is a core member of the draft team preparing the "al-Mizan: A Covenant for the Earth"document, which will be presented to the UN.
He was noted in the book,Contemporary Thought in the Muslim World: Trends, Themes, and Issuesby Carool Kersten (Routledge Press, 2019), as “the most prominent Islamic environmentalist in Turkey for many years”.
Welcome, Dr. Ibrahim!
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