İbrahim ÖZDEMİR, Ph.D

İBRAHİM ÖZDEMİR is a professor of philosophy at the ​Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and head of Dept. of Philosophy.

He holds a Doctorate degree in philosophy from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara and a Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Theology and Islamic Philosophy from Ankara University, Turkey.

DR. ÖZDEMİR’s major is environmental ethics and environmental philosophy. However, he is a generalist with a wide  variety  of  scholarly  and  pedagogical  interests,  which  include  ethics, history of philosophy, modern  philosophy, philosophy of education and  philosophy of higher education.

His most recent publications include The Ethical Dimension of Human Attitude Towards Nature, 2nd edition, Insan Publications: Istanbul, 2008, 2. Jalaluddin Rumî and Confucius: Messages and Visions for a New Century, Tugra Books: New Jersey, 2013, and Globalization, Ethics and Islam, editors: Ian Markham and Ibrahim Ozdemir, Aldershot: Ashgate. 2005.

He has traveled widely in the Muslim world and the West. He was visiting professor of Islamic Studies at Hartford University (1998) and Hartford Seminary (2001-2003). He gives many scholarly and public lectures in Turkey, Europe, the United States, and other countries.

After returning from USA, he appointed as Director-General for International Relations, Ministry of National Education. He represents Turkey at EU, UNESCO, and OECD educational programs. (2003-2010).

DR. ÖZDEMİR addresses different audiences about topics related to environmental philosophy, Muslim environmental thought, sustainable development, religion and the environment, interreligious and intercultural dialogue, Higher Education, and School Leadership.