Fikret Adaman

Fikret Adaman is Professor of Economics at Boğaziçi University and a 2021/22 Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow.. He has been at Boğaziçi since 1993 and a full professor since 2001, and has served as Advisor to the Rector (2012–2016) and Chair of the Economics Department (2006–2007; 2009–2011).

His research spans ecological economics, political economy, alternative and solidarity economies, and social policy, with a focus on ecological conflicts, food systems, governance, and resistance to neoliberalism. His work connects environmental challenges with broader issues of inequality, institutional design, and social transformation.

Adaman has held numerous research and policy roles in Turkey and internationally, including affiliations with the Istanbul Policy Center, Director of UNSDSN-Turkey (2016–2019), and expert for the European Commission since 2009. He has also contributed to UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Unit in Turkey and held visiting positions at institutions such as the University of Bologna, the Institute of Social Studies (The Hague), UMass Amherst, Purdue, and the University of Utah.

Bridging academia and practice, he has advised governments and NGOs on social and environmental policy, sustainable development, and local governance, contributing to projects on poverty, agricultural reform, informal economies, climate adaptation, and labor systems.

He holds a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from Boğaziçi University and a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester.