Faruk Taşçı

Faruk Taşçı

Director, Community and Media
Prof. Dr.; He was born in Rize-Pazar (1982). He received his BA in Sociology at Boğaziçi University (2005), MA (2007) and PhD (2011) in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations at Istanbul University. Taşçı is the author of "Lifeline in Social Policies: Social Assistance" (2010), "Social Policy Ethics" (2012, 2017), "Social Policy and Transformation in Türkiye: Mentality, Actors and Practices" (2017), "Disadvantaged Groups in Social Policy: History, Approach and Practice" (2018), "Administration Guide for a City's Social Policy: The Case of Esenler" (Joint, 2019), "Social Welfare: A Holistic Perspective" (2020), "Sabahattin Zaim: Morals, Ideas and Action" (2021) and "International Students' Adaptation to the Turkish Language: The Case of Istanbul University" (Joint, 2022). Taşçı is also the editor of "Social Policy Actors in Turkey: Ground and Practice" (2017), "Economics, Society and Politics with Sabahattin Zaim" (2019), "Human, Society and Economics: Outlines of Sabahattin Zaim's Thought" (2020), "The Formation of Social Policy in Turkiye: Istanbul University Tradition" (2021) and "Ak Parti Years in Social Policies" (2023). He served as a commission member in the National Employment Strategy Workshops (2009, 2011), as a reporter in the Working Group for Social Assistance and Services of the 10th Development Plan (2013); he took part in the Program Development Team in the "Family Education Program Content Evaluation Study" of the Ministry of Family and Social Services (2022). He gave lectures on "Social Psychology" at the Police Vocational High School (2007-2010), "Business Ethics in the Public Sector" at the War Academies Command (2013), "Social Assistance and Services for the Disabled" at the Haseki Training Center of the Presidency of Religious Affairs (2015) and "Business Ethics" at TRT within the scope of In-Service Training (2022). Taşçı, who was also the editor of the Journal of Social Policy Studies (2018-2019) under the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services of the Republic of Türkiye, has many products in the field of social policy and is also interested in topics such as economy and city in Islam.