Faruk Çam is a sociologist, jurist and Lecturer at Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Türkiye. He received his PhD in Sociology from Middle East Technical University in 2026 with a dissertation on the political ecology of dispossession and the desiccation of Lake Marmara. His research connects political ecology and critical migration studies, focusing on state power, dispossession, refugee protection and transnational families. He co-led Working Group 3 on social rights and social protection in COST Action CA21143 (TraFaDy) and is a member of two further COST Actions on rural resilience and cascading climate impacts.

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October 2026 — PhD defended
Successfully defended my doctoral dissertation at Middle East Technical University: Waiting for State: Political Ecology of Expanded Dispossession and the Desiccation of Lake Marmara (supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Besim Can Zırh). Read the thesis

September 2026 — TraFaDy Closing Conference, Tallinn
Presented the work of Working Group 3 (Social Rights and Social Protection) as Co-Leader at the closing conference of COST Action CA21143, hosted by Tallinn University.

Forthcoming (2027) — Two new book contributions
Co-authored chapter “Transnational families under governed uncertainty: Ukrainian displacement across differentiated protection contexts” in press with Routledge, and co-edited volume Social Protection of Transnational Families in Europe forthcoming from Emerald.