Dr. Faculty Member Özge Can Doğmuş's Two Important Articles Published in Prestigious International Journals

Dr. Faculty Member Özge Can Doğmuş from the Department of Geography at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, has published two new studies in prestigious international journals in the fields of human geography and sustainability.

"Dialogues in Human Geography"  features our professor's article titled “The Ontology of Absence: Vanishing Lakes, Care, and the Limits of Human Geography”, published in the highly respected journal (with a 9.6 impact factor) Dialogues in Human Geography (Q1).

The study, which met readers on March 29, 2026, emphasizes that the drying of large lakes is not only an ecological issue but also deeply affects the relationship between humans and space, as well as social memory. The article, which addresses the retreat of lakes as a multi-layered process, offers a new perspective to the literature by highlighting that water loss affects different segments of society unequally. 

Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206261436067

"Third World Quarterly"  includes another article by our professor titled “Spectral Governance: Hydropower, Conservation, and the Politics of Deferred Futures in Martin Brod in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, published in the leading development journal Third World Quarterly (Q2).

This study examines sustainability policies through the example of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Instead of simply viewing an unimplemented hydroelectric power plant and an incomplete national park project as a "failure"; it explains how these uncertainty processes and "ghost infrastructures" shape social expectations.

Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2025.2542490

We congratulate Dr. Faculty Member Özge Can Doğmuş, who successfully represents our university's scientific production capacity internationally with both of her studies and contributes valuable insights to the literature on political ecology, and wish her continued success.