Vildan Serin is professor of Ecenomics at Fatih University and a Visiting Professor of Economics in Clause Moser Centre for Politics & International Studies at Keele University. After receiving her PhD in Economics from Ege University in 1979 she taught in Dokuz Eylul University and Marmara University as an Assistant Professor until 1984, as an Associate Professor until 1992 and as a Professor of Economics until 1998.  She then served as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Fatih University until 2001. Her research and teaching interests include Energy Economics, Sustainable Development, International Economics and Turkish Economy and European Economic Integration. She is the author of more than 15 books and 100 articles on Economics.