Ilkben Akansel gained her Assoc. Prof. Dr. title in 2017 in Economics Thought. She graduate from two different B.A., firstly in economics department; secondly in business administration, her M. Sc. was in economics too. She decided to make her Ph. D. in another field, public relations. She was appointed as Assist. Prof. Dr. in Business and Administration department in University of Artvin Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. She decided to make her Assoc. Prof. Dr. proficiency exam in economics field. She was appointed as Assoc. Prof. Dr. in University of Bartin, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Economics department. She has several international publications. She has been published many articles with some international idexes. Her areas of specialization are Institutional Economics, Political Economics, Public Relations. Her graduations are University of Gazi (Ankara, Turkey), Anadolu University of Business Administration (Eskişehir, Turkey), University of Ankara (Ankara, Turkey).