Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is also Founder and Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Her widely published research focuses on the relationship between public policy, innovation, and economic growth and she advises policymakers around the world on how to steer innovation so that it produces growth that is more inclusive and sustainable. She is author of the highly acclaimed book The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths and co-editor of Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth. She is winner of the 2014 New Statesman SPERI Prize in Political Economy, the 2015 Hans-Matth¿fer-Preis and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She was named as one of the 'three most important thinkers about innovation' in New Republic.
Mariana Mazzucato ist Professorin für Innovationsökonomie und Public Value am University College London, wo sie das Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose leitet. Zu ihren preisgekrönten Veröffentlichungen gehören die Bücher »Das Kapital des Staates« (2014/2023), »Wie kommt der Wert in die Welt?« (2019) und »Mission. Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Wirtschaft« (2021). Ihre Arbeit wurde mit zahlreichen internationalen Preisen ausgezeichnet, u.a. dem John von Neumann Award 2020 und dem Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought 2018. Sie ist Vorsitzende des Economic Council on Health for All der Weltgesundheitsorganisation, Co-Vorsitzende der Global Commission on the Economics of Water und Mitglied des High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs der Vereinten Nationen.
