Education
PhD in Economics and Management, University of Ferrara.
MSc Social Statistic, the University of Manchester, with ESRC Scholarship.
BA Economics, University of Ferrara.

Previous Appointments
Lecturer (2021-2023) & Senior Lecturer (2023-2025), Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University (UK)
Lecturer, Innovation Management (2019-2021), Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2018), Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester.

Affiliations
Associate Faculty, Innovation Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto (CA).
Honorary Fellow, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester (UK).
Visiting Fellow, Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University (UK).

Treasurer, Innovation SIG, British Academy of Management.
Approved Researcher and Project Leader, Secure Data Service, Office for National Statistics (ONS UK).
Approved Researcher (Gold status): Higher Education Statistical Agency (HESA UK).
Fellow, UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Reviewer activity
Journals: Research Policy; Regional Studies; Small Business Economics; California Management Review; Nature Cities; Long Range Planning; Journal of Technology Transfer; Journal of Small Business Management; Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Technovation; Studies in Higher Education; Industry & Innovation; European Planning Studies.
Competitive funding: ESRC – Economic and Social Research Council, UK. British Academy of Management; Leverhulme Trust, UK.

Selected publications
•Zhang, Q., Marzocchi, C. & Breznitz, S.M. (2025) Educational diversity and work experience paths towards entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-025-01033-2
•Angori G, Marzocchi C, Ramaciotti L, Rizzo U. (2023). A patent-based analysis of the evolution of basic, mission-oriented, and applied research in European universities. The Journal of Technology Transfer, DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10001-5
•Marzocchi C., Kitagawa F., Rossi F., and Uyarra E. (2023), (Special Issue Editor) Reconceptualising Knowledge Exchange and Higher Education Institutions: broadening our understanding of motivations, channels, and stakeholders. Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2184791.
•Kitagawa F., Marzocchi C., Sanchez-Barrioluengo M., and Uyarra E. (2022). Anchoring talent to regions: graduate retention through employment and entrepreneurship. Regional Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2021.1904136
•Marzocchi C., Kitagawa F., and Sanchez-Barrioluengo M. (2019) Evolving missions and university entrepreneurship: academic spin-offs and graduate start-ups in the entrepreneurial society, Journal of Technology Transfer, 44: 1 pp. 167-188 DOI: 10.1007/s10961-017-9619-3
•Marzocchi C., Ramlogan R. (2019) Forsaking Innovation: the effects of failure on innovation behaviour. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 31:12 pp. 1462-1473, DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2019.1628937
•Uyarra E, Marzocchi C, and Sorvik J. (2018) How outward looking is smart specialisation? Mechanisms, drivers and barriers to interregional collaboration in research and innovation policy. European Planning Studies, 26:12 pp. 2344-2363, DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2018.1529146

Entrepreneurship
Innovation and Technology management