Alessandra Colombelli

Alessandra Colombelli is Full Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP) at the Polytechnic University of Turin. She serves as Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre (EIC) and coordinates the Gender Research Coordination Group (GReG). Her affiliations include the CNRS-GREDEG laboratory (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis) and BRICK at Collegio Carlo Alberto.

• Full Professor, Strategy & Entrepreneurship
• Director, EIC
• Coordinator, GReG
• Associate Editor: Regional Studies, The Journal of Technology Transfer, Eurasian Business Review

Research Focus:
Her work spans entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystems, gender equality, green technologies, and regional economics. Key themes include knowledge spillovers, AI startup dynamics, and gender disparities in academic entrepreneurship.

Recent Publications examine digital startup formation, green innovation, and gender dynamics in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Her research appears in Economic Geography, Small Business Economics, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

• John Bessant Best Paper Award (2019)
• Emerald Literati Network Award (2012)
• Giorgio Rota Best Paper Award (2005)

Educational Leadership includes teaching Gender and Technology and Strategy and Organization courses, plus directing the GECKO and E4T Erasmus+ projects. She supervises PhD students in innovation and sustainability topics.