Mariana Mazzucato

Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she founded the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose. Her work focuses on redefining capitalism through state-led innovation, sustainable growth, and challenging financialization.

• Key Themes: Economic policy, climate crisis, public sector reform, and green industrial strategy.
• Recent Focus: Critiquing AI's environmental costs, post-Brexit economic planning, and corporate governance failures.

Her research emphasizes mission-oriented public investment to shape markets in sectors like energy, health, and technology. She advocates for policies that prioritize social equity and ecological sustainability over speculative finance.

Mazzucato's articles from 2017–2024 reveal a consistent agenda: transforming economies from extractive to productive models, regulating financial sectors, and aligning innovation with public purpose. Topics include the carbon economy, consultancy addiction in governance, and state-driven technological breakthroughs.

She collaborates with experts like Rosie Collington and contributes to global debates on economic systems, though no formal students or scientific awards are mentioned in the provided texts.