Research

Scientific Articles

• Coda Zabetta, M., & Geuna, A. (2026). Postdoctoral mobility and returnees' careers in Italian academia. Research Policy, 55(4), 105456. 

• Coda Zabetta, M., Quatraro, F. & Scandura, A. (2026). The Geography of Circular Economy Scientific Knowledge in Italy. Italian Journal of Regional Science, 11-37. 

• Coda Zabetta, M., Fusillo, F., Quatraro, F., & Scandura, A. (2025). Knowledge brokers for Circular Bioeconomy: evidence from European regions. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1-31.

• Coda Zabetta, M., Miguelez, E., Lissoni, F., & Hegarty, S. (2025). Foreign-origin managers and FDI location choice. Journal of International Business Studies, 56(2), 194–202.

• Coda Zabetta, M., Lissoni, F., & Miguelez, E. (2024). Star recruitment and internationalization effects: An analysis of the Alexander von Humboldt professorship programme. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 51(3), 667–690. 

• Carriero, R., Coda Zabetta, M., Geuna, A., & Tomatis, F. (2024). Investigating PhDs' early career occupational outcomes in Italy: Individual motivations, role of supervisor and gender differences. Higher Education, 87(5), 1375–1392. 

• Kim, K., Kogler, D. F., & Coda Zabetta, M. (2024). New collaborations and novel innovations: The role of regional brokerage and collaboration intensity. European Planning Studies, 32(6), 1251–1272.

Book Chapters

• Coda Zabetta, M., Fusillo, F., Orsatti, G.,  Quatraro, F. & Scandura, A. (2026). Eco-innovazione, economia circolare e dinamiche di impresa: un quadro d'insieme. In V. Costantini (ed.), L'economia italiana e la transizione ecologica (pp. 179–196). Carocci editore.  

• Miguelez, E., Raffo, J., Chacua, C.,  Coda Zabetta, M., Yin, D., Lissoni, F., & Tarasconi, G. (2025). Creative ties: the global network of local innovation. In R. Boix-Domènech & L. Lazzeretti (eds.), Handbook of Creative Regions (pp. 110–139). Edward Elgar Publishing.  

• Carriero, R., Coda Zabetta, M., & Tomatis, F. (2023). Le carriere dentro e fuori l’università: Una panoramica sui divari di genere. In M. Naldini & B. Poggio, Genere e accademia: Carriere, culture e politiche (pp. 63–86). Il Mulino.  

• Coda Zabetta, M., Chacua, C., Lissoni, F., Miguelez, E., Raffo, J., & Yin, D. (2022). The Missing Link: International Migration in Global Clusters of Innovation. In Castellani D., Perri A., Scalera V. & A. Zanfei (eds.), Cross-Border Innovation in a Changing World (pp. 82–109). Oxford University Press. 

Working Papers 

• Coda Zabetta, M. & Geuna, A. (2020). Italian Doctorate Holders and Academic Career Progression in the Period 1986-2015. Carlo Alberto Notebooks No. 629, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy.

Selected Work in Progress

• Technology and Employment in the Circular Economy. Evidence from Global Patent Data 

• The Rise of the Circular Bioeconomy: Transformation of Innovation Trajectories or Rearticulation of Technological Knowledge? 

• AI scientific knowledge and green technological diversification: evidence from US metropolitan areas (under review)

• Science-Based Co-Creation and Circular Eco-Innovation among European Firms 

• The Role of Target CEO Retention in Shaping Post-acquisition Innovation Outcomes (under review)

Reports

• Coda Zabetta, M., Lissoni, F. & Miguelez, E. (2024). International Mobility and Collaboration of German Scientists, 2005-2020. EFI Study on the German Innovation System, N. 8-2024, Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI), Berlin, Germany.

• Miguelez, E., Raffo, J., Coda Zabetta, M., Araujo, V. & García, R. (2022). Global Innovation Hotspots. A case study of São Paulo’s innovation ecosystem local capabilities and global networks. WIPO Development Studies, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

• WIPO (2019). The Geography of Innovation: Local Hotspots, Global Networks. World Intellectual Property Report 2019, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. [Contribution to Chapter 2]

Dissemination

• L'economia circolare è innovazione ma anche formazione, FRidA, 2026. 

• Bias e decision-making nella transizione circolare, Spoke 5 - Nulla andrà perduto, 2025. 

• Dottori di ricerca in Italia e sbocchi occupazionali, Sbilanciamoci.info, 2021.