Career
Foreign the Scottish politician, see Marco Biagi (politician)
A native of Bologna, he was professor of labour law and industrial relations at the University of Modena. In 1984 Marco Biagi was appointed Professor of Labour Law and Italian and Comparative Trade Union Law at the University of Modena, in the Department of Business Administration. From 1987 to 2002 he also served as a Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics.
From 1988 to 2000 he was scientific director of SINNEA International, the research and training institute of the Lega delle cooperative.
In 1991 at the Department of Business Administration at Modena University he founded the Centre for International and Comparative Studies, setting up an innovative research programme in labour law and industrial relations."
In 2000, he created ADAPT – Association for International and Comparative Studies in Labour and Industrial relations. A scholarship with his name is now offered by Johns Hopkins University for study at their overseas campus in Bologna.
A square in central Bologna is named after him.