Laure Bazzoli studied economics at the University of Saint-Etienne, before completing her doctorate at the University of Lyon, on the American author John Rodgers Commons. She then became a teacher-researcher at the Université Lumière Lyon 2, where she is currently in charge of the Master's Degree in Economics of Work and Human Resources.

Laure Bazzoli is particularly interested in the reciprocal links between institutionalist economics and pragmatist philosophy under the figures of J.R. Commons and J. Dewey.

Her work thus contributes to three main areas:
- Labor economics and industrial relations;
- The history of thought;
- Economic and social philosophy.

Professor Bazzoli's most recent publications are :

Bazzoli L. « De l’institutionnalisme du Wisconsin à une perspective macro-économique aux Etats-Unis : le cas du débat à l’origine de l’assurance-chômage », Cahiers d’Economie Politique, 2018, vol. 74, nᵒ 1, p. 63-93.

BazzoliI L., Dutraive V. (2014) « D'une démocratie créatrice à un capitalisme raisonnable, lecture croisée de la philosophie de J. Dewey et de l'économie de J.R. Commons », Revue Economique, 65, 2, p. 357-372.