Matilde Cazzola mainly deals with the study of English radical thought and British administrative thought in the 18th and 19th centuries, by focusing on different jurisdictions (colonial North America, the Caribbean, India, Australia, and South-East Asia). In her research, Matilde adopts the perspective of the history of political thought and combines it with the interests and approaches of imperial history, legal history, and social history. Over the last few years, Matilde has also focused on European philanthropic thought, with a special emphasis on Britain in the Age of Revolution. More recently, Matilde has contributed to a comparative study on memory and trauma in the Italian and the Indian Constitutions, and has carried out micro-historical investigations within a broader reflection around the concept of history.
