Marianna Nigra is the WFP – UNHRD Head of the Innovation Lab. She is a PhD holder Innovation Management Production and Design, and an architect by background. She is an expert in models of sustainable innovation and complex systems in design and development processes. She worked in a number of academic institutions such as: The Polytechnic of Turin, Italy; The Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, in The Netherlands; Strathclyde University, UK; Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; The University of Melbourne, Australia; as well as in the private sector in design and construction. She recently joined the humanitarian sector, where she is taking part to outstanding innovation initiatives, such as INITIATE2, in collaboration with a wide range of humanitarian partners.