Tiina works as a Foresight Lead at the United Nations Global Pulse Finland, the United Nations’ Secretar-General’s innovation Lab, combining an understanding of development and futures. Formerly, she served UNESCO focusing on learning and innovation in New York, and in East-Africa. Before joining the UN, Tiina worked in innovation consulting, service design and marketing bringing disruptive ideas to life helping organisations to expand into new markets and categories. From the onset of her career as a researcher of socio-technical issues, Tiina has remained passionate about social transformation. Tiina holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from Helsinki University, a first-class Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of York, and a Diploma in Social Innovation from the General Assembly mandated University for Peace in Costa-Rica.