Mariapaola Riggio

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Mariapaola Riggio is a researcher whose work spans two distinct but complementary domains: the future of human-centred manufacturing and sustainable timber engineering. Her most influential contributions lie at the intersection of Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0, where she has emerged as a leading voice in redefining what it means to place humans at the heart of industrial systems. Rather than treating "human-centric" manufacturing as synonymous with operator-technology integration, Riggio's frameworks expand this concept to encompass designers, consumers, and broader social stakeholders, while foregrounding social, environmental, and ethical dimensions often neglected in conventional user-centred approaches. Her two 2025 papers, already accumulating 17 and 16 citations respectively within their first year, signal rapid uptake of her ideas across the research community. Beyond digital manufacturing paradigms, Riggio also investigates sustainable timber construction, exploring adhesive-free and metal-free wood assemblies using densified wooden nails — an innovation with meaningful implications for circular economy principles and end-of-life material recovery in engineered wood products. Together, her body of work reflects a coherent commitment to sustainability, human dignity, and responsible innovation across both digital and material dimensions of contemporary engineering.