Call for submissions
Join us for a speacial session at the ISEE-Degrowth 2025 conference in June
2025 is the last year for the CHANGE project and one of the closing activities is a special session at the 18th Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) and the 11th International Degrowth Conference in Oslo, Norway, 24th – 27th of June 2025 (isee-degrowth2025.no) . The special session on “Degrowth dialogues in fashion: cultivating the seeds of change”, co-chaired by Kate Fletcher and Irene Maldini welcomes contributions by the 20th January 2025.
The latest…..
Books
Local, Slow and Sustainable Fashion
Wool as a Fabric for Change
Ingun Grimstad Klepp og Tone Skårdal Tobiasson (eds.), 2022
Inclusive Consumptions
Immigrants’ Access to and Use of Public and Private Goods and Services
Anita Borch , Ivan Harsløf , Ingun Grimstad Klepp & Kirsi Laitala (eds.), 2019
Publications
News
Amazing international win!
Time to celebrate! Traditional costumes, the craftmanship and social practice from Norway, and summer farming (seter and fäbod) in both Norway and Sweden are now on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list! This gives an unexpected boost to the…
Photo booth boots possible change
As part of the SIFO presence at the recent Friluftsliv conference, Kate Fletcher, ran a “Photo Booth” to record the thoughts (in a thought bubble!) of conference delegates about clothing and nature. Delegates responses ranged from desirable practical…
Announcing the publication of Decentering Durability: Decarbonizing and Decolonizing Ideas and Practices of Long-Lasting Clothes
Just published in Fashion Theory, an article exploring durability through a decolonial lens. The research it builds on was conducted as part of the LASTING project, led by our very own Kirsi Laitala and funded by the Research…
Events you can take part in
Post growth (?) fashion webinars
Dec. 13th 2024 15-16 CET (3-4 pm) and Jan. 16th 2025 15-16 CET (3-4 pm)
– The futures we IMAGINE
IMAGINE project end seminar When: December 10th – 15th 2024 Where: Litteraturhuset, Oslo
DESIGNA — International Conference on Design Research
24-25 October, Covilhã, Portugal
#themes
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Our research projects
Here you can find the research projects that we are currently working on.
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