The Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE) conference aims to be a conference that brings together leading researchers trying to address ways for us to align our consumption more realistically within our planetary means. But…
Fashion and Policy discussions at the ISEE Degrowth Conference: As both CHANGE and Wasted Textiles projects are nearing their ends, and both projects focus on degrowing the textile sector (the latter more specifically the plastic…
It is common to hear and read about the environmental advantages of longer lasting products, it is everywhere from product advertisement to environmental policy and academic literature. But what is the empirical knowledge substantiating the…
From the eyes of an Italian guest who has just spent her first month in Oslo, I’ve noticed some clear differences in fashion habits and the general relationship people have with clothing here compared to…
A new research article in Journal of Sustainable Marketing address EU’s Textile Strategy’s blatant avoidance of the volumes issue, and raises the question of why. In the Journal of Sustainable Marketing, a new article penned…
The 2025 SCORAI Europe Conference took place at Lund University in Sweden on April 8-10. SCORAI (Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative) is an international network of researchers and practitioners focused on sustainable consumption. This…
The Clothing Research Group warmly welcomes Rita Dominici who has come to SIFO for an internship. Rita Dominici is a second-year student in the master’s program in “Sociology and Social Research” at the University of…
Scenarios for different Extended Producer Responsibility options has been explored in a report in Wasted Textiles.
For the fourth time, University of Helsinki arranged the Artefacta conference. It brings together researchers and professionals interested in objects, material culture and our relationship to them (click here for full program helsinki.fi). I had…
Two portraits from the Local Wisdom project. Photo credits: Kerry Dean and Paige Green. The second article from CHANGE with gender as a main focus has been published, authored by Kate Fletcher: Gender, Fashion, Sustainability…
The Wasted Textiles project took the trip to Norsk Tekstilgjenvinning in Sandefjord, and were privy to an introduction to one of the few recycling projects that can actually have something to offer, as the founder…
SIFO’s advocacy work is influencing international public policy, step by step. The Dutch Circular Textile Policy Program for 2025-2030, released in December 2024, includes measures to reduce the volume of raw materials used in textiles,…