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… An Italian gaze on Oslo’s clothing habits
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… EU’s fear of addressing overproduction uncovered in eye-opening research
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… Clothing Research scores at SCORAI 2025
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… Changes for CHANGE
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… Artefacta conference
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… When gender comes into play
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… Defibering the future
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,… Dutch textile policy envisions consumption reductions and production and imports quotas.
In a newly published article from Consumption Research Norway SIFO at Oslo Metropolitan University, Who Can Stop the Greenwashing, penned by Ingrid Haugsrud and Ingun Grimstad Klepp, the authors literally lambaste how the Sustainable Apparel… Telling it like it is: Lambasting consumer-facing Higg-based label
In September 2024, we left autumnal Oslo behind to embark on a research exchange at the University of Melbourne with the Critical Fashion Studies research collective. This group, led by Professor Natalya Lusty and Dr.… Hello from Melbourne!
“And he don’t even care for clothes” sang Nina Simone in “My Baby Just Cares For Me” which is how the chapter “Clothing Care” opens in the new, impressive and comprehensive book “The Palgrave Handbook… Clothing Care