About
PhD candidate on sustainable clothing and textile consumption. Researching textile waste, synthetic textiles and textile fibres.
Themes explored through the PhD project:
- What do wasted textiles from Norwegian households consist of?
- How and why is textile waste created in households, and how is it disposed of?
- What value do people attach to used textiles, and how does this affect textile waste?
- What preferences do consumers have for fibers and textile materials, and how does this affect clothing consumption?
Research groups
Research projects
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Want Not, Waste Not
This PhD project is a wardrobe study approach to minimizing synthetic textile waste in Norwegian households.
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Wasted Textiles
The primary objective of this project is to reduce the use of synthetic textiles and the amount that goes to waste.
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WOOLUME: Polish sheep wool for improved resource utilisation and value creation
The main objective of Woolume is to explore how an under-utilized natural resource – wool from remote mountain regions – can be maximized into materials in local sustainable industry innovation systems that offer high returns on investment and contribute to an optimized, next-generation circular economy.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Løvbak Berg, Lisbeth; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Sigaard, Anna Schytte; Broda, Jan; Rom, Monika; Kobiela-Mendrek, Katarzyna
(2023).
Reducing Plastic in Consumer Goods: Opportunities for Coarser Wool.
Fibers
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Vol. 11.
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/11/2/15
Berg, Lisbeth Løvbak; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Sigaard, Anna Schytte; Broda, Jan; Rom, Monika; Kobiela-Mendrek, Katarzyna (2023). Reducing Plastic in Consumer Goods: Opportunities for Coarser Wool. Fibers .
Sigaard, Anna Schytte; Laitala, Kirsi (2023). Natural and Sustainable? Consumers’ Textile Fiber Preferences. Fibers . Vol. 11.
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Haugrønning, Vilde; Laitala, Kirsi; Sigaard, Anna Schytte; Tobiasson, Tone
(2022).
A Fashion Future: Fibre Diet.
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Tobiasson, Tone (Ed.).
Local, Slow and Sustainable Fashion. Wool as a Fabric for Change. kapittel 7. p. 171-189.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-03...
Haugrønning, Vilde; Broda, Jan; Espelien, Ingvild Svokmo; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Kobiela-Mendrek, Katarzyna; Rom, Monika; Sigaard, Anna Schytte; Tobiasson, Tone Skårdal
(2022).
Upping the WOOLUME: Waste Prevention Based on Optimal Use of Materials.
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Tobiasson, Tone (Ed.).
Local, Slow and Sustainable Fashion. Wool as a Fabric for Change. kapittel. p. 61-82.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-03...
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Haugrønning, Vilde; Laitala, Kirsi; Sigaard, Anna Schytte; Tobiasson, Tone
(2022).
The Fate of Natural Fibres in Environmental Evaluations: A Question of Volume.
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Tobiasson, Tone (Ed.).
Local, Slow and Sustainable Fashion. Wool as a Fabric for Change. Kapittel 2. p. 35-59.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-03...
