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
Sigaard, Anna Schytte
;
Laitala, Kirsi
(2023).
Natural and Sustainable? Consumers’ Textile Fiber Preferences.
23 p.
Fibers.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fib11020012
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.
28 p.
Fibers.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fib11020015
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. p. 35-59.
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. 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).
A Fashion Future: Fibre Diet.
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Tobiasson, Tone (Ed.).
Local, Slow and Sustainable Fashion. Wool as a Fabric for Change. p. 171-189.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-03
