Field of study
Clothing Sustainable consumption Clothing consumption Fashion theory Consumption Research Fashion and society
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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REDUCE – Rethinking Everyday Plastics
The project will look at plastic in a systems perspective and investigate how the consumption of plastic products in everyday life can be reduced.
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The Circular consumption Activities to tRansform households toward material Efficiency (CARE)
CARE project empowers households to reduce food waste and extend the lifespan of clothes.
Completed research projects
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CHANGE: Environmental systems shift in clothing consumption
In CHANGE, we will investigate what is most essential to reduce the environmental impact of clothing: reduce the amount of clothing that is produced, acquired and disposed of.
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Practices and policies of belonging among minority and majority children of low-income families (BELONG)
This project seeks to increase current knowledge of the practices causing marginalization and social exclusion of minority and majority children of low-income families.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad
; Haugen, Bjørn Sverre Hol; Ulväng, Marie; Rasmussen, Pernilla;
Haugsrud, Ingrid
(2025).
‘Creating’ variety without waste: Pre-industrial dress practices as inspiration for updating the sustainability discourse.
Clothing Cultures.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.1386/cc_00088_1
Haugsrud, Ingrid
;
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad
;
Reich, Clara Julia
(2025).
Kledd for tilhørighet: Barns bruk av klær for å skape likhet.
Borch, Anita; Bilgrei, Ola Røed (Ed.).
Barns tilhørighet blant mennesker og ting. p. 71-92.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.250
Haugrønning, Vilde
;
Haugsrud, Ingrid
(2024).
Comparing Male and Female Wardrobes: Gender Dynamics in the Practice of Dressing.
Jacobsen, Eivind; Strandbakken, Pål; Dulsrud, Arne; Skuland, Silje Elisabeth (Ed.).
Consumers and consumption in comparison. p. 139-165.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-631020240000037007
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad
;
Haugsrud, Ingrid
(2024).
Who can stop the greenwashing.
Skjerven, Astrid; Berg, Lisbeth Løvbak; Nielsen, Liv Merete; Stuedahl, Dagny (Ed.).
Mediating sustainability in the consumer society. p. 85-99.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003392705
Haugsrud, Ingrid
;
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad
;
Laitala, Kirsi
(2024).
Clothing care.
Henninger, Claudia; Alevizou, Panayiota; Ryding, Daniella; Goworek, Helen (Ed.).
The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability in Fashion. p. 47-64.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69682-4_4
Rasch, Tone; Haugsrud, Ingrid ; Laitala, Kirsi (2023). Da klær ble av plast. Nylonstrømpenes vekst og fall. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift.
