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Ingun Grimstad Klepp

Ingun Grimstad Klepp

About

Klepp works with research on sustainable textile, clothing, laundry and leisure consumption and has written numerous articles and books of these themes. The relationship between textiles, social and physical characteristics and how these are woven together is at the core of her interest and she loves popular dissemination and new methods.

An overview over Klepp's publications can be found on the clothing research page: https://clothingresearch.oslomet.no

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Social sciences   Ethnology   Folklore studies, ethnology

Subject areas

Environment   Gender   Health   Research method   Body   Material Culture   Environmental pollution   Industry   Dissemination of science   Cultural History   Clothing   Wool   Outdoor life   Interdisiplinary science   Consumer behaviour   Clothing consumption   Art apretiation   Waste   Service Lifetime   Environmental sustainability   Sharing economy   Laundry   Hauswoork

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Scientific publications

Maldini, Irene; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Laitala, Kirsi (2025). The environmental impact of product lifetime extension: a literature review and research agenda. 17 p. Sustainable Production and Consumption. Vol. 56.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2025.04.020

Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Haugsrud, Ingrid (2024). Who can stop the greenwashing. Skjerven, Astrid; Løvbak Berg, Lisbeth; Nielsen, Liv Merete; Stuedahl, Dagny (Ed.). Mediating sustainability in the consumer society. p. 85-99. Routledge.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432

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

Laitala, Kirsi ; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Løvbak Berg, Lisbeth (2024). The Impact of Modes of Acquisition on Clothing Lifetimes. Niinimäki, Kirsi (Ed.). Recycling and Lifetime Management in the Textile and Fashion Sector. p. 92-112. CRC Press.
https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003044413-8

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 ; Laitala, Kirsi (2023). Washing Clothes. Pouillard, Véronique; Dube-Senecal, Vincent (Ed.). The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress, 1800 to the Present. p. 491-506. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429295607-31

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

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). 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

Kobiela-Mendrek, Katarzyna; Bączek, Marcin; Broda, Jan; Rom, Monika; Espelien, Ingvild; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad (2022). Acoustic Performance of Sound Absorbing Materials Produced from Wool of Local Mountain Sheep. Materials. Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093139





These publications are obtained from Cristin. The list may be incomplete