From the blog
Keep up to date with the latest updates from the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion.

Mapping the Wardrobe
A project organised as part of our third Action Season to investigate the provenance of the garments produced in globally dispersed supply chains.

Meg Pirie
Our twenty-first member of the month is Meg Pirie

Linda Monroy
Our twentieth member of the month is Linda Monroy

Wendy Ward
Our nineteenth member of the month is Wendy Ward

Jennifer Inaba
Our eighteenth member of the month is Jennifer Inaba

Janet Teowarang
Our seventeenth member of the month is Janet Teowarang

Dr. Gül Kaner
Our sixteenth member of the month is Dr. Gül Kaner

A Label For Pressing Sustainability And Social Issues
On November 6th 2024 UCRF held its first event of Action Season Two, this time with a point of departure of a suggestion for a new apparel label from one of our members.

Path Breakers—Path Finders: Suzanne Lee
As part of the UCRF initiative ‘Path Breakers — Path Finders’ series, we want to include Suzanne Lee.

Dinah Awino Kawino
Our fifteenth member of the month is Dinah Awino Kawino.

Impact Action: Gearing Research into Practice: The UCRF Research Tapestry
UCRF Research Tapestry Workshop 2 Blog Post 2: Impact Beyond Publications

Spinning Ahead: The UCRF Research Tapestry
UCRF Research Tapestry Workshop 2 Blog Post 1: Spinning Ahead

Wardrobe Methods Event Summary
Wardrobe Methods Event Summary

Weaving the Threads: The UCRF Research Tapestry
Join us on a journey to shape the field of fashion sustainability through research! Introducing the UCRF Research Tapestry—an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and possible futures of inquiries into transforming the textile- and apparel sector.

UCRF Earthshot Prize Nominations
We present our nominations for the 2024 Earthshot Prize and share some of the work leading up to deciding on the two nominations.

Emi Englis
Our fourteenth member of the month is sustainability designer and educator Emi Englis.

Supplier Inclusion Is Key to Climate Action
We define just transition as inclusive, holistic, and equitable actions led by people and communities to disrupt and transform market-based, capitalist systems that perpetuate social and environmental problems. Supplier inclusion and plural social dialogues are strong antecedents to just and fair climate action.

Worker-centric pricing
An invitation to UCRF members to conduct an exercise on Worker-centric pricing as part of commemoration of the 10 year anniversary of Rana Plaza.

Matrixes, Policy and Some Possible Ways Forward
Introducing a spiderogram tool from the Indexes Working Group – an alternative way of measuring sustainability in fashion – and announcing the merger of three working groups.

Irene Maldini
Our thirteenth member of the month is sustainability researcher Irene Maldini.