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

Nada Koreish
Our eleventh participant is Nada Koreish.

Nine years since Rana Plaza
April 24, 2022, marks nine years since the devastating Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Earth Day 2022
This Earth Day let us reinvigorate relationships with the earth.

Communique from the Oslo Local Assembly on Textile Fibres
A twist on the usual UCRF Local Assembly format, this themed Local Assembly concentrated on textile fibers. Points for discussion could be tabled by any UCRF member in advance or raised on the day.

Wikipedia edit-a-thon 2022
February 26 is soon here again, and it is time for the yearly UCRF Wikipedia edit-a-thon!

Announcing a Themed Local Assembly in Oslo
A twist on the usual UCRF Local Assembly format, this themed Local Assembly will concentrate on textile fibres. Points for discussion can be tabled by any UCRF member in advance or raised on the day.

Declaración sobre la COP26
La emergencia climática es una amenaza existencial para la vida en la Tierra.

Communiqué from Local Assembly Alaska
The Alaska local assembly took place at the Museum of Anchorage on 4th October 2021.

Miguel Angel Gardetti
Our tenth participant is Miguel Angel Gardetti.

UCRF Statement on COP26
The climate emergency is an existential threat to life on Earth.

Funding advocacy project 2019-20
In 2019-20 the Union wrote to research funding bodies around the world regarding priorities for funding fashion and sustainability research.

Anupama Pasricha
Our ninth participant is Anupama Pasricha.

Update from the UCRF Reading Group
The UCRF reading group opened its digital doors on 30th April 2021.

Olga Johnston
Our eighth participant is Olga Johnston.

Local Assembly Buenos Aires, Argentina
How to accelerate sustainability from the integration of unheard voices?

Fashion Revolution, 2021
Living in India, I have seen the suffering with which garment workers walked hundreds of kilometers back to their villages after Western brands refused to pay for the goods they had ordered in the weeks and months before Covid-19 hit.

Earth Day 2021
This Earth Day let us reinvigorate relationships with the earth.

Gitika Goyal
Our seventh participant is Gitika Goyal.

Process for setting up a UCRF working group
This document sets out guidelines for members of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion in setting up a working group.

Ursula Franklin
“Technology involves organization, procedure, symbols, new words, equations, and most of all, it involves a mindset.”