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Meet the CSF team

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Anna Fitzpatrick

Project Coordinator (on maternity leave)

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Anna works alongside Prof. Helen Storey coordinating the research and curriculum development that working in Za’atari has enabled. The urgency of the Climate Emergency plays in an important role in this work.

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Constance Jeffreys

Knowledge Exchange Associate (Sustainability)

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Constance Jeffreys takes an intersectional and anthropological approach to co-create meaningful projects within sustainability.

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Dr Seher Mirza

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

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Seher is a design practitioner, researcher and facilitator. Her research spans 15 years of work in grass roots level development with marginalised communities with thriving material cultures.

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Hannah Riley

Digital Content Officer

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Hannah focuses on the digital communication, content and marketing of the Centre’s research outputs, education projects and industry partnerships.

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Lou Budd

Education Projects Coordinator and Knowledge Exchange Project Manager

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Lou coordinates and manages collaborative projects across CSF’s Education and Knowledge Exchange teams.

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Natasha Mays

Director’s Assistant and Project Support

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Natasha provides administrative support via inbox and calendar management for Dilys Williams.

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Prof Helen Storey - MBE, RDI, FRSA

Professor of Fashion & Science

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Working across design, science & technology in service to humanitarian sector.

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Camilla Palestra - FHEA

Curatorial Associate

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As Curatorial Associate, Camilla works on exhibitions, artists residencies, art and design commissions and public programmes.

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Dr Francesco Mazzarella

Reader in Design for Social Change

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Francesco is a design researcher, educator, and activist, striving to plant seeds of hope and change, especially working with marginalised communities.

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Ella Andrew

Knowledge Exchange Manager & Policy Lead (Sustainability)

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Ella manages and delivers Knowledge Exchange projects, which aim to address fashion’s impact on people and the planet.

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Julia Crew

Course Leader, MA Fashion Futures

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Julia is the Course Leader for the MA Fashion Futures, a postgraduate course that forefronts social and environmental issues within a fashion context.

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Monica Buchan-Ng

Head of Knowledge Exchange (Sustainability)

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CSF’s Head of Knowledge Exchange leads our work with industry partners, CSF team members and the wider college to bring our co-created sustainability projects to life.

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Nina Stevenson

Head of Education (Sustainability)

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Nina is an educator who enjoys collaborating with others to develop complex sustainability ideas into creative and measurable learning in online and offline spaces.

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Prof Lucy Orta

Chair of Art and the Environment

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A visual arts practitioner addressing key social and ecological challenges through making and collaborative working. Founder of the UAL Art for the Environment Residency Programme.

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Charley Copperthwaite

Knowledge Exchange Officer (Sustainability) and Education Projects Coordinator

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Charley works across the Knowledge Exchange and Education teams at the Centre. She coordinates and supports on sustainability projects internally at the university and externally with our industry partners.

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Dr Mila Burcikova

Reader in Fashion Systems and Research Development Lead, Centre for Sustainable Fashion

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Mila’s research investigates alternatives to the current fashion system. Her current projects focus on the connections between fashion and agriculture, rural fashion systems, and the role of time and cyclical patterns in sustainable living.

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Eve Flitman

Centre Coordinator and Knowledge Exchange Officer (Sustainability)

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Eve provides administrative support to Dilys Williams for projects, bids and proposals. Additionally, Eve supports the CSF Director with event preparation, systems management and project research.

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Katelyn Toth-Fejel

CSF Design School Associate

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Katelyn is a designer, artist, lecturer and PhD researcher whose work centres on localism and the everyday social aspects of fashion and sustainability.

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Naomi Bulliard

Head of Strategy

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Naomi leads on the strategic direction of the Centre’s work, business and academic decisions and oversees the development, delivery and evaluation of our core activities across Research, Knowledge Exchange and Education.

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Prof Dilys Williams

Director, Centre for Sustainable Fashion and Professor of Fashion Design for Sustainability

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Dilys' research, design and teaching practice explores participatory and transformation design to realise fashion as sustainability in action.

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Prof Sandy Black

Professor of Fashion, Textile Design & Technology

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Design-led research integrating fashion, textiles and technology in the context of sustainability transformation.

Meet the CSF Associates 

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Carole Morrison

Head of Social Purpose in the Curriculum, LCF, UAL

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Carole leads collaborative, curriculum interventions that position London College of Fashion (UAL) as a ‘civic institution’ and centre issues of citizenship, ethics and having a social conscience.

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Jo Pickering

Associate Lecturer, LCF, UAL

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Jo is an education professional with 20 years of experience teaching in some of the world’s best HE institutions. 

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Sarah May

Lecturer BA (Hons) Fashion Styling and Production, LCF, UAL

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Sarah develops creative projects and research rooted in climate justice, fashion ecologies and community activism.

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Tanveer Ahmed

Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Race, CSM, UAL

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Dr Tanveer Ahmed is a practice-led fashion design researcher exploring alternative justice-oriented forms of fashion design by centring plural fashion narratives inspired by anti-colonial concepts of fashion.

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Eve Lin

Curriculum Developer: Climate Justice, LCF, UAL

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Eve is a bilingual fashion educator whose research uses autoethnography to highlight students' experiences in fashion education, while her creative research explores digital fashion and its connection to sustainable practices.

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Leigh Odimah

Lecturer in Fashion Communication Design and EDI Lead for Fashion Communication Programme, LCF, UAL

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Leigh Odimah's teaching philosophy emphasises pushing students beyond traditional boundaries, focusing on human connection through culture and storytelling.

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Sophie Barr

Course Leader BA (Hons) Critical Practice in Fashion Media, LCF, UAL

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Through Sophie's teaching, scholarship and knowledge exchange projects focused on social, racial and climate justice, Sophie is committed to reshaping the landscape of fashion communication in HE. 

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Frances Odell

Head of LCF Graduate Futures Consultancy, LCF, UAL

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Frances is a results-oriented accredited creative business adviser with nearly 40 years of professional experience, for and with large corporates, SMEs and start-up businesses and professionals in the Creative Industries. 

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Matilda Aspinall

Associate Lecturer (UAL: LCF; CSM; CCW) and co-owner of Sean O'Flynn Shirtmakers, Savile Row, London.

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Dr Matilda Aspinall is a designer-maker, researcher and lecturer; teaching at UAL: London College of Fashion, Chelsea College of Art and Design and Central St Martins.

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Stine Hedegaard

Course Leader MA Fashion Marketing & Sustainability, LCF, UAL

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Dr Stine Hedegaard is a sustainability professional with over 15 years of experience driving Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability related initiatives in the fashion industry and academia.

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