Scientific Committee

  • Agata Rudnicka, PhD, Adiunct Faculty of Management University of Lodz, Poland.
  • Ben Barry, PhD, Chair and Associate Professor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
  • Berit Greinke, PhD, Junior Professor of Wearable Computing at The Berlin University of the Arts and The Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF), Berlin, Germany.
  • Cally Blackman, Senior Lecturer Fashion History and Theory, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.
  • Christina Moon, PhD, Associate Professor of Fashion Studies, School of Art and Design History and Theory, Parsons School of Design, NYC, US.
  • Dagmar Venohr, PhD, Senior Lecturer for History and Theory of Fashion, Institute for Fashion-Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Elizabeth Kutesko, PhD, Pathway Leader BA Fashion Communication: Fashion History and Theory, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.
  • Elke Gaugele, PhD, Professor for Fashion and Styles at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and head of the Austrian Center for Fashion Research (ACfFR), Vienna, Austria.
  • Francine Pairon, Ex-Founder & Director of la Cambre Mode(s), Ex-Founder & Director of Institut Français de la Mode – Master in Fashion Design & Accessory, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Francesca Granata, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Art and Design History and Theory, Parsons School of Design, NYC, US.
  • Friederike von Wedel, Director and Founder Beneficial Design Institute & Dean of Study Affairs “Sustainability in Fashion & Creative Industries”, AMD, Berlin, Germany.
  • Lucia Ruggerone, PhD, lecturer, School of Applied Social Studies, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
  • Marloes ten Bhömer, Senior Research Fellow, Kingston University, UK.
  • Monika Rosinska, PhD, Assistant Professor, Head of Design Theory and Research, Dean’s Deputy for Interdisciplinary Projects, Faculty of Design, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Nina Stevenson, Education for Sustainability Leader, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, UK.
  • Sophie Kurkdjian, PhD, Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies, The American University of Paris, Co-Director Culture(s) de Mode, Paris, France.
  • Stephanie Strauss, CEO Mandhari Agency, Co-Director Culture(s) de Mode, Paris, France.
  • Wowo (Waldemar) Kraus, Professor of Fashion Design at the Berlin University of the Arts, Germany.