Professor: Fashion and Sustainability

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The opportunity

We are seeking an original and holistic thinker and world-leading researcher to join our globally recognised change-making Centre for Sustainable Fashion team. Based at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London, this academic leadership opportunity will make a distinctive and significant contribution to research in ecological, social, cultural, and economic wellbeing, applicable to fashion. You will work directly with the centre director, its research team, LCF Deans and UAL researchers and with diverse partnerships, in contributing to UAL’s social purpose. 

You will have the opportunity to join a vibrant team and to work with experienced and early career researchers. Your strong theoretical background and excellent writing track record will complement the expertise across the centre. 

If you have any queries about this role please contact Naomi Bulliard via email at n.bulliard@arts.ac.uk

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Alex Hitter, Resourcing Adviser at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk.

About you

We are looking for an experienced and high profile researcher with a portfolio in or applicable to sustainability and fashion, relating to systems thinking, regenerative practices, the wellbeing economy, environmental and social justice. 

With a wealth of internationally excellent research outputs and a record of high value bid experience and cross cultural, cross sector collaborations, you will support UAL’s strategic research objectives strengthening the research reputation of the centre to develop fashion’s role, expanding the knowledges on which it is based. 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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