PhD defence: Kirsti Reitan Andersen

PhD defence by Kirsti Reitan Andersen

In order to obtain the PhD degree, Kirsti Reitan Andersen has submitted her thesis entitled:

Stabilizing Sustainability
in the Textile and Fashion Industry

 
Despite being faced with increasing demands to practise sustainability, most textile and fashion companies continue to fail undertake the changes that are necessary to achieve greater sustainability—or at best continue to struggle in a globalized and highly interconnected industry to implement the necessary changes. This thesis investigates how organizations can change towards practising sustainability, focusing on the potential of taking a design approach to bringing about processes of organizational change.
 
Primary Supervisor:
Professor Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen, Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School
 
Secondary Supervisor:
Associate Professor Lisanne Wilken, Department of Culture and Society – European Studies, Aarhus University
 
Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Eric Guthey (Chair), Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School
 
Dr Agnès Rocamora, Reader in Social and Cultural Studies, London College of Fashion
 
Assistant Professor  David Swartz, Department of Sociology & Core Curriculum, Boston University
 
Thesis:
The thesis will be available from http://openarchive.cbs.dk
 
Reception:
The Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence in Atrium outside Ks71