Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion (UCRF) is a global initiative of fashion and sustainability researchers whose foundation in 2018 was inspired by the example of the Union of Concerned Scientists formed in 1969 over concerns about the misuse of science in support of the status quo and to feed political agendas. The UCRF was founded by leading scholars in fashion and sustainability, Kate Fletcher (Centre for Sustainable Fashion, University of the Arts London), Lynda Grose (California College of the Arts), Timo Rissanen (Parsons School of Design) and Mathilda Tham (Linnaeus University, Sweden), and the Union’s manifesto has since been signed by over 200 academic members worldwide NB: Valid at the time of writing, January 2020. The core mission of the Union is to prevent oversimplification and fragmentation of response to the climate crisis within the fashion sector and to unite fashion researchers in knowledge leadership and actions that can disrupt business-as-usual and offer new systemic visions for the relationship between people, environment and fashion.(1,2)
UNION OF CONCERNED RESEARCHERS IN FASHION (UCRF)
