Kirsi Niinimäki

Kirsi Niinimäki

Associate Professor
Associate Professor
A803 Dept. Design

Kirsi Niinimäki is Associate Professor in Design, especially Fashion Research, and the leader of the Fashion/Textiles Futures research group. Throughout her research Niinimäki aims towards a new, holistic understanding in the field of sustainable fashion and textiles and therefore her focus is on the connection between design, manufacturing systems, business models and consumption habits. Circular economy, strategic design, design practices and multidisciplinary collaboration are the base for her scientific knowledge building.

Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...

Contact information

Phone number
+358505693359

Publications

Fashion in turmoil: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Finland’s textile and fashion industry

Teresa Haukkala, Kirsi Niinimäki, Linda Turunen 2023 SUSTAINABILITY: SCIENCE, PRACTICE, AND POLICY

Circular Textiles platform MOOC (massive online open course)

Natalia Moreira, Kirsi Niinimäki 2023

How data can enhance circular economy of textiles: From knowledge and system understanding to actions

Kirsi Niinimäki, Kirsti Cura, Pirjo Heikkilä, Sari Järvinen, Satu Mäkelä, Inka Orko, Hanna-Maija Tuovila 2023

PROCEEDINGS 5th PLATE Conference

Kirsi Niinimäki, Kirsti Cura 2023

The only way to fix fast fashion is to end it

Olli Sahimaa, Elizabeth M. Miller, Minna Halme, Kirsi Niinimäki, Hannu Tanner, Mikko Mäkelä, Marja Rissanen, Anna Härri, Michael Hummel 2023 Nature Reviews Earth and Environment

Unfit, Unfair, Unfashionable: Resizing Fashion for a Fair Consumption Space

Luca Coscieme, Lewis Akenji, Elli Latva-Hakuni, Katia Vladimirova, Kirsi Niinimäki, Claudia Henninger, Cosette Joyner Martinez, Kristian Nielsen, Samira Iran, Erminia D'Itria 2022