All Writers: List

Rachel Bowlby's most recent book is Back to the Shops: The High Street in History and the Future. She has written several books about the history and theory of consumer culture, including Juls Looking (on department stores), Carried Away (on )supermarkets. Other books bring together essays in feminist cultural criticism -- Shopping with Freud, Still Crazy After All These Years, and Everyday Stories; also Feminist Destinatiuons, about Virginia Woolf. Additionally, she has written two books about reproductive technologies and changing parental stories: Freudian Mythologies, and A Child of One's Own. At UCL, where she is Professor of Comparative Literature, she teaches courses on consumer culture and literature.

In 2012 Naomi Braithwaite achieved a doctorate from Nottingham Trent University in the discipline of material culture, titled: 'Shoe Design: an Ethnographic Study of Creativity'. The empirical focus of the thesis centred on the creative practice of a number of British, luxury shoe designers. Naomi has lectured extensively at NTU, HKDI and Manchester Metropolitan University in the fields of International Fashion Business, Fashion Marketing, Branding, Promotion and Communication, Consumer Trends, Research Methods and Design and Visual Culture. 

She has also supervised projects at undergraduate, master's and doctoral level. Naomi worked for 13 years in the designer shoe industry as an International Sales and Retail Manager, managing and developing high profile accounts in the USA, Europe, Australia and the Far East.

Dr Erin O’Brien is an Associate Professor and ARC DECRA Fellow in the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology. Erin’s current research examines political activism and advocacy strategies for social justice, human rights and environmental sustainability, with a particular focus on ethical consumption, political consumerism, and shareholder activism. Erin’s research is concerned with studying the interplay between activists and the state in the construction of knowledge and formation of policy.

Dr Tom Buckley is currently Lecturer in International Business Strategy at the University of Sheffield. Dr Buckley received his PhD. which was subsequently shortlisted for two dissertation prizes, from the University of Reading’s Henley Business School in 2017. Tom’s PhD research focused on the factors affecting the productivity of retail firms in the UK and the US over the long run. Tom’s research continues to adopt an international and comparative approach focusing mainly on the retail industry, but he is also interested in inter-organisational relationships and how private actors provide value to social/cultural initiatives.

Anette Cantagallo, a long-term fashion sustainability practitioner, founded RAUK & CO as an advisory dedicated to guiding SMEs to corporate companies through the complexities of innovation and sustainability. She is also a fashion innovation partner at ASK Scandinavia where she designs the products and also drives collaborations for sustainable innovations.

RAUK & CO partners with consulting firms, fashion brands, and institutions to drive sustainable, long-term growth through innovative strategies. It develops tailored solutions in collaboration with industry experts, technology providers, and good-impact materials to achieve measurable results. Inspired by the resilient “rauks” of Gotland, Sweden, RAUK & CO embodies strength and endurance, helping brands build durable, nature-aligned solutions for a sustainable future.

Paula M Carbone is a professor of clinical education at USC Rossier. Her courses include education for sustainable futures, examining the role of public education in today’s society as a vehicle for the betterment of humanity’s shared future.

Dr Luana Carcano's research focuses on design and execution of strategies, management in luxury and premium businesses, differentiation strategies, and on growth and competitiveness strategies. She is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject. 

Her works have been published in The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Finanza, Marketing and Produzione e Mestieri d’Arte, among others. She is a board member for the Luxury Research Journal. Luana earned a degree in business administration from Bocconi University, a PhD in economics, marketing and corporate communication from IULM University, and a master’s degree in international management from Bocconi-Esade.

In addition to being a lecturer at the Beedie School of Business she is Academic Director for Undergraduate and Business Minor programmes.

Sara Cicognani is Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Flocus BV which is pioneering sustainable and regenerative textile solutions based on kapok fibre, and is creating for it a responsible supply chain. Based in Italy with headquarters in The Netherlands, she is also the co-founder of the non-profit foundation KRAF which takes care of the agricultural aspect of Kapok. Armed with a UCLA degree, Sara started her research and sales plans for Flocus since the beginning of 2016. 

Sara was invited to speak at COP29 Azerbaijan during a side event on 13 November to discuss the critical intersection of the textile and forestry industries and their role in sustainability and climate action.

Treena Clark is a Kokatha and Wirangu academic based in Tarntanya/Adelaide. She is working on a University of Technology Sydney funded research project titled Ad(dressing) Indigeneity: identity, healing, and social change through clothing, fashion, and style.

Jo Coghlan's research uses a sociological and political lens to examine a range of popular culture forms and contexts. An interdisciplinary researcher, Jo has conducted research on a range of popular and material culture areas including gendered political fashion, death studies with a focus on death fashion, critical film and television studies with a focus on class and violence, romance studies which examine issues of representation and historical accuracy, a study of the global history of swim suits (with Dr Lisa J. Hackett), James Bond studies with a focus on material culture, framing of royalty in popular culture with a focus on gender, fashion and celebrity and representations of animals in popular culture in a post-humanist context. Jo is currently writing the history of pigs in popular culture, and along with Lisa Hackett and Huw Nolan is writing a book on the royals in popular culture (Routledge 2024).

Jo is a co-founder of UNE’s Popular Culture Research Network (PopCRN), Australia’s leading popular culture research network and is an Editorial Board Member of The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture (Intellect).