Liu An
Lecturer

Research areas: Slow Fashion, Sustainable Fashion, Fashion and Positive Psychology, Traditional Culture Reinvention

Lecturer, School of Future Design and Future Design Center, Beijing Normal University

Ph.D. in Sustainable Fashion from De Montfort University in the UK.
MA and BA from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in China.

Publications:

Liu A., Baines E., Ku L. Promising Pathways to Enhance Garment Longevity: Slow Fashion from The Perspective of Consumer Well-Being. 2024. (under review)

Liu A., Wu A. M. S., Zhou H., Yang J., Ku L. Engagement with Slow Fashion Enhances Individual Well-Being: Correlational and Experimental Evidence from Young Chinese Consumers. 2024. (under review)

Liu A., Baines E., Ku L. Slow Fashion Is Positively Linked to Consumers’ Well-Being: Evidence from an Online Questionnaire Study in China. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland). 2022;14(21):13990. (SSCI)

Liu A., Baines E. Development Potential of Slow Fashion in The Transformation and Upgrading of Guangdong Garment Industry, Wool Textile Journal. 2021,49(05):101-107. (CA, Chinese Core Journals)

Liu A., Guo J.Y. Cycle fashion: research on the development and design method of textile and garment upgrading. Journal of Silk. 2020,57(12):132-139. (CSCD, WJC, Chinese Core Journals)

Liu A., Yuan G. X., Bai J. Curriculum Reform of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) In the UK —A Case Study of Fashion Design Courses Of De Montfort University. Design. 2023,36(18):114-117. (RCCSE(A), AMI）

Liu A., Conceptual Fashion Design Works for Future Residents. Shanghai Textile Science & Technology. 2021,49(10):122. DOI:10.16549/j.cnki.issn.1001-2044.2021.10.086. (Chinese Core Journals, WJCI) 2021,v.49;No.460(10):122.DOI:10.16549/j.cnki.issn.1001-2044.2021.10.086

Research Projects:

Presiding over 2019 Guangdong Province General University Youth Innovation Talent Category Project: Research on the Construction and Application of Slow Fashion Design Model under the Transformation and Upgrading of Guangdong Garment Industry (2019WQNCX144)

Exploration of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Aesthetic Education--Taking Aesthetic Appreciation and Experience of Slow Fashion Course as an Example(Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus 2023 University-level Teaching Construction and Reform Project)

Exploring how to design and implement the ideological content of aesthetic education programmes in colleges and universities(Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus 2024 University-level Teaching Construction and Reform Project)

University Uniform Design Project (commissioned by Zhuhai Hongchun Clothing Co., Ltd.), 2024

Academic Exchanges:

CRIS and Partners Roundtable - Revisiting Fashion and Sustainability: A Holistic Perspective. Panelist. Organised by Royal Holloway, University of London.2020.10.22

2020 Sustainable Futures in Fashion & Textile- Sustainable Fashion and Textile 3 Days Webinar 2020.12. 9-11
Oral report: “Slow Fashion: A Broader Approach of Sustainable Design for Textile and Garment Industry in the Future”

Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus Interdisciplinary Frontier Forum-Design Discipline Forum. 2021Oral Report: Slow Fashion Design Based on PERMA Model from Positive Psychology

2024 Sustainable Clothingconsumption - Does It Matter? Online WebinarOrganised by Emerald Publishin，Azman Hashim International Business School，Universiti Teknologi MalaysiaOral report: How design can contribute to sustainable consumption: Some practical approaches from China

Academic Service:

Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Society (TBIS)  Reviewer

Awards:

2024 EPDA（European Product Design Award），Gold Prize in ECO DESIGN/Sustainable: Outdoor Products.

2024 MUSE Design Awards Silver winner within the Fashion Design - Recycle / Sustainable Fashion category.