Liu An
Lecturer，Master's Supervisor
Research Areas: Sustainable Fashion Design， Design and Positive Psychology， Smart Wearable Design， Educational Apparel and Accessories Design， Intangible Cultural Heritage and Fashion Innovation Research
Lecturer and Master's Supervisor at the School of Future Design and the Future Design Innovation Research Centre, Beijing Normal University. Member of the China Fashion Designers Association; Vice President and Executive Secretary-General of the Zhuhai Fashion Designers Association.
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., Qi B., Ku L., Chitosan-Based Composites for Sustainable Textile Production: Applications Across the Lifecycle，Clean Technol. 2025, Volume 7, Issue 4, 95（SCI，Q2）
• Liu A., Li X., Sustainable Fashion and Traditional Craft: The Role of Experiential Learning in Shaping Designers and Promoting Cultural Sustainability in Central Asia，Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 2025; 35:e70200（SSCI，Q3）
• Liu A., Gong S., Li X., Pedagogical Approaches to the International Exchange of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in Belt and Road Countries: A Cultural Empathy Perspective. 2024 4th International Conference on Public Art and Human Development. (ICPAHD2024). 2024-11
• 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:
• 2025 Guangdong Education Science Planning Programme (Higher Education Special Project): Research on Pathways for International Cooperation in Design Education within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area — Taking the United Nations Intangible Cultural Heritage Programme and Belt and Road Initiative Practices as Case Studies
• 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. 2021
Oral Report: Slow Fashion Design Based on PERMA Model from Positive Psychology
• 2024 Sustainable Clothing Consumption - Does It Matter? Online Webinar
Organized by Emerald Publishin，Azman Hashim International Business School，University Technology Malaysia
Oral report: How design can contribute to sustainable consumption: Some practical approaches from China
• AHIBS GLOBAL RESEARCH EXCHANGE：Sustainable Clothing Consumption，My Wardrobe, Myself, and My Well-being.,2024，Azman Hashim International Business School, University Technology Malaysia (AHIBS UTM).
• UNESCO ‘Intangible Heritage as Fashion’: Third Workshop of the Two-Year Capacity-Building Project on Integrating Intangible Heritage into Fashion – Contemporary Translation of Intangible Heritage Fashion: Design Planning, Cultural Innovation and Industrial Synergy, Zhuhai, China, October 2025
• UNESCO ‘Partners' Meeting on Integrating Intangible Cultural Heritage into Contemporary Fashion Design’, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China, February 2025
Oral Presentation: ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Future of Sustainable Fashion’
Academic Service:
Journal of Happiness Studies. SSCI (Q1) Reviewer
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. SSCI (Q3) Reviewer
Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Society (TBIS) Reviewer
Exhibition:
• ‘Innovative Horizons: A Showcase of Design Excellence’ International Design Exhibition, Singapore China Cultural Centre
• SUSFUTURE 2024 ‘From Tradition to Future - A Journey of Sustainable Fashion’ International Design Exhibition, Taiwan
• ‘Love Me as I Am’ 2025 SUSFUTURE International Sustainable Design Exhibition, Taiwan
• ‘Cloud and Water Resonance, Mountains and Seas Connected’ 2020 National Social Science Fund Major Project in Arts ‘Research on National Design Policy under the “Belt and Road” Initiative’ Special Design Invitational Exhibition, Beijing, China
• The Sixth ‘China Education Innovation Expo’
• The Seventh ‘China Education Innovation Expo’
• Moss International Design Festival, Suzhou, China
• 2025 Belt and Road International Sustainable Fashion Design Exhibition, Taiyuan, China
• Beijing International Children's Creative Design Exhibition, Beijing, China
• 2023 Zhuhai Fashion Week
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.
2024 National Young Designer Competition, Second Prize, China Industrial Designers Association