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Catherine Glover is an Assistant Professor of Fashion in the School of Design at Northumbria University. She is Programme Leader on the Master of Research Design and the Masters of Arts in Luxury Brand Management (Amsterdam). She lectures on research skills, sustainability, fashion promotion and communication, brand strategy, storytelling, journalism, copywriting, editorial publishing and activism. Her educational interests are 'flipped teaching', agile and adaptive management, running 'live' collaborative briefs with industry partners (international brands and social enterprises), embedding CSR, ESG and EDI principles into organisations, and challenging students to engage with issues and values-based research, and consider mechanisms for transformative social change.
Catherine's research is into transnational storytelling, specifically how social and brand communities enact story processes that inspire grassroots action. She has published articles on the luxury brand Rapha, Harris Tweed, the Tweed Run, and her role as a madoguchi reporting on British fashion, craft, design and architecture for Japanese avant-garde publication, Hanatsubaki.
Her research has appeared in the Fashion Heritage: Narrative and Knowledge Creation (Palgrave Macmillan, eds. Cantista and Delille, 2023), Understanding Luxury Fashion: From Emotions to Brand Building (Palgrave Macmillan, eds. Cantista and Sábada, 2019).Critical Journal of Fashion and Beauty (11.1), International Journal of Fashion (4.2), Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management (22.1). She has presented her research to peer and industry audiences, including at the Global Fashion Conference 2016, 2018, 2020 and Nostalgia: 2nd Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary conference. She is currently researching into stories, nostalgia and clothing, Fashion Revolution, fashion and sustainability, and mindset and behaviour change.
Prior to academia, Catherine worked for fifteen years in industry as a luxury fashion PR, design journalist, copyeditor, and editorial coordinator in arts publishing. She continues to write and publish autobiographical narratives and fashion poetry.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Arts (general), MRes, Rapha: a case-study inquiry into impassioned luxury brand storytelling, Northumbria University
1 Sept 2015 → 16 Oct 2017
Award Date: 16 Oct 2017
Fashion, BA (Hons), Fashion Communication and Promotion, Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design
1 Sept 1997 → 17 Jul 2001
Award Date: 17 Jul 2001
Art and Design (other/general), Diploma, Foundation Studies, Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design
1 Sept 1996 → 1 Jul 1997
Award Date: 20 Jul 1997
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Catherine Glover (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of board
Catherine Glover (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
Catherine Glover (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of board
Catherine Glover (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Catherine Glover (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...