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Joan is a designer whose principle and co-investigator roles have included EU and UK applied research-funded projects where R+D innovations include wellbeing for the body and the environment. In 2000 her PhD was one of the first in Sustainable fashion textile global supply chain analysis, using cradle-to-cradle modelling of wool fiber production. Farrer has been College member, advisor, co-author and co-investigator for AHRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK and INTERREG funded projects. She reviews and writes for various trade and academic publications and holds 5 international journal advisory board posts.
Farrer is a designer who has worked with global brands, Government and NGO’s for decades, this has informed her trans-disciplinary research, which stems from deep practical commercial knowledge of the industrial retail sector, in Fashion, Textiles, Fibre, Materials, Product Design R+D and brand development. Her Sustainable, 'Smart' materials innovative research includes Art and Design collaborations with Physical and Biomedical science, Computing, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering. She and collaborators are developing new interdisciplinary funded proposals and publishing opportunities for pedagogic team research to inform the curriculum.
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):
PG Diploma, SEEDA Supervising PhDs, University of the Arts London
Award Date: 1 Jun 2001
Ph.D., Fashion and Textile Sustainability , Royal College of Art
Award Date: 1 Jul 2000
BA (Hons), Practice in Woven and Printed Textiles for Fashion , Liverpool John Moores University
Award Date: 1 Jul 1978
Reader in Design and Materials Practice and Director of the Design Research Initiatives, University of Brighton
Apr 2010 → Dec 2014
Associate Professor of Fashion & Textiles and Director of Textiles & Design Lab, Auckland University of Technology
Dec 2007 → Jan 2010
Senior Research Tutor and School PhD Director of Studies, Royal College of Art
Jan 2005 → Sep 2007
Senior Research Fellow, University of the Arts London
Jan 2002 → Dec 2004
Design Directorships, Research Fellow and Brand Development Consultant, University of the Arts London
2000 → 2004
Academic Director, MA Fashion, University of the Arts London
1997 → 2000
Commercial Design Consultant, Global Industry Fashion Retailers, Textiles and Products
Sep 1994 → Jan 2002
Company Director Co-Owner, East Central Studios Ltd
Sep 1982 → Sep 1994
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Farrer, J., Bowyer, C., Tallis, M., Chopra, M., Ford, A., Pearse, S., Kao, A., McCabe, D., Wamposzyc, M., Jack, L., Meredith, T., Collins, E. & Wood, C.
2/02/18 → 30/04/22
Project: Research
Farrer, J., Watt, C., Phillips, C., Counsell, A., Byrnes, B. & Smith, M.
7/06/17 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
Bowyer, C., Farrer, J., Di Raimo, A. & Whitmarsh, B.
1/06/17 → 30/09/18
Project: Other
Farrer, J., Bowyer, C., Watt, C., Counsell, A., Netter, L., Clulee, T., Field, C., Habens, A., Meredith, T., Harper, M., Dobson, L., Dewey, A., Ryder, I., Bailey, L., Al-Abbadey, M. & Tarrant, S.
1/09/16 → 30/11/19
Project: Research
Powell, W. & Farrer, J.
11/05/15 → 18/12/15
Project: Innovation
Cressida Bowyer (Participant), Edward Collins (Participant), Joan Farrer (Participant), Mridula Chopra (Participant) & Sayyidah Salam (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Cressida Bowyer (Host), Joan Farrer (Host), Antonino Di Raimo (Host) & Bryony Whitmarsh (Host)
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
Cressida Bowyer (Visiting researcher), Antonino Di Raimo (Visiting researcher) & Joan Farrer (Visiting lecturer)
Activity: Visiting an external organisation types › Visiting an external academic institution
Joan Farrer (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Joan Farrer (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › Examination
Farrer, Joan (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
8/12/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research cited
1/12/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Cressida Bowyer, Joan Farrer & Anoop Chauhan
22/09/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited