About

headshot of Timo Rissanen with goatee and cropped hair, 2022

Dr Timo Rissanen is an Associate Professor, Fashion and Textiles in the School of Design at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). His research focuses on design-led approaches to sustainability and social justice in fashion and textile systems. He is also a queer artist working in cross-stitch and installation. He has published two books on fashion and sustainability: Zero Waste Fashion Design (2016, second edition in 2023), co-authored with Holly McQuillan, and Shaping Sustainable Fashion (2011), co-edited with Alison Gwilt. With Kate Fletcher, Mathilda Tham and Lynda Grose, he is a founding member of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion.