Else Skjold

Else Skjold is an associate professor at Design School Kolding, Denmark. She holds an MA in Culture and Communication from the University of Copenhagen (2003). Her PhD fellowship was affiliated with Copenhagen Business School, The Doctoral School of Organization and Management, and Design School Kolding. Her PhD thesis The Daily Selection(2014) initiated her continuing work within the field of design entrepreneurship in the crossover between cultural studies, business and design. Her key approach is the combination of design anthropology-orientedwardrobe studies, and design and business strategies for sustainability. She has recently applied this approach in her research on fur and in ethnic entrepreneurship (the THREAD project). She is currently working on a pilot project funded by the Danish Ministry for Research and Innovation and hosted by the Danish organization Lifestyle & Design Clusterabout take-back systems in the areas of fashion, workwear, furniture and carpets.

CV      Else Skjold (f. 1969)

        Cand. mag. i moderne kultur og kulturformidling, november 2003

2019    - Ansat som lektor i Designledelse, Brugerstudier og Bæredygtighed

2016    - Ansat som adjunkt i Designledelse, Brugerstudier og Bæredygtighed

2014    - Ansat som postdoc i forskningsprojekt i samarbejde med Kopenhagen Fur
2008    - Ansat som Ph.d.-studerende på CBS/Designskolen Kolding
2007    - Ansat som projektleder i forskningsprojektet ”Modeforskning som mulig ressource i                                       designuddannelsen” på Designskolen Kolding
           - Timeansat vejleder og underviser på institut for Form og Teori, Designskolen Kolding
           - Censor på skriftlige opgaver for hhv. Designskolen Kolding og Danmarks Designskole
2006    - Ansat som projektleder i forskningsprojektet ”En undersøgelse af international modeforskning (Europa             og Japan)” på Designskolen Kolding