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Responsibilities and tasks

Head of Master's Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing

Senior lecturer at Bachelor's and Master's Degree Programmes in Fashion and Clothing

Projects

SusTexEdu - Nordic and Baltic Educational Roadmap for Sustainability in the Textile and Clothing Sector

SusTexEdu - Education Partnership of Textile and Clothing Sector Materials & Sustainability

Publications

Karell, E. (2021). Closing the Loop through Clothing Design: Wishful Thinking or Achievable Practice? Doctoral Dissertation. Aalto University.

Karell, E., & Niinimäki, K. (2020). A Mixed-Method Study of Design Practices and Designers’ Roles in Sustainable-Minded Clothing Companies. Sustainability, 12(11), 4680. 

Niinimäki, K., & Karell, E. (2019). Closing the Loop: Intentional Fashion Design Defined by Recycling Technologies. In G. Vignali, L. Reid, D. Ryding, & C. Henninger (Eds.), Technology-driven Sustainability: Innovation in the Fashion Supply chain (pp. 7-25). Palgrave MacMillan.

Karell, E., & Niinimäki, K. (2019). Addressing the Dialogue between Design, Sorting and Recycling in a Circular Economy. Design Journal, 22(sup1), 997-1013.

Karell, E. (2018). Design for Circularity: The Case of circular.fashion. In K. Niinimäki (Ed.), Sustainable Fashion in a Circular Economy (pp. 96-127). Aalto ARTS Books. 

Armstrong, C., Niinimäki, K., Kujala, S., Karell, E., & Chunmin, L. (2015). Sustainable product-service systems for clothing: exploring consumer perceptions of consumption alternatives in Finland. Journal of Cleaner Production, 97, 30-39.

Karell, E. (2014). Planned continuity: Design of sustainable clothing service concept. MA Thesis. Aalto University. 

Karell, E. (2013). Planned Continuity: Multi-life Garments through Modular Structures and Supplemental Services. teoksessa K. Niinimäki (Toimittaja), Sustainable Fashion: New Approaches (Sivut 110-123). Aalto ARTS Books.