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Hakan Karaosman

Dr Hakan Karaosman

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

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Available for postgraduate supervision
Cardiff Business School

Overview

Dr. Hakan Karaosman is a world-renowded and award-winning expert in supply chain sustainability with a particular research interest in fashion and textiles. He is an Associate Professor at Cardiff Business School at Cardiff University, Chief Scientist at FReSCH (Fashion's Responsible Supply Chain Hub, a UN-recognized and EU-awarded action research project hosted by University College Dublin), a Visiting Scholar Professor at University College Dublin and Politecnico di Milano, Chair of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion (UCRF), and an Advisory Board Member of Remake.

Hakan is named in the Vogue Business 100 Innovators: Class of 2023 as a Sustainability Thought Leader. Greenpeace Italia named him a Voice for the Climate in 2023. He is also a recipient of the Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Awards 2023 for Excellence in Sustainability. His paper ‘For the many not the few: Introducing just transition for supply chain management’ was one of the most downloaded articles in the International Journal of Productions & Operations Management in 2024. His research project, FreSCH, won the Financial Times’ Responsible Business Education award in 2025. He is regularly featured in international media articles, including Financial Times, Forbes, Reuters, The Guardian, Vogue Italia, Vogue Business, Business of Fashion, Sourcing Journal, Irish Times, Women’s Wear Daily, InStyle Türkiye, Corriere della Sera, and La Repubblica.

Hakan has delivered keynote speeches at multi-stakeholder events, including those organized by the Financial Times, TEDx, Global Fashion Summit, British Fashion Council, and Milano Fashion Week. In addition to his published work, which includes highly cited academic papers, book chapters, teaching cases, and industrial reports, he has several collaborations focused on sustainability, supply chain management, and climate change with organizations including the UN, NGOs, fashion companies, and media platforms.

Having lived in eight countries throughout his life, Hakan holds a BSc in Environmental Engineering, an MSc in Management in Engineering of Energy and Environment, and a double degree Ph.D. in Industrial Management.

 

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLES

  • Area Editor in Supply Chain and Sustainability. Operations Management Journals (2024 – Present)
  • Advisory Board Member. ReMake World (2024 – Present)
  • People Committee Member. Cardiff Business School (2023 – Present)
  • Chair. The Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion (2021 – Present)
  • Ambassador. Sustainable Procurement Pledge (2020 – Present)
  • Branding Director. International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) (2020 – 2023)
  • Organising Committee. The True Cost Alliance (2022 – Present)
  • Scientific Partner. A New Awareness (2019 – Present)
  • Creative Advisory Council. State of Fashion (2020 – 2022)
  • Art & Interaction Content Curator & Scientific Partner. Salvatore Ferragamo: Sustainable Thinking (2019-2021)
  • Project Expert. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (2019 – 2020)
  • Sustainability Committee. Politecnico di Milano School of Management (2018-2019)
  • Assistant Curator. State of Fashion: Searching for the New Luxury (2018)
  • Scientific Partner. MSc Student Hackathon in Collaboration with the PRADA Group and Yale University (2018)
  • Organising Committee. Shaping a Sustainable Digital Future, A Multistakeholder Engagement Event by the PRADA Group (2017 – 2018)
  • Founder. Next Generation Assembly (MSs Student Hackathon in Collaboration with Glasgow Caledonian University and London College of Fashion, Politecnico di Milano School of Management (2016 – 2019)
  • Scientific Committee. International Workshop on Luxury Retail, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Politecnico di Milano School of Management (2015 – 2019)
  • Co-organiser. Responsible Luxury Summit, Politecnico di Milano School of Management (2015 – 2019)

Publication

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Articles

Book sections

Conferences

Thesis

Websites

Research

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • Karaosman, H, Marshall, D. and Ward, I. (2023), “For the many not the few: introducing just transition for supply chain management”, International Journal of Operations & Production Management

  • Karaosman, H., Marshall, D. and Villena, V. H. 2023. Chrysalis of crisis: covid-19 as a catalyst for awakening power and justice in a luxury fashion supply chain. International Journal of Operations & Production Management 43(10), pp. 1634-1666. (10.1108/IJOPM-05-2022-0320)

  • Guerra-Scheiwiller, E. M., Karaosman, H. and Marshall, D. 2023. Vague concepts and issue washing: women’s empowerment in fashion supply chains. International Journal of Procurement Management (10.1504/IJPM.2023.10058814)
  • Karaosman, H. and Marshall, D. 2023. Impact pathways: Just transition in fashion operations and supply chain management. International Journal of Operations & Production Management 43(13), pp. 226-237. (10.1108/IJOPM-05-2022-0348)
  • Karaosman, H., Marshall, D. and Brun, A. (2020), “Does the devil wear Prada? Lessons in supply chain sustainability from luxury fashion”, European Business Review, November-December, pp. 103–108.
  • Karaosman, H., Perry, P., Brun, A. and Morales-Alonso, G. (2020), “Behind the runway: Extending sustainability in luxury fashion supply chains”, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 117, September, pp. 652–663.
  • Brun, A., Karaosman, H. and Barresi, T. (2020), “Supply chain collaboration for transparency”, Sustainability, Vol. 12 No. 11, 4429.
  • Brun, A. and Karaosman, H. (2020), “Sustainability in the luxury fashion supply chain: Millennials’ perception”, Marche et Organisations, Vol. 37 No. 1, pp. 99 –121
  • Brun, A. and Karaosman, H. (2019), ‘’Customer influence on supply chain management strategies’’, Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 288-306.
  • Brun, A., Castelli, C. and Karaosman, H. (2017), ‘’A focused supply chain strategy for luxury fashion management’’, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 544–563.
  • Karaosman, H., Brun, A. and Morales-Alonso, G. (2017), “Environmental and social impact free stance and consequences on the operational performance”, Journal of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology, Vol. 1 No. 4, pp. 1–12.
  • Karaosman, H., Morales-Alonso, G. and Brun, A. (2016), “From a systematic literature review to a classification framework: Sustainability integration in fashion operations”, Sustainability, Vol. 9 No. 1, p. 30.
  • Karaosman, H., Morales-Alonso, G. and Grijalvo, M. (2015), “Consumer response to CSR in a cross-cultural setting”, Cogent Business & Management, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 1–18.
  • Karaosman, H., Morales-Alonso, G., Grijalvo, M. and Brun, A. (2015), “The impact of ethical fashion on Spanish consumers”, Direccion y Organizacion, Vol. 57, pp. 63–73. 

BOOKS

  • Brun, A. and Karaosman, H. (Eds.) (2017), “Luxury retail, operations and supply chain management: Proceedings of the 4th and 5th international workshops”

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Brun, A. and Karaosman, H. (2022), “Luxury supply chain management”, in Donzé, P.-Y., Pouillard, V. and Roberts, J. (Eds.), Luxury Business, Oxford Handbooks Online.
  • Karaosman, H., Brun, A. and Morales-Alonso, G. (2017), “Vogue or Vague: Sustainability performance appraisal in luxury fashion supply chains”, in Gardetti, M.A. (Ed.), Sustainable Management of Luxury, Springer, Singapore, pp. 301–330.
  • Karaosman, H., Morales-Alonso, G. and Brun, A. (2017), “Strike a pose: Luxury for sustainability”, in Gardetti, M.A. (Ed.), Sustainable Management of Luxury, Springer, Singapore, pp. 145–162.
  • Brun, A., Castelli, C. and Karaosman, H. (2017), “See now buy now: A revolution for luxury supply chain management”, in Rinaldi, R. and Bandinelli, R. (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, pp. 33–46.
  • Karaosman, H. and Brun, A. (2016), “The myth of sustainability in fashion supply chains”, in Vecchi, A. and Buckley, C. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Global Fashion Management and Merchandising, IGI Global, pp. 481–509.
  • Karaosman, H., Brun, A. and Morales-Alonso, G. (2016), “Slow fashion and sustainability: The luxury impact”, in Vecchi, A. and Buckley, C. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Global Fashion Management and Merchandising, IGI Global, pp. 468–481.
  • Karaosman, H., Mermod, A.Y. and Yuksel, U. (2014), “Corporate social responsibility in the European Union: An assessment of CSR strategy”, in Idowu, S.O., Frederiksen, C.S., Mermod, A.Y. and Nielsen, M.E.J. (Eds.), Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance: Practice & Theory, Springer, Berlin, 1st. ed., pp. 317–337.

 RESEARCH MONOGRAPHS

  • Karaosman, H. (2017) “Sustainability integration in luxury fashion supply chains: An empirical investigation of leather and textiles in Italy”, Submitted at the European Commission’s European Doctorate in Industrial Management (EDIM)

 PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • Karaosman H., Marshall D., Van-Staden H., and Schneider F., “To: Fashion Giants I Subject: What You Need to Understand to Take Appropriate Climate Action In Your Supply Chains”, Systemic Change: IPSERA Conference 2023

  • Benstead, A., Boffelli, A., Visintin, F., Karaosman, H., “Modern slavery in a developed country: the empirical case of Prato, Italy”, 2023 EurOMA Conference

  • Karaosman H, and Marshall D. (2023). “Climate action and social justice in fashion supply chains”, IPSERA UK-Ireland Regional Conference on Sustainability for Early-Career Researchers, Newcastle, UK, February 2023
  • Karaosman H, and Marshall, D., “For the many not the few introducing radical just transition for purchasing and supply management”, International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Conference, Jonkoping, Sweden, April 2022
  • Karaosman H, and Marshall, D., "Arrogant Hero’: A Fast Fashion Giant’s Supply Chain Just Transition”, International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Conference, Jonkoping, Sweden, April 2022
  • Karaosman H., Marshall D., and Villena V.H. (2021). “Brand power use and innovative sources of supplier power in the fashion industry in response to COVID-19”. IPSERA 2021 Online Conference, April 2021
  • Karaosman H. and Marshall D. (2020). “Social resource impact on supply chain sustainability”. 7th international European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) Forum, University of Nottingham, UK, Feb 2020
  • Ciccullo F., Karaosman H., Xu J., Pero M., and Brun A. (2019). “Toward circular supply chain management in the fashion industry”. XXIV Summer School “Francesco Turco” – Industrial Systems Engineering, September 2019
  • Karaosman H., Marshall D., and Brun A. (2019). “Unlocking responsible luxury”. International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Conference, Milan, Italy, April 2019
  • Brun, A. and Karaosman, H. (2019). “Bespoke supply chains: Transforming luxury supply networks”. 20th Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, February 2019
  • Brun, A., Zampieri, A., and Karaosman, H. (2018). “Sustainability in the Luxury Fashion Supply Chain: Millennials’ Perception”. Third Monaco Symposium on Luxury, April 2018
  • Karaosman, H., Perry, P., Brun, A. and Morales-Alonso, G. (2017). ‘’Integrating sustainability in luxury fashion supply chains’’. Global Fashion Management Conference, Vienna, July 2017
  • Karaosman, H., Perry, P., Brun, A. and Morales-Alonso, G. (2017). “Integrating sustainability in luxury fashion production networks: An empirical investigation of leather and silk”. Circular Economy: Transitioning to Sustainability? CE2S Conference, Coventry, July 2017
  • Brun, A. and Karaosman, H. (2017). ‘’Product sustainability matrix’’. IT4 Fashion Conference, Florence, April 2017
  • Karaosman, H., Brun A., and Morales-Alonso, G. (2017). “Embarking on environmental and social sustainability in luxury fashion supply chains”, EurOMA Sustainability Forum, Milan, February 2017
  • Brun, A., and Karaosman, H. (2017). ‘’A simulation study of inventory replenishment in luxury fashion supply chains’’. 19th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, February 2017
  • Karaosman, H., Brun A., and Morales-Alonso, G. (2017). “Joining the dots: Sustainability impact on operational performance’’. 19thInternational Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, February 2017
  • Karaosman, H., and Brun, A. (2016). ‘Vogue or Vague? The hindrances of sustainability inclusion in fashion supply networks’’. 5thInternational Workshop on Luxury Retail, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Milan, November 2016
  • Karaosman, H., Morales-Alonso, G. and Brun, A. (2016). ‘’From a systematic review to a classification framework: Sustainability integration in fashion operations’’. 5th International Workshop on Luxury Retail, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Milan, November 2016
  • Karaosman, H., Brun, A., and Morales-Alonso, G. (2016) ‘’Vogue or Vague? Sustainability Performance Appraisal’’. IT4 Fashion Conference, Florence, April 2016
  • Brun. A, Castelli. C, and Karaosman, H. (2016) ‘’See now buy now: A revolution for luxury fashion supply chain management’’. IT4 Fashion Conference, Florence, April 2016
  • Karaosman, H., Brun A., and Morales-Alonso, G. (2015) “Integrated sustainable fashion supply chains and the impact on operational performance: Assessing annual sustainability reports’’. 22nd EurOMA Conference, Neuchatel, July 2015
  • Karaosman, H., Morales-Alonso, G. and Brun, A. (2015). “How can local manufacturing improve economic development? Saint Brissant: A case study of local manufacturing in Spain”. 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management, Malaga, July 2014
  • Karaosman, H. and Onurlu, Ö. (2009). ‘’ Corporate social responsibility and branding’’, 5th International Conference of the Academy of Marketing on Brand, Identity and Corporate Reputation, Cambridge, September

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS

  • Karaosman, H., Brun. A., Michele-Vicario, A., Sinibaldi, A., and Magnani, M. (2019), “Unlocking Responsible Luxury: The Manifesto 2019”, Politecnico di Milano School of Management and Mazars Italy
  • Karaosman, H., Alexander, B., Teunissen, J., Huisingh, D., Marshall, D., Niepelt, L., Pal, R., and Moore, S. (2018), “Unlocking Responsible Luxury: The Manifesto”, Politecnico di Milano School of Management and Mazars Italy
  • Carbon footprint (CDP) and corporate social responsibility (GRI) reports written for a wide range of companies between 2012-2013 (names are not to be disclosed due to business confidentiality)

TEACHING CASE

  • Perry, P. and Karaosman, H. (2018), “Applying Circular Economy Principles in Luxury Fashion: petit h”, Bloomsbury Publishing

 

Teaching

Since 2013, I have created lectures and delivered academic, as well as corporate, teaching on supply chain management, sustainability, fashion supply management and various industrial engineering topics. During my teaching, I provide personal, constructive, and customised feedback to students and provide an inclusive and encouraging environment to stimulate continuous learning. I create my lectures to facilitate reflexive and participatory conversations to foster rigour, creativity, innovation, and responsibility in decision-making. By discussing cases, current affairs, policy, and practice and by inviting practitioners to my lectures, I create and sustain the attention of the students. I am currently teaching Strategic Supply Chain Management at Cardiff Business School. 

Biography

Honours and awards

  • Financial Times Responsible Business Education Awards (2025)
  • Top Downloaded Paper (2024), International Journal of Operations & Production Management
  • Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Awards (2023), Excellence in Environmental Sustainability 
  • The Vogue Business 100 Innovators: Class of 2023; Sustainability Thought Leader
  • Greenpeace Italy, Voice for the Climate (2023)
  • European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (2020), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, 200,000 applicants (5% success rate), €200,000
  • European Union Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programme (2013), European Doctorate in Industrial Management (EDIM), Double Degree PhD Programme, €110,000
  • European Union Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme (2010), European Joint Master’s in Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy (ME3), €48,000
  • Shortlisted for the Best Paper Award (2022) IPSERA 2022 Annual Conference, Jonkoping University, “For the many not the few introducing radical just transition for purchasing and supply management”
  • Audience Prize for Best Talk (2021), University College Dublin Earth Institute, Earth Day Flash Talk Competition, “Decolonizing Fashion: How to move from window-dressing to a just transition?”

Academic positions

May 2020 – Sep 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher II - University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland

·       Fashion’s Responsible Supply Chain Hub (FReSCH)

Nov 2017 – Dec 2019

Postdoctoral Researcher I - Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI), Italy

·       Sustainable Luxury Academy

Sep 2013 – Oct 2017

Ph.D. Researcher - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain & POLIMI, Italy

Apr 2017 – Aug 2017

Visiting Scholar - University of Manchester, School of Materials

Speaking engagements

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ARTICLES 

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

ACADEMIC EVENT INVITED SPEAKER

  • Karaosman H. (2024). Keynote Speaker. “Paradoxical Nature of Luxury and Just Transition in Fashion”. 1st International Society for Luxury Management Meeting. 7 March
  • Karaosman H. (2023). Speaker. "The activist academic". The Power of Public Value Podcast, Cardiff Business School, 10 October
  • Karaosman H. (2023). Chair. Annual General Assembly UCRF 2023, 4 July
  • Karaosman H. (2023). Speaker. Annual General Assembly IPSERA 2023 Conference, 4 April
  • Karaosman H. (2023). Speaker. "Research activism unraveled". 10th EurOMA Sustainability Forum. 23 March
  • Karaosman H. (2022). Speaker. “Sustainable supply chain management through innovative and creative methods: Action research”. 10th EurOMA Summer School. 30 June.
  • Karaosman H. (2022). Speaker. “The value of embracing diversity in qualitative research methods”. Journal of Supply Chain Management’s Virtual Methods Series, Online. 2 May
  • Karaosman H., (2022). Speaker. Annual General Assembly IPSERA 2022 Conference, 12 April
  • Karaosman H. (2021). Speaker. The Sustainable Fashion Forum. The Asociación Moda Sostenible Barcelona in collaboration with EADA. 15 December
  • Karaosman H., Ward I., and Marshall D. (2021). Speaker. “Ensuring a just and inclusive transition to low-carbon supply chains”. UCD College of Business Research Symposium, Online, June 2021
  • Karaosman H. (2021). Speaker. “How to decolonize fashion? Investigating justice and empowerment in fashion supply chains”. ESADE BuNeD Research Seminar, 26 May
  • Karaosman H. Annual General Assembly (2021). Speaker. IPSERA Online Conference 2021, 30 March
  • Karaosman H. (2020). Speaker. U21 ECR workshop 2020 modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking: Roadmaps to 2030, 3 December

 ACADEMIC EVENT TRACK CHAIR

  • Back to the Future: Just Transition in the Textile Sector in Wales (2024). Co-chair. Cardiff University Conversation Starter. 5 March
  • Just Transition Forum (2023). Track Chair. UCRF Forum. 27 April
  • Sustainability-Sector Studies (2023). Track Chair. IPSERA Annual Conference. 3 April 
  • How to Enable Systemic Change in Fashion? (2023). Track Chair. IPSERA Annual Conference. 3 April 
  • Doctoral Workshop (2023). Track Chair. IPSERA Annual Conference. 2 April 
  • Circular Economy and Sustainability (2023). Track Chair. IPSERA UK-Ireland Regional Conference on Sustainability for Early-Career Researchers. 2 February
  • Ways of Caring: Practicing Solidarity (2022). Track Chair. International Fashion Conference. ArtEZ University x State of Fashion. 30 June
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management (2022). Track Chair. IPSERA 2022 Conference, 13 April
  • Social Sustainability 2022). Track Chair. IPSERA 2022 Conference, 11 April
  • COVID-19 and Supply Chain Management (2021). Track Chair. IPSERA Online Conference 2021, 30 March
  • Masterclass: Masters of Change (2018). Fashion Colloquium: Searching for the New Luxury, 1 June
  • Sustainability in Luxury Supply Chain Management (2017). Track Chair. International Workshop on Luxury Retail, Operations and Supply Chain Management Politecnico di Milano School of Management. 27 November

 INDUSTRIAL ENGAGEMENT EVENT KEYNOTE SPEAKER

  • Just transition and sustainable supply chain management in fashion (2024). Keynote Speaker, Sustainability Talks Istanbul. 3 December
  • Revolutionizing sustainable supply chain strategies: responsibility, transparency and value optimization (2024). Speaker, Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum. 25 October
  • Fashion forward: A path to ethical and resilient supply chains (2024). Keynote Speaker. Fashion for Future and University of Florence. 18 October
  • Una transizione giusta e sostenibile (2024). Keynote Speaker. 4Sustainability, Process Factory, Annual Summit. 3 October
  • Buen Vivir: Creating Future-looking, People-centred Fashion Supply Chains (2024). Keynote Speaker. Future Works Ideathon. Yavuzcehre Tekstil. 7 March (online)
  • Water Crisis, Humanity and Sustainability (2024). Sabancı Vakfı 8. Kısa Film Yarışması Perspektif Buluşmaları. Keynote Speaker. Sabancı Vakfı Kisa Film Platformu. 16 January
  • ACTION: Fashion Justice (2024). Keynote Speaker. Mango Headquarters. 12 January
  • Reimagining Sustainability Transitions (2023). Keynote Speaker. Setting the Future Business Conference. Cardiff Business School x Politecnico di Milano. 29 November
  • Solutions beyond Growth: Social Justice and Fashion Decarbonisation (2023). Keynote Speaker. Global Fashion Agenda. Global Fashion Summit. 27 June
  • #NoNewClothes + Why Paying Living Wages is a Climate Solution (2023). Keynote Speaker. ReMake Press Conference. 31 May
  • Putting People and Planet Front and Center: The Ability to Sustain through Fashion (2023). Keynote Speaker. Milano Fashion Week, Fashion for Planet: Open Parliament. 23 February
  • Climate Change and Social Inequality (2021). Keynote Speaker. TEDx Archivorum. 15 April
  • Justice and Equity in Fashion (2021). Keynote Speaker. III Transparency & Sustainability Forum (Brazil). 4 March
  • Reset Fashion (2020). Keynote Speaker. Process Factory 4Sustainability Annual Event. 26 November (in Italian)
  • Crafting a More Resilient, Effective and Responsible Supply Chain Culture (2020). Keynote Speaker. Financial Times x The Next Web Summit. 18 June
  • Progetto Quid Flagship Milan Store Inauguration (2019). Keynote Speaker. Progetto Quid. 25 October
  • Manifesto for Ethical and Environmental Responsibility in Fashion (2019). Keynote Speaker. Good Brand Guru Annual Conference. 10 May
  • Unlocking Responsible Luxury (2017). Keynote Speaker. Politecnico di Milano School of Management, 27 November
  • Why Change? (2017). Keynote Speaker. Sustainable Luxury Academy Industrial Workshop Politecnico di Milano School of Management, 12 October
  • Sustainable Fashion (2017). Keynote Speaker. Glasgow Caledonian University Fashion Showcase. 30 May
  • Sustainability and Luxury: Welcome to the Next Generation Assembly (2016). Keynote Speaker. Responsible Luxury Summit Politecnico di Milano School of Management, 30 November

INDUSTRIAL ENGAGEMENT EVENT INVITED SPEAKER

  • Ensuring Clean Production And Green Growth In International Volume Manufacturing Markets (2024). Speaker. British Fashion Council Institute of Positive Fashion Forum. 18 April
  • Fashion Accountability (2024). Speaker. ReMake Fashion Ambassador Community Call. 5 February
  • The Industry We Want (2024). Moderator. The OECD Forum 2024. 29 February
  • La Moda e Sostenabilita (2023). Speaker. Cooperativa Lamongolfiera. 13 October
  • Business Fashion Environment Summit (2023). Speaker. Vogue Polska. 10 October
  • Beyond Decarbonisation: The Fashion Industry Needs an Equitable and Rapid Transition That Avoids False Solutions (2023). Speaker. Stand.Earth and Oxfam Canada. 20 September
  • What is Ahead? Legislation, Greenwashing and Fashion Supply Chains (2023). Speaker. Process Factory 4Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting. 24 May 
  • Just Transition in Fashion (2023). Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion Forum. Speaker. 27 April 
  • The Renaissance of Italian Fashion Supply Chains (2021). Speaker. Process Factory 4Sustainability Annual Event. 2 December
  • Fashionscapes: A Circular Economy (2021). Speaker. Documentary by Livia Firth, Lucy Siegle and Andrew Morgan. 20 September
  • Fashionscapes: A Circular Economy (2021). Speaker. Documentary launch. 20 September
  • Jeans and Circular Economy (2021). Speaker. Genova Jeans. 5 September (in Italian)
  • Waste Nothing: Why? (2021). Speaker. WRAD x PVH. 6 July (in Italian)
  • Fashion and Supply Chains: Opportunities and Bottlenecks (2021). Speaker. Bez Atölye Moda Çalıştayı. 22 May (in Turkish)
  • From Window-dressing to Radical Supply Chain Transformation (2021). Speaker. Instagram Live with Beira. 22 April
  • Has the Pandemic Enlightened Us to Become Ethical Consumers (2021). Speaker. Liverpool Fashion Summit. 21 April
  • Moda e catena produttiva all’inizio (Fashion and Production Chain) (2021). Speaker. Benetton Group. 20 April
  • What about State of Fashion 2022 Biennial? (2021). Speaker. Instagram Live with State of Fashion. 16 January
  • Education and Career in Sustainable Fashion (2021). Speaker. Moda Kariyeri (The Fashion Career). 9 January (in Turkish)
  • Sustainable Supply Chains versus Covid-19. (2020). Speaker. IPSERA Sustainability Workshop. 30 November
  • Fashion between the Pandemic and Sustainability (2020). Speaker. Good Morning Doers. 28 November (in Italian)
  • Block Black Friday (2020). Speaker. Cube Radio. 21 November (in Italian)
  • 4 Sustainability (2020). Speaker. Process Factory. 22 October (in Italian)
  • Fashion Trust (2020). Speaker. National Chamber of Italian Fashion (Camera nazionale della moda italiana). 24 June
  • Redefining Fashion from A to Z (2020). Speaker. Evde Moda Sohbetleri (Fashion Conversations during the Lockdown). 20 June (in Turkish)
  • Sustainability and Supply Chains: Respect and Empathy in Fashion Supply Chains (2020). Speaker. Notion Kolektif. 31 May (in Turkish)
  • Building Resilient, Efficient + Sustainable Supply Chains Amidst and Beyond Covid-19 (2020). Speaker. Conscious Chatter. 28 May
  • Sustainability in the Personal Luxury Goods Industry (2020). Speaker. Luxury Management Talks – Politecnico di Milano School of Management. 18 May
  • Sustainable Fashion Trends (2020). Speaker. Moda Kariyeri (The Fashion Career). 9 May (in Turkish)
  • Enhancing Transparency and Traceability of Sustainable Value Chains: The Leather Sector (2019). Speaker. 34th UN/CEFACT Forum United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. 2 November
  • How to Accelerate the Transition to Sustainability in The Context of Fashion? (2019). Speaker. Unitelma Sapienza - University of Roma. 30 September
  • Fashion Victims (2019). The European Premiere Speaker. 23 April
  • Fashion Film Festival Milano for Green Conversation (2018). Speaker. Fashion Film Festival Milano, 24 September

INDUSTRIAL ENGAGEMENT EVENT MODERATOR

  • Decarbonisation in the fashion and textile industry (2024). Moderator. 3 December
  • Rethinking Decarbonisation (2023). Moderator. 29 November
  • Just Transition in Fashion (2023). Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion Forum. Moderator. 27 April
  • How Students and Young Professionals Transform Corporate Supply Chains for the Better? (2022). Moderator. World Sustainable Procurement Day, 21 March
  • Fashion, Supply Chain and Sustainability: How to Fix a Broken System? (2021). Moderator. IPSERA Online Conference 2021, 30 March
  • FFF Milano for Green Conversation 2021: Upcycling Nature with Javier Goyeneche and Hakan Karaosman (2021). Moderator. Fashion Film Festival Milano. 7 January
  • How Are Current Times Pushing for A New Awareness in Fashion (Community Engagement and Awareness Raising Campaign for Environmentally Responsible and Socially Just Fashion) (2020). Moderator. 2020-Present
  • How to Redefine Fashion to Ensure Fairness for All: A Frank Conversation between Hakan Karaosman and Livia Firth (2020). Moderator. Rio Ethical Fashion Forum. 30 October
  • Sustainability Reporting & Comms Europe (2020). Moderator. Reuters Event. 1 September
  • Fashion is ‘Climate Change & Circular Economy’ (2020). Moderator. Fashinnovation Worldwide. 8 June
  • Interaction Hub: Sustainability Education and Fashion (2020). Moderator. White Sustainable Milan. 11-12 January
  • Fostering Public Engagement: A Conversation with Vogue Italia and United Nations (2019). Moderator. Responsible Luxury Summit Politecnico di Milano School of Management. 21 November
  • FFF Milano for Green Conversation with Oskar Metsavaht: The Italian Premiere of the Documentary “ASAP” (2019). Moderator. Fashion Film Festival Milano, 7 November
  • A New Awareness for Radical and Fair Change (2019). Co-founder & Moderator. A New Awareness. 20 September
  • Responsible Fashion to Accelerate the Transition to Sustainability (2019). Co-founder & Moderator. A New Awareness. 20 September
  • Give a FOK-us: Fashion Force (2019). Moderator. White Sustainable Milan Fashion Reboot. 15 June
  • Sustainable Thinking (2019). Art & Interaction Content Curator & Academic Partner. Salvatore Ferragamo. April 2019-2021
  • State of Fashion: Searching for the New Luxury (2018). Moderator, International Workshop on Luxury Retail, Operations and Supply Chain Management Politecnico di Milano School of Management, 28 November

Committees and reviewing

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLES

  • Impact Conversation Curator and Host. Journal of Supply Chain Management (2025 – Present)
  • Advisory Board Member. Governance for Tomorrow (London College of Fashion x Kering) (2024 – Present)
  • Advisory Board Member. Sustainability Talks Istanbul (2024 – Present)
  • Advisory Board Member. ReMake World (2024 – Present)
  • Area Editor in Supply Chain and Sustainability. Operations Management Journals (2024 – Present)
  • People Committee Member. Cardiff Business School (2023 – Present)
  • External Engagement Committee Member. Cardiff Business School (2023 – Present)
  • Advisory Board Member. Process Factory, 4Sustainability (2023– Present) 
  • Chair. The Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion (2021 – Present)
  • Ambassador. Sustainable Procurement Pledge (2020 – Present)
  • Branding Director. International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) (2020 – 2023)
  • Organising Committee. The True Cost Alliance (2022 – Present)
  • Scientific Partner. A New Awareness (2019 – Present)
  • Creative Advisory Council. State of Fashion (2020 – 2022)
  • Art & Interaction Content Curator & Scientific Partner. Salvatore Ferragamo: Sustainable Thinking (2019-2021)
  • Project Expert. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (2019 – 2020)
  • Sustainability Committee. Politecnico di Milano School of Management (2018-2019)
  • Assistant Curator. State of Fashion: Searching for the New Luxury (2018)
  • Scientific Partner. MSc Student Hackathon in Collaboration with the PRADA Group and Yale University (2018)
  • Organising Committee. Shaping a Sustainable Digital Future, A Multistakeholder Engagement Event by the PRADA Group (2017 – 2018)
  • Founder. Next Generation Assembly (MSs Student Hackathon in Collaboration with Glasgow Caledonian University and London College of Fashion, Politecnico di Milano School of Management (2016 – 2019)
  • Scientific Committee. International Workshop on Luxury Retail, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Politecnico di Milano School of Management (2015 – 2019)
  • Co-organiser. Responsible Luxury Summit, Politecnico di Milano School of Management (2015 – 2019)

 ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP ROLES

  • Impact Conversation Curator and Host. Journal of Supply Chain Management (2025 – Present)
  • Scientific Committee Member, International Society for Luxury Management, 2024 – Present
  • Area Editor (Editorial Board Member), Operations Management Research, 2024 – Present 
  • UKRI – UK Research and Innovation, 2023, Assessment Panel for the UKRI (AHRC, Innovate UK, and NERC) Circular Fashion and Textile Programme
  • Reviewer, Journal of Business Ethics, 2024 – Present 
  • Reviewer, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 – Present 
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 2022 – Present
  • Reviewer, Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2022 – Present
  • Reviewer, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 – Present
  • Reviewer, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 2021 – Present
  • Reviewer, Journal of Business Research, 2020 – Present
  • Reviewer, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 2018 – Present
  • Reviewer, Business Process Management Journal, 2017 – Present 
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 2014 – Present

Supervisions

Having completed a double degree PhD in an international environment, I experienced the enriching and challenging facets of thesis supervision as a student. I would like to bring my experiences to help our students enrich their experience at academic, personal, and professional levels. 

I am interested in supervising students in the areas of:

  • Just transition 
  • Social justice and environmental sustainability in complex supply chains
  • Fashion supply chain sustainability 
  • Power issues, inclusion and agency
  • Paradoxical issues in supply chain management

Contact Details

Email KaraosmanH@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 79366
Campuses Aberconway Building, Room Room C22, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
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