Dr Songyi Yan
Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Fashion Management
Dr Songyi Yan joined Manchester Fashion Institute as a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Fashion Management. Her research focuses on sustainability, circular economy, and microfibre pollution within the context of the fashion industry. Songyi’s work on microfibre pollution has received the prestigious 3rd place award for the Professor Michael J Baker Doctoral Thesis Awards in 2023. Songyi’s work has been published in the Journal of Fashion Marketing & Management and Sustainability in the Textile and Apparel Industries. Songyi is further the journal reviewer for Journal of Consumer Behaviour, European Journal of Marketing and Journal of Marketing Management, and an Extended Board Member of the Sustainable Fashion Consumption Network. Songyi has a strong research interest in interdisciplinary research, she has been actively engaging in collaborative projects with academics and researchers from diverse fields (e.g., textile science, computer science, engineering). Originating from China, she pursued undergraduate studies in Fashion Design in France and gained practical experience as a fashion designer before embarking on her doctoral journey. Outside of her academic commitments, Songyi enjoys trail running.
Research
Book Chapters
Yan, S., 2024. 'Together We Go Further and Faster: A Review of Existing Policy Plans for Microfibre Pollution'. In Microfibre Pollution from Textiles.
Yan, S., Henninger, C.E., Brydges, T., 2023. 'Reuse of Pre-Loved Garments: Pain or Gain?'. In Springer Texts in Business and Economics, pp. 159-174, Springer International Publishing.
Yan, S., Brydges, T., Henninger, C., Jones, C., Le Normand, A., Ram, P., 2022. 'How circular are circular business models'. In Sustainability, digitalization, and artification.
Yan, S., Jones, C., Henninger, C., 2020. 'Textile industry insights towards impact of regenerated cellulosic and synthetic fibres on microfibre pollution'. In Sustainability in the Textile and Apparel Industries Sourcing Synthetic and Novel Alternative Raw Materials, Springer Nature.
Journal Articles
Zhang, X., Le Normand, A., Yan, S., Wood, J., Henninger, C.E., 2024. 'What is modular fashion: towards a common definition', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 204.
Henninger, C.E., Brydges, T., Le Normand, A., Luo, S., Quijano, L., Wood, J., Yan, S., 2023. 'How do companies communicate their ‘sustainable’ material innovations on company websites?', International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles, 2 (2), pp. 163-188.
Yan, S., Henninger, C.E., Jones, C., McCormick, H., 2020. 'Sustainable knowledge from consumer perspective addressing microfibre pollution', Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 24 (3), pp. 437-454.
Office Location
Room 2.34
Righton Building
Manchester Fashion Institute
Manchester Metropolitan University
Cavendish Street
Manchester M15 6BG