A new project at the Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås, aims to educate women and increase the number of women in leadership positions within the textile industry. With more women in leading roles, the conditions for making more sustainable decisions within textile companies, also will improve.

Belinda Gredig, recently graduated from MA Textile Design with specialisation in weaving at the Swedish School of Textiles, is one of the finalists in the Bilbao International Art and Fashion (BIAAF) competition and will therefore be able to show three of her works in an exhibition.

The music is pulsing in the Borås Congress Centre. It's packed. The audience sits opposite each other in a square so that an aisle is formed between them. The models will soon come out dressed in the graduating students' graduation collections – and no two collections are alike.

Circular business models are often promoted as the solution to an unsustainable fashion industry. An important nut to crack is how these models can be scaled up – something that requires courage. Emelie Hultberg's doctoral thesis provides clarity on a complex issue.

Recently, the conference Dialogical Bodies was held at the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. It was an interactive conference focusing on artistic research.