Lise Skov

Lise Skov
Associate professor , Ph.D
Lise Skov

Institut for Interkulturel Kommunikation og Ledelse

Porcelænshaven 7 (Rosenvilla)
2000 Frederiksberg
Tel.: +45 3815 3382
Fax:+45 3815 3840
E-mail: ls.ikl@cbs.dk



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Affiliated with Creative Encounters: The socio-economic organization of creative industries, forskningsprogram finansieret af Det Strategiske Forskningsråds KINO komite (2007-2011) and Imagine.. Creative Industries Research

Current projects:
1: Editor of the Western Europe part in Bergs Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion (to be published in 2010)
2: ’New fashion centres’ ongoing research project examining the global shift of fashion from manufacturing to creative industry.
3: ‘The production and consumption of fur’ ongoing research project exploring ethical, symbolic, social and economic aspects of a global luxury trade.
4: ‘Danish fashion designers careers’, study based on life history interviews 2009-2010
5: ‘Consumer trust and mistrust in the ethics of the fashion industry’, financieret af Velux-fonden 2009-2011
6: ‘Wardrobe’ ongoing research initiative and network devoted to the study of consumer dress practices (financed by NOS-HS 2008-2010)

Primary research areas

  • Sociology
  • Ethnography
  • Creative industries
  • Fashion industry/fashion design
  • Luxury
  • Fur
  • Ethical fashion


Administrative functions

Fashion and Luxury Stream leader in Creative Encounters
BLC Study board member


Selected publications

  1. Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion
In March 2006, I was invited by Professor Joanne B. Eicher, Editor-in-Chief of the 10-volume Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion (to be published by Berg, Oxford), to act as the volume editor of the West Europe volume. The projected length of the volume is 350,000 to 400,000 words with approximately 70 essays. It is due to be published in 2010.

Externally reviewed books and themed journal issues
  1. Encounters of culture and economy, edited by Kristensen, T., Lorenzen, M., Strandgaard Pedersen, J. & Skov, L. (with equal contributions of all editors). The book includes an introduction, written by the editors (with equal contribution from all editors) and ten articles, including ‘User Innovation and Fashion: Policy, industry and research’ by L. Skov (9000 words). To be published by Elsevier. 2008. In press.
  2. Encounters in the Global Fashion Business, themed issue of the journal Current Sociology vol.54:4, edited by Patrik Aspers and Lise Skov (with equal contributions of both editors). The themed issue includes an afterword ‘Encounters in the Global Fashion Business’, written by the editors (4300 words; with equal contributions from both authors). It contains an introduction (written by Richard Swedberg) and five articles, including ‘The Role of Trade Fairs in the Global Fashion Business’ by L.Skov (8600 words). 2006.
  3. Women, Media and Consumption in Japan, edited by L.Skov and B.Moeran (with equal contributions by both editors). The book includes an introduction, ‘Hiding in the Light: From Oshin to Yoshimoto Banana’, written by the editors (with equal contributions by both authors). It contains eight articles, including ‘Environmentalism seen from Japanese women’s magazines’ by L.Skov. Curzon, London, and Hawaii University Press, Honolulu. 1995.

Externally reviewed journal articles
  1. ‘The Return of the Fur Coat in a Commodity Chain Perspective’. Current Sociology 51:1, pp.9-33. 2005.
  2. ‘Hong Kong Fashion Designers as Cultural Intermediaries: Out of Global Garment Production’ in Cultural Studies 16:4, pp.553-569. 2002.
  3. ‘Fashion Trends, Japonisme and Postmodernism, or "What is so Japanese about Comme des Garçons?"‘ in Theory, Culture and Society, 13:3, pp.129-151. 1996. (The same article was published, with minor changes, in J. Treat (ed.) Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture, Curzon and University of Hawaii Press. 1996).

Externally reviewed book chapters
  1. ‘Industrialismens Pels’ Marie Riegels Melchior, Maria Mackinney-Valentin, Kirsten Toftegaard, Helle Leilund og Soveig Hoberg (red.)(2009): Snit: Industrialismens tøj i Danmark, København: Museum Tusculanums Forlag.
  2. ‘Fashion-Nation: A Japanese Globalization Experience and a Hong Kong Dilemma’ in Re-Orienting Fashion: The Globalization of Asian Fashion, edited by Carla Jones, Ann-Marie Leshkowich and Sandra Niessen. Berg, Oxford. Pp. 215-243. 2003.

Published working papers
  1. Lise Skov: Ethics and the fashion industry in West Europe. Creative Encounters Working Paper
Full publication list (pdf)



Last updated by Lise Skov 16/06/2009