Research Centre for Sustainable, Ethical & Circular Fashion and Textiles (FRFashtech)
Dr. Zafeiropoulou Fiori A.
Senior Researcher
Social Entrepreneur, NGO Founder, Academic Lecturer & Fellow Researcher, Novel Writer, Policy Advisor & World Speaker in eradicating human trafficking in fashion supply chains and empowering women victims of slavery & women in risk of exploitation. Addressing climate change & re-generation of the environment through changing paradigms in fashion production, sourcing, and consumption.
Fiori has an awarded PHD on social entrepreneurship from Brunel Business School and is currently a postDoctoral Researcher in Managing Ethical & Green Supply Chains at the fashion Industry at Athens University of Economics & Business (AUEB). She is Project Managing the Research Centre on Sustainable Fashion and Textiles (FRFashtech) within Management Science Lab at AUEB. Founder & Country Coordinator of the local office in Greece of the global movement Fashion Revolution, the Coordinator of Raise Your Voice Festival co-organised by 56 State Bodies & NGOs to end human trafficking, the Founder of Social Fashion Factory – SOFFA.gr that targets gender empowerment and work integration of women victims of violence and the environmental regeneration, the Founder of ‘Wear Your Origins’ clothing brand and the rebirth of the iconic ‘Zita Hellas’ sneakers brand. She is also the Writer of the Novel “The Timeless Beach” by Kaktos Publications, a world speaker; her story has inspired various documentaries including One Over Many by Daphne Bengoa. She is the Executive Producer of TV Show ‘Social Growth’ at ERT TV Channel, the Founder of Refergon employment refugee matching platform, the Founder of The Nest Centre on Social Entrepreneurship; TEDx talks ‘Unity, Ubuntu’ TEDxNTUA 2021, ‘Are you still dreaming how to be a Doer?” TEDx Alexandroupolis 2016. Her research has been published in international conferences and research books. She is a nominated member of the Green Woman Board Greek Ministry of Energy & Environment by the Minister’s Office 9 March 2020. Ranked in 100TOP Women 2019 by Marie Claire Hellas.
Mavrogeni Eleni
Research Affiliate
Eleni Mavrogeni is a Project Manager and Human Resources Manager at Wear Your Origins, a sustainable fashion brand with social and environmental impact. She is also an Assistant Project Manager for the European programs “CREATE” and “SoGFash”. She holds a diploma in Psychology and a Master’s degree in International Human Resources Management.
Eleni has been a volunteer in various organizations with environmental action and wishes to raise awareness on the effects fast-fashion has on climate change and environmental pollution. Through her work she hopes to shed light on the importance of circular, zero waste clothing for a high-functioning sustainable and fair society.
