March 23, 2026 (Monday, 9:30 -10:30 AM JST)
ONLINE (zoom)
About the Webinar
Project Description: The ‘Textile Terrains’ project exposes the hidden social and environmental consequences of increasing, insufficiently regulated, export of worn clothing from countries like Australia into Ghana, and the trade imbalances and regulatory gaps that support it. This initiative translates trade data and scientific research into vivid spatial narratives, equipping policymakers with tools to regulate harmful textile exports. The project is conducted collaboratively across RMIT University’s School of Fashion and Textiles, School of Landscape Architecture, and School of Law. By foregrounding equity, accountability, and environmental justice in global second-hand clothing trade, the project positions fair regulation as a pathway toward more peaceful and just transnational relationships.
About the Speakers
Professor Alice Payne
Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles at RMIT. Her research focuses on environmental and social sustainability issues throughout the life cycle of clothing. Recent work has examined labour issues in the cotton value chain, technologies to address the problem of textile waste, consumer practices for circularity, and circular design. Alice was part of the Australian Fashion Council-led consortium who designed the National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme. She is author of the book Designing Fashion’s Future, co-editor of Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, and is an award-winning designer and educator.
https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/p/alice-payne
Dr Alice Lewis
A landscape architecture educator and researcher at RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) whose work explores material landscape legacies. Through design-led inquiry, architectural forensics, and speculative, future-focused mapping and visualisation, her research reveals how extractive industries, consumer culture, and global systems of trade and waste leave lasting physical, ecological, cultural, and political imprints on landscapes. Her teaching and research investigate novel applications of landscape architectural knowledge in response to urgent planetary challenges and has exhibited and published internationally. Recent recognitions include: 2025 RMIT Vice-Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence, 2024 RMIT DSC Teaching Excellence award and co-recipient of 2025 AILA Victoria Award of Excellence (Research, Policy and Communication).
https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/l/alice-lewis
Dr. Yassie Samie (Discussant)
A Postdoc Fellow and educator at RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles, focusing on sustainable circular fashion and textiles ecosystems. Her research examines place-based approaches to enable regeneration, sufficiency and circular economy. Her PhD on urban metabolism for unwanted textiles earned nomination for the “Emerging Circular Leader Award” by the Australian Circular Economy Hub and Planet Ark Environmental Foundation. Recent recognitions include being Highly Commended as a Staff Sustainability Champion in the 2025 Green Gown Australasia Awards and, Top Performers in RMIT 2025 Media Stars Awards. Yassie’s project management and leadership has also been acknowledged through distinctions such as 2025 Good Design and Best in Class Award recognition for the Refashioning Project.
https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/s/yassie-samie
About the NERPS Webinar Series
The Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) at Hiroshima University in Japan is hosting a series of webinars on the relationship between peace and sustainability in the context of environmental, socio-political, economic, and technological transformations. This series is a platform for rethinking and updating the current discourse on peace and sustainability amidst global challenges and transformations. Leading experts discuss the role of resources, digital technologies, migration, governance, and education in peacebuilding, conflict mitigation, humanitarian aid, and capacity-building, among other components that contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly that of Goal 16 on Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. Check out our previous webinars here.
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