Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
I am Assistant Professor in Fashion Design at the Department of Design and work across the research groups Empirica and Fashion/Textiles Futures. My work focuses on practice research in fashion design, with a particular interest in integrating academic research into fashion design practice. This includes, for example, wearing methodologies, alternative knowledge systems, wearer-clothing relationships and academia-industry collaborations for more responsible futures.
In the years 2026-2028 I teach the courses Experimental Fashion and Texile Design and Advanced 3D Shaping at the Fashion and Textile Design major. In addition, I advise and supervise master's students and doctoral researchers.
I am currently working as the PI of the MAST Network — Making knowledge for sustainable transformations project.
My doctoral dissertation, Becoming with Clothes, looked into the relationship between people and the things they wear and how wearing (and caring) becomes a site of knowledge and aesthetics production in which both clothing and people deeply affect each other. You can read it here (open access).
www.juliavalle.com
Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Arts and Design, Aalto University
Award Date: 16 Sept 2019
Master's degree, Arts and Design, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Award Date: 12 Sept 2014
Bachelor's degree, Social Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Award Date: 30 Nov 2005
External positions
Associate Professor in Fashion Design, Estonian Academy of Arts
28 Aug 2018 → 1 Aug 2022
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Layers of Repair—On Mending, Care, and Aesthetics of Affect
Valle-Noronha, J., Konovalov, M. & Kuusk, K., 17 Jul 2025, In: Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress Body and Culture. 29, 7, p. 929-949 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Näytös/Näyttely25 (creative director)
Hyötyläinen, I. (Creative director), Peltonen, E. (Creative director), Salolainen, M. (Creative director) & Valle-Noronha, J. (Creative director), 22 May 2025Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction › peer-review
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In Relation : Brazilian Indigenous Fashion Design
Valle-Noronha, J., 2025, Proceedings of Nordes 2025: Relational Design, 6-8 August, Oslo, Norway. Morrison, A., Culén, A. & Habib, L. (eds.). London: Design Research Society, p. 476-484 9 p. (Nordic Design Research Conference; vol. 11).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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Central but Decentered : Repositioning the Practitioner in Design Research Involving Practice
Vega, L. & Valle-Noronha, J., Jul 2026, DRS2026: Edinburgh, 8–12 June, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Simeone, L., Gray, C. M., Verhoeven, A., de Götzen, A., Bakırlıoğlu, Y., Zohar, H., Stead, M. & Buwert, P. (eds.). United Kingdom: Design Research Society, 7 p. (Proceedings of DRS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific
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Clothes catalogue
Valle-Noronha, J. & Veneroso, P., 2026, Espoo: Aalto-yliopisto. 23 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
Open Access
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MAST: MAST NETWORK Making knowledge for sustainable transformations
Valle Noronha, J. (Principal investigator)
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2026
Project: Other Foreign (20 FC)
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Crops4Luxury
Niinimäki, K. (Principal investigator), Karell, E. (Project Member), Åfeldt, A. (Project Member), Lauri, P. (Project Member) & Valle Noronha, J. (Project Member)
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2019
Project: Other external funding: Other public funding
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Trash-2-Cash (WP3)
Niinimäki, K. (Principal investigator), Berglund, S. (Project Member), Karell, E. (Project Member), Townsend, R. (Project Member), Kohtala, C. (Project Member), Valle Noronha, J. (Project Member), Smirnova, E. (Project Member), Chun, N. (Project Member), Moslemian, O. (Project Member), Ilen, E. (Project Member) & Tanttu, M. (Project Member)
01/06/2015 → 30/11/2018
Project: EU: Framework programmes funding
Prizes
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Making Knowledge for Sustainable Transformations (MAST Network)
Valle Noronha, J. (Recipient), Botero, A. (Recipient) & Mäkelä, M. (Recipient), Dec 2024
Prize: Granted funding (public project funding)
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Art Residency at Hakoniemi
Valle Noronha, J. (Recipient), 1 Oct 2020
Prize: Granted funding (personal grants)
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Award for Best Work in Fashion Design History and Philosophy
Valle Noronha, J. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Best work presented in Theory and Practice in Fashion Design track
Valle Noronha, J. (Recipient), Nov 2020
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
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Practice Based Fashion Research Network
Valle Noronha, J. (Member)
18 Jun 2025 → 31 Jan 2027Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participant of a conference, workshop, session, tutorial or event
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Aalto Fashion and Sustainability Masterclass
Valle Noronha, J. (Speaker) & Latimer, E. (Speaker)
9 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk to non-academic audience (public outreach)
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Congresso Internacional de Sustentabilidade em Textil e Moda (Event)
Valle Noronha, J. (Reviewer)
2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Reviewer of conference article
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Panel Evaluator (Arts) for Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT)
Valle Noronha, J. (Examiner)
2026Activity: Academic assessments › Evaluation of funding applications
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Fashion Highlight (Journal)
Valle Noronha, J. (Reviewer)
2026 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Reviewer of scientific journal
Press/Media
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Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design - Year In Review
18/02/2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Mixing design and Indigenous perspectives for creative knowledge-sharing
Valkeapää, S., Valle Noronha, J., Outakoski, H. M., Botero, A. & Pinto Torres, N.
19/12/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Pukeutuminen on paljon muutakin kuin tyylitajua – työelämässä se heijastaa uskottavuutta, hyvinvointia ja yhteiskunnan odotuksia
03/11/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Mikä edes on vaate, kysyvät nuoret muotisuunnittelijat nyt
Hyötyläinen, I., Kuurila, E., Peltonen, E., Valle Noronha, J. & Vänskä, A.
27/05/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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O que o design e a moda podem fazer pela economia circular? Debate na USP busca respostas
11/11/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance