PGCHE, Regent's University London, London, 2018
MBA, Luxury Brand Management, Grenoble Graduate Business School (GGSB), France, 2015
Ph.D, Environmental Clothing Science, Bunka Gakuen University, Japan, 2010
MA, Environmental Clothing Science, Bunka Gakuen University, Japan, 2007
BA and MA, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, 2002
Federica Carlotto has 10+ years’ experience in the analysis of material culture, and almost 10 years of expertise in knowledge transfer for Higher Education.
Federica has appeared as a guest speaker at conferences and workshops in Italy, UK, France, Australia, Canada, and Japan on topics such as: consumption and creation of social identity; luxury trends; place branding and luxury products; the concept of luxury; cross-cultural issues in clothing (focus on Japan and Asia); social and anthropological history of costume and fashion.
Federica is the founder of SALT, a cultural branding consultancy with focus on luxury strategy. She also collaborates on specific qualitative projects with other boutique consultancies, providing insights to companies in the luxury, fashion and beauty industry.
Scholarship grantee of the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) from 2005-2010, Federica has received her Ph.D in Fashion sociology from Bunka Gakuen University (Tokyo) and her MBA from Grenoble Graduate Business School (GGSB).