Tara Stringer

Tara Stringer is a PhD candidate at Queensland University of Technology, jointly affiliated with Creative Industries (Fashion) and QUT Business School. As a sessional academic, she leverages expertise in marketing and consumer behaviour to advance research on ethical consumption and sustainability within fashion supply chains.

Her academic background includes:

• Bachelor of Nursing
• Master of Business (Integrated Marketing Communications)

Stringer's research critically examines barriers to pro-social consumer behaviour, with concentrated focus on fast fashion's impact on purchasing decisions and consumer perceptions of modern slavery. She investigates the psychological disconnect between ethical awareness and actual consumption patterns, particularly regarding worker welfare concerns in global supply chains.

Her publication trajectory reveals consistent thematic progression from foundational studies on ethical purchase intentions (2020) through consumer attitude analysis (2021-2022) toward sophisticated examinations of contextual factors like country-of-origin effects (2025). This scholarly evolution demonstrates deepening methodological rigor while maintaining practical relevance to industry sustainability challenges.

No scientific awards have been documented in available records.

As a doctoral candidate, Stringer does not supervise graduate students. Public records contain no information regarding research grants secured for her projects.

She actively contributes to TextileR: Future Textile Industries, a multidisciplinary initiative developing circular economy frameworks for textile manufacturing and fashion retail systems.