Maria Silies is a research assistant at the USE-LESS Centre for Sustainable Strategies at Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts. She is a fashion and textile designer with several years of experience in the industry. She holds a BA in Fashion Design from Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts and an MA in Fashion & Textiles from Heriot-Watt University in Galashiels, where she focused her research on the innovative reuse of wool remnants in the Scottish textile sector. With experience in both German and Scottish contexts, Maria actively participates in projects for the Scotland Initiative. She is particularly interested in the use of local resources, especially the use of regional wool.
