2026 SPEAKER
Dr. Meital Peleg Mizrachi
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics
|Yale University
Dr. Meital Peleg Mizrachi is a researcher specializing in sustainable fashion, consumer behavior, and public policy. Her work explores how people consume fashion, how secondhand markets function, and how policy shapes sustainability outcomes.
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
FASHION POLICY
SECONDHAND MARKETS
Academic Background:
Meital holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Tel Aviv University and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Economics at Yale University. She also serves on the Executive Board of the International Sustainable Fashion Consumption Research Network.
Industry Experience:
Meital has spent more than a decade researching the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of the fashion industry. Her work examines secondhand clothing markets, fashion consumption patterns, sustainability regulation, and the global trade of used clothing. Her research has been featured in leading academic journals and media outlets including Vogue, the BBC, and The Wall Street Journal.
What Meital Brings to the Conversation:
Meital brings a research-driven perspective on the gap between sustainability narratives and actual consumer behavior. Her work challenges common assumptions about secondhand fashion, consumption, and sustainability, helping organizations better understand how people engage with sustainable alternatives in practice rather than in theory.
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