What Muslim Consumers Know (and Don’t Know) about Animal Welfare in Halal Food Production
Sueda introduces Animetrics and shares findings on Muslim consumers’ perceptions of halal food production.
PHAIR 2025 Conference: An extraordinary gathering
Thank you for an inspiring and unforgettable PHAIR 2025 Animal Advocacy Conference in Edinburgh! 🌱 Over the past few days, we witnessed something truly special: a coming together of 200 brilliant minds and compassionate hearts from all over… Read More
Fauna Connections: Call For Presentation Proposals
Faunalytics is excited to host their fourth annual remote symposium, Fauna Connections, for animal advocates on September 18, 2025 (tentatively 12pm-5:30pm EDT). They invite academics and scientists from the social and behavioral sciences, or related disciplines, to submit a… Read More
Don’t Mind Milk? An Interview with Maria Ioannidou
Research on the psychology of animal product consumption is rapidly expanding into new areas, including dairy, egg, and fish consumption, moving beyond just meat consumption. Maria Ioannidou has been at the forefront of this emerging research, with several… Read More
Why Childhood May Be the Ideal Period for Vegan Education
Jared considers recent findings from developmental psychology regarding children’s relationship with animals and animal products, and explores why childhood may make an ideal period for vegan education.
Call for Papers: The Causes and Consequences of Animal Abuse (Deadline Extended)
The journal Aggressive Behavior is currently receiving papers for a Special Edition: The Causes and Consequences of Animal Abuse, guest edited by Emma Alleyne. This is a fantastic opportunity to curate some of the latest theoretical and empirical papers that capture the… Read More
Reversing roles: Testing the impact of perspective-switching on attitudes towards using animals
An interview with Dr Marielle Stel about her recent research into the value of ‘role reversal’ interventions for attitude change
Animal Advocacy Conference 2023
We are thrilled to announce the 2023 edition of the Animal Advocacy Conference: Insights from the Social Sciences. The conference will take place June 22-24, 2023 at the University of Kent, UK. We will bring together researchers from… Read More
Student Showcase: Sarah Gradidge
Sarah Gradidge chats with us about her doctoral research on our tendency to prefer dogs over pigs – a form of “pet speciesism”.
Student Showcase: Christoph Klebl
Christoph Klebl chats with us about his doctoral research on the role of aesthetics in morality.
Online: From meat to beets
Catarina PossidĂłnio gave the last talk of 2021 in the PHAIR Society Speakers series on “From Meat to Beets: Exploring Pathways to More Plant-forward Diets“. You can now watch the talk online. You can all access all eight PHAIR… Read More
Humanising Animals: Helpful or Harmful?
Victoria Simpson and Jared Piazza consider the upsides and downsides of animal anthropomorphism, and ask, “Which traits help animals the most?” Feature photo credit: Annie Spratt Meet Gunda In the opening scene to the critically acclaimed film, Gunda,… Read More
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