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

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

Of Mice and Children: An Interview with Luke McGuire

Developmental psychologist Luke McGuire talks with us about his fascinating work on how our moral views of animals develops

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”.

Online: Speciesism in everyday language

Stefan Leach gave the September talk in the PHAIR Society Speakers series on “Speciesism in Everyday Language”. You can watch the talk online: Abstract Speciesism, like other forms of prejudice, is thought to be underpinned by biased patterns… Read More