Australasian Animal Studies Association

PhD scholarship opportunity – The University of Queensland

Architecture beyond the human: an investigation into the design of buildings housing non-human animals This research project investigates the ways in which contemporary architecture brings non-human animals into human societies and economies, transforming them and ourselves in the process. The research responds to urgent environmental challenges that demand the reassessment and reconfiguration of our relationship […]

‘Jews for Animals’ Campus Fellowship Applications are now open!

Applications are now open for the ‘Jews for Animals’ college fellowship program for the 2018-2019 school year! This program is an initiative of The Shamayim V’Aretz Institute, a Jewish animal welfare organization that educates leaders, trains advocates, and leads campaigns for the ethical treatment of animals. Fellows will learn from Jewish animal advocates on monthly […]

Researcher Position – US

Researcher Application Deadline: May 31, 2018 Looking for a researcher to join our team and help develop new insights into effective animal advocacy and broader moral circle expansion. This position will ideally focus on quantitative research, such as surveys and randomized controlled trials, because current research staff leans in a more qualitative direction, however excellent […]

Legislative Policy Fellowship (Harvard Animal Law & Policy Program)

Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Program is inviting applications for a four-month Fellowship to examine policy implications of proposed and potential legislation seeking to prevent U.S. states from regulating the in-state sale of “agricultural products” produced outside state borders. The Fellowship will provide an opportunity for outstanding scholars and legal practitioners to undertake […]

AASA Travel Scholarships Awarded

We are pleased to announce that the AASA Travel Scholarships for the AASA2017 Conference have been awarded to:- Esther Alloun (PG): ‘The promised land for vegans’: identity, culture and place in the making of Israeli animal activism’ Sarah Bezan (International PG): Crace’s ‘The Devil’s Larder’ and the edibility of human, animal, and vegetable bodies’ Andrea […]

Funded PhD Studentship Network in Yorkshire: Imagining and Representing Species Extinction Deadline 17th May 2017

Announcing three fully-funded three-year PhD studentships as part of a WRoCAH White Rose Network at the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York Final Application Deadline 17th May 2017. Applicants must already have been admitted to the relevant PhD programme by this date in order to apply. Imagining and Representing Species Extinction http://wrocah.ac.uk/new-student/networks/#extinction University of Sheffield […]

Postdoctoral Research Assistantship, University of Reading — Birds & People in the Southern Levant

Postdoctoral Research Assistant – Birds & People in the Southern Levant University of Reading – Archaeology http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AYD515/postdoctoral-research-assistant-birds-and-people-in-the-s… Location: Reading Salary: £29,301 to £38,183 per annum Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Contract / Temporary Placed on: 21st March 2017 Closes: 18th April 2017 Job Ref: SRF17610 This is a 22-month Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) position to […]

AASA Travel Scholarships

A reminder that the AASA is offering 4 travel scholarships this year for the Animal Intersections conference in Adelaide, July 2017.  1 x International PG, 1 x Domestic PG and 2 for under-employed/casual academics or independent researchers.  Applications are due on 31st March 2017 – go to our page for more information and to apply […]