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DECRA Fellow, Anthropology PhD Candidate Caitlin Anderson is undertaking a PhD at The University of Sydney and researches literary animals in contemporary Australian fiction. Early Career Researcher Compassionate Conservation; Pest Control; Speciesism Independent scholar The intersection between animal law and public law, particularly issues such as accountability and transparency in lawmaking and enforcement. Psychology Lecturer- Master of Professional Psychology Professor of Antarctic Studies, School of Humanities Literature; Animal Studies; Antarctic Studies Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Cultural representations of the Australian White Ibis; Ibis rewildings Fiction Writer (Independant) I am a fiction writer and see literature as a powerful, covert means to shape sociocultural conversations and individual world-views by exploring the complexity, ambiguity, and consequences of human experiences and understandings. Deputy Director (Academic) Sydney Environment Institute Ethics; human rights and animal rights; non-human subjectivities; multispecies communities Senior Lecturer PhD Candidate Cannibalism; Animal studies; Cultural studies; Ethics Senior Lecturer Animal welfare; new media and the politics of animal protection Assistant Professor of Communication Studies PhD Student Primatology, care, empathy, animal ethnography, compassionate conservation, critical animal studies, animal ethics, speciesism, illustration, creative outreach & education Independent Senior policy researcher Human Services Graduate Research Coordinator Sociology of human-animal relations Research Officer, The University of Adelaide Dr Zoei Sutton is a sociologist interested in critical, nonhuman animal-centric research. Teacher/Researcher Sue teaches at the University of Melbourne, writes in a range of genres and also provides editorial and research services. Senior Lecturer, English Literature Animal representations in recent Australian (particularly female authored) fiction; dingo representations and wild life management practice Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Literature Lecturer in Creative Writing Hayley Singer writes essays on literature and ecologies, queer embodiment, strange weather, literary meat works, the contemporary Fleischgeist, ignored histories, and on reading and writing as worlds end and begin again Associate Professor Senior Lecturer Associate Professor in the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts Research interests / activities • Cultural theory (post-structuralism, deconstruction, posthumanism) Current research projects • Living Together: New Approaches to Multispecies Conflict and Coexistence (with Matthew Chrulew, Dinesh Wadiwel, Thom van Dooren, Jacqueline Dalziell, Dominique Lestel) PhD Candidate and Research Assistant (Theology) Creature-inclusive theology that acknowledges the value and dignity of non-human creatures. Animal Theology, Pentecostal Theology and Pneumatology Ph.D. Candidate, Anthrozoology https://anthrozoopod.wixsite.com/anthrozoopod Senior Lecturer Adjunct Research Fellow I conduct research in animal studies and in anthropogenic extinction, in particular extinction’s cultural and historical significance and the way it is articulated and practiced. I am an adjunct research fellow in the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University in Western Australia, and a series editor for Sydney University Press’ Animal Politics series. I am a member of the Extinction Studies Working Group http://extinctionstudies.org and have published widely on extinction, and species and colonial histories. See: http://www.rickdevos.net/publications I have recently edited a collection entitled Decolonising Animals (Sydney University Press, 2023), and in 2019 I co-edited, with Matthew Chrulew, a special issue of Cultural Studies Review entitled ‘Extinction Studies: Stories of Unravelling and Reworlding’. Senior Research Fellow PhD Candidate Children’s literature; animal activism; environmental protection Post Graduate Researcher and PhD Candidate in Anthrozoology The University of Queensland, School of Architecture 2022 I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Queensland in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning. My research is focused on human-built avian architecture. I research how humans intentionally build structures and environments to modify avian behaviours, and how it has made animals vulnerable to exploitation. My work is underpinned by cultural and material histories of birds that have shaped what birds mean to humans in architecture and industrial practice. EASE working group PhD candidate in Fine Arts PhD Candidate Visiting Lecture in Sociology and in Animal Welfare Veterinary nursing, vegan abolitionist, Critical Animal Studies Independent film maker and writer Vice-chair, Australasian Animal Studies Association Dr lynn mowson is a sculptor whose practice is driven by the, often violent, entangled relationships between human and non-human animals, in particular agricultural animals and the biotech industries. Her sculptural research has been featured the books The Art of the Animal, Lantern Press, 2015, Carol J Adam’s Neither Man nor Beast, Bloomsbury, 2018, Animaladies, Bloomsbury Press, 2018. She has exhibited widely in Australia, and her artwork was included in SPOM: Sexual Politics of Meat at The Animal Museum, LA, in 2017. Currently her collaborative work ‘feeler’, focusing on the motherhood and consumption of Octopuses is touring Australia as part of Experimenta Life Forms. Prosecutions Officer Animal law and science; Animal welfare Early Career Researcher History of animal activism; History of the Australian animal movement; Australian politics; Social movement studies; the global activism of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Anthrozoologist and host of the podcast The Deal with Animals Associate Professor in Creative Arts Animals in live performance; Animals and eco tourism; Wildlife conservation Independent researcher Whaling; cetacean vocalisation; environmental philosophy; animals and ethics Associate Professor in Visual Communication Storytelling, conservation, science communication, climate communication, visualisation Academic Lead Translator and Student Adjunct Institute for Culture and Society WSU and Independent Scholar Senior Lecturer Lecturer in Creative Writing Lecturer in Political Philosophy and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Professor of Critical Animal Studies and Co-Director, New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies at Canterbury University, Aotearoa New Zealand. Senior Lecturer in Japanese Animal studies and literature, fairy tales, animal representations and human-animal relationships Honorary Associate Professor in Media & Cultural Studies My current research focus on public attitudes to animal welfare identifies and maps recent shifts in the Australian imaginary and public sphere around human and animal relations. Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy Animal political and legal rights; animal ethics; animal law; animal activism Associate Professor in Human Rights and Socio-legal Studies Sovereignty and the nature of rights, violence, race and critical animal studies. Research Program Leader Rolf Schlagloth is koala researchers and educator who believes in the power of the koala as a flagship species. Sessional Academic Research interests include narrative representations of dogs and human–dog relations Co-founder and Managing Director of Voiceless, Ondine is the Co-founder and MD of Voiceless, author and PhD candidate at Sydney University focussing on pro-animal values. Research affiliate Evolutionary thanatology, animal emotion, human-nonhuman animal relations, animal self-determination and liberation Postdoctoral Research Fellow Michael is an animal historian interested in animals’ subjective historical experiences. Researcher Research Fellow Animal studies, visual anthropology, observational film, eco-humanities, etho-ethnography/ethno-ethology, animal domestication, Mongolia, cross-cultural perceptions and attitudes towards other animals. Professor Emeritus Professor Postdoctoral Research Fellow Critical Animal Studies, Queer Theory, Gender Studies, Sexual Violence Prevention Lecturer Lecturer in Law Australia’s animal protection regime. Adjunct (ECR) Sociology, literature and fiction in relation to other animals, with particular interest in discourse analysis, political ideologies, violence and grief Associate Lecturer, UNSW Art + Design Histories of non-human animal introductions (particularly birds) into the ‘New World’. 19th century house sparrow introductions into Brooklyn, Buenos Aires and Melbourne. Course Coordinator of Master of Social Work Program Heather Fraser is a critical social worker who uses visual methods and narrative research in the areas of violence and abuse (humans and animals), oppression and privilege, community organising and service delivery. Independent Scholar Animal law, animal rights, human rights, environmental protection, international and comparative law PhD Candidate I have many roles: academic, student, research assistant, editor, dog-human, ecofeminist My goal is to rewrite destructive narratives around humanity’s relationship to the more-than-human world. PhD Candidate Adjunct Researcher The representation of animals in scientific literature, film, wildlife documentaries, contemporary and historical writing, fiction and advertising Independent Scholar Representations of animals in culture; ecocriticism; posthumanism; anthropomorphism Lecturer Animal rights; nonhuman animals and the law Lecturer, Level B Animal Welfare; Canine Health. Visiting Fellow Human-animal dynamics and governance; discourse, policy and justice DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in Anthropology PhD Candidate Lecturer, Environmental Science Sessional Lecturer, adjunct researcher Senior Lecturer Writer/Researcher/Editor Dingo–human relationships; Colonialism; Decolonisation Director of the Centre for Compassionate Conservation Senior Lecturer Animal welfare policy; Environmental ethics. Siobhan presents a regular podcast, Knowing Animals, on all things animal and ethics related. Associate Professor PhD Candidate PhD Candidate: multispecies relations & multispecies ethnography Lecturer Connections and disjunctions of child/animal relations; animals and early childhood education; ecological justice Independent researcher Writer (fiction, poetry) Writer (fiction, poetry) Primary research interest is the relationship between how nonhuman animals are depicted and what this might have to say about how these animals are thought about and treated. Professor of Law Animal welfare regulation; Free range and higher animal welfare labelling; the politics, ethics and regulation of food. Adjunct Lecturer The rights of nature; decolonizing non-human – human interactions. Lecturer in Creative Writing Creative writing, animal studies. Senior Research Fellow Animal Studies; modernist art and literature; critical and cultural theory with a focus on the lived experiences of non-human animals – particularly those in the cattle industries in Australia. Founder and chief editor of Animal Studies Journal Researcher Human-animal relationships in the intersection of sustainability studies, ecological thought and social change for sustainability. Senior Researcher, School of Social & Policy Studies Positive training, operant conditioning for companion, zoo, farm animals; animals and public health; impact and human control/management of introduced species; attitudes toward and policies on urban animals. Lecturer, Critical and Theoretical Studies The cultural history of bats; animal art theory and criticism (colour theory, human-animal relations, theory for the Anthropocene, decolonisation); animal language; plant sentience; more-than-human perception Senior Lecturer, Griffith Law School Animal protection ethics, law and policy. PhD Candidate Through the exploration of the social worlds of greyhound racing and rescue I consider how animals and people can become entangled in contention as a result of different beliefs around human-animal relationships. Independent researcher Human-cetacean relations; companion animal relations; the spaces of opposition regarding human-nonhuman animal relations; the ecology of wisdom; multi-species education; interspecies ethics Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow Mundane and normalised practices involving animals and the temporal and spatial sites in which they occur. Forrest Foundation PhD Scholar Animals in Indigenous rock art; animals and social identity; decolonising taxonomic identification; ethology. PhD Candidate Veterinary medicine; cognition; moral agency in animals PhD Candidate Animal welfare law and regulation Associate Professor, ARC Future Fellow Environmental Philosophy; Social and Cultural Anthropology; Ethics; Conservation and Extinction; Wildlife Management; Birds (esp. Corvids) Lecturer, Animation and Interactive Media art and technology, digital media, 3D animation, procedural modelling, procedural animation, virtual reality Independent Scholar Animals in contemporary art; interactions between human and nonhuman worlds; animals in science; critical natural histories; animal vocalisation and bioacoustics Fiona’s research connects feminist critical race studies and Animal studies, examining where, when and how gender, race and species intersect. Doctoral Student Professor of English Animals and nature in literature, cultural representations and practices; animals and colonialism, decolonisation and globalisation Honorary Professorial Fellow, VCA; Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University Practice-based research; co-composing art and cultural work with nonhuman animals Senior Lecturer in International and Community Development Cattle trafficking and cattle industries in India; livestock industries; biopower; animals and urbanisms/urban planning Independent Scholar Animal Ethics; Animal and environmental protection Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry Linguistics research – Associate Professor, Film and Television Studies Nonfiction screen media, animals and eco cinema Deputy Head of School, School of Arts Research interests include the perceptions of animals in nineteenth-century Britain, and human and animal studies as a discipline Masters student, University of Divinity Farm- and working-animal welfare, including live export; ethical food production; animals as “raw materials” and research subjects; animal abuse and neglect (particularly concerning farm animals) Independent Scholar Rabbits, rabbit perspectives and rabbit exploitation; Animal rights; Vegan education PhD Candidate, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM) Raising the importance of protecting existing wildlife populations in local urban planning; The relationship between front-line emergency responders and companion animal ‘owners’ or guardians in natural disasters
Co-founder, International Association of Vegan Sociologists
Sociology & Animals Thematic Group Co-convener, The Australian Sociological Association
Book Review Editor, Society & Animals Journal
• Continental philosophy (Derrida, Foucault, Arendt, Lyotard, Hegel and Nietzsche)
• Biopolitics, political philosophy, animal politics
• Environmental humanities, ecoculture and philosophical ethology
• On the Specific Existence of Animal Culture
• The Forms and Limits of the Concept of the Political: A Speculative Genealogy
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Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of Science, The University of Technology Sydney
PhD candidate at the University of Sydney
School of Business and Law
The protection of domesticated animals as a socio-legal problem.
Aotearoa New Zealand
Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Urban Planner/Consultant: Balancing Act Adelaide Pet-friendly Planning
PhD Student at RMIT
Welfare conceptions of the thoroughbred industry and of animal protection organisations.
Environmental law with a focus on wild animal protection.
Regulatory studies and protection of animals.
counter discourses of meat consumption and factory farming. The conflation of individual and species interests of non-human animals in environmental/ ecological discourses
Associate Fellow, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
