Research interests / activities Iris is researching thoroughbred welfare models espoused by the thoroughbred industry and by animal protection advocates. The thoroughbred industry is treated as a case study to draw lessons for the further development and exploration of a theory of interspecies sustainability. This work is based at the University of Sydney and currently under examination (PhD) for completion in 2020. Iris has a background is in environmental cognition and capacity building for sustainability.
Outputs Bergmann, Iris M. 2020. Naturalness and the Legitimacy of Thoroughbred Racing: A Photo-Elicitation Study with Industry and Animal Advocacy Informants. Animals 10(9): 1513. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091513
Bergmann, Iris M. 2019. Interspecies Sustainability to Ensure Animal Protection: Lessons from the Thoroughbred Racing Industry. Sustainability 11(19):5539. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/19/5539/htm
Bergmann, Iris. 2019. He Loves to Race – or Does He? Ethics and Welfare in Racing. In Equine Cultures in Transition: Ethical Questions, 1st edition, edited by Jonna Bornemark, Petra Andersson and Ulla Ekström von Essen. Routledge Advances in Sociology. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 117-133. https://bit.ly/2r5SpaF
Bergmann, Iris 2015. Sustainability, thoroughbred racing and the need for change. Pferdeheilkunde 31(5), 490-498. https://bit.ly/2Y8naYx
More publications at http://irisbergmann.com/publications/
