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Thesis title: Relational Epistmic Injustice: An Animal Approach to Knowing My PhD project aims to develop a theory of relational injustice, a dual ethical/epistemic concept that falls under the category

Associate Professor Bill Borrie is a conservation social scientist who is fascinated by human-nature relationships. For many years he has researched the wild, wilderness areas, and the lived human experiences

I am a panelist for animal flourishment conference and my research looks at death of dogs in Korea.

Current undertaking PhD study with a focus on the subversion of traditional folktales and Disney fairy tales using feminist ecocritical theory. The research and creative output explore the rendering of

My interests include research into rabbits, their emotional status and their current exploitation including but not limited to meat and angora farms and slaughtering practices. My interest stems from the

Jes Hooper is an Anthrozoology PhD candidate at the University of Exeter and a member of Exeter’s Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics (EASE) working group. Jes’ current research focuses on human-animal

Samantha Dennis is a jewellery and object-based artist working in Launceston, Tasmania. Her studio practice combines the traditional jewellery craft of goldsmithing with ceramics and glass. Fascinated by the ways

Dr Nancy Cushing is an environmental historian who is examining the underlying beliefs and aims that led, by the end of the colonial period, to a typical Australian diet based

Jay Johnston FAHA is Professor in Religion within the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney. Her research encompasses theories of human–animal relations and the natural world and their

I have been researching the cultural geographies of the Australian White Ibis for some years with colleague Associate Professor Paul Allatson. It is a joint research project that takes in

My primary research interests are in the relationship between how nonhuman animals are depicted and what this might have to say about how these animals are thought about and treated.

I am currently conducting a multi-sited multispecies ethnography of Ezo red foxes (Vulpes vulpes schrencki) involved in the tourism industry in Japan. This research aims to shed light on tourists’

I have carried out research on the embodied experiences of breastfeeding for vegan women, which explored connections with cows in the dairy industry, and on attitudes towards memorials of road-killed

Myles Oakey is a settler living and working on the unceded land of the Dharug and Gundungurra people. He is a PhD candidate and sessional academic in the School of

I am the founder and chief editor of the Animal Studies Journal, and co-editor, with Fiona Probyn-Rapsey and Yvette Watt, of the Animal Publics book series published by Sydney University Press. My research

I am currently a PhD candidate with uTas researching the role of animals in children’s literature and the social implications of this early childhood socialization process. I am a sociology

I am currently enrolled as a PhD student in an Architecture Department researching the postwar design of exhibition environments—the display of live animals in zoos, and art settings—as conflicted interdisciplinary

My current research interest is in examining the hegemonic processes that operate to insulate existing legal frameworks against reform and the processes by which legal meaning is constituted. The purpose

Theology, literary studies, cultural history, comparative religion. Student in the Master of Divinity course, University of Divinity. Completing a doctoral thesis entitled “A Theology of Animal Beauty”. Specific scholarly interests

I’m currently a casting director, but have returned to my first love of writing I am also about to work (in the next 6 months) for a large foundation (friends)

I am interested in captive animals, visual culture, animals in photography, animals in art, and photography as activism.

Animal lover, with continued fascination for animal intelligence and how that relates to our own animality/humanity. Working on cinematic and drama projects that also include animal themes. A believer in

I am currently researching the influence of imperialism on human-animal relations inside Japanese history. I am also interested in the ways of ascribing agency to animals as agents of historical

My research focuses on wild boar (Sus scrofa), one of the most villainised introduced species globally and within Australia. My goal is to recontextualize their contributions within functional and sustainable

I have an interest in various areas including advocacy to increase veganism and improving the world for wildlife and many other areas but I had to hone them for my

I am an architect & urban planner who has applied GIS (geospatially intelligent systems-services) to a variety of region and state-wide public service & water conservation programs and projects. I

My PhD thesis is on the representation of horses and their agency in eco feminist YA horse fiction – to simplify, addressing the unrealistic expectations girls have of real horses

Sonya McDowall is a concurrent PhD and MBA candidate with an interest in animal assisted therapies. In particular: dogs and animal welfare. Her current PhD focus is on canine welfare

Darren Chang is a PhD student at the University of Sydney, in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy and Sydney Environment Institute. His current research explores how animal sanctuaries

Currently, Katya is working on her PhD thesis “More-than-human Tongues: Talking Animals and Their Agencies in Technocultural Networks.” Her research focuses on the ethical issues related to the representation of

Research interests: veterinary profession, veganism, critical animal studies, political sociology, sociology of professions, sociology of consumption.

Madeleine Kelly is an artist and senior lecturer at Sydney College of the Arts, USyd. Her practice-led research is based on the broad interdisciplinary field of painting, with a focus

I am currently researching the Darling River and Menindee Lakes area in North West NSW which is dealing with the plight of mismanagement of water and climate change which therefore

I am currently working on my PhD thesis that focuses on the more-than-human worlds of farms and farm animal sanctuaries. My project explores how the values and practices of both

My research interests focus on zoology, wildlife ecology, and wildlife management.

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter, investigating the use of markers and monitors in wildlife research. I am using social research methods to discover how researchers

I am a writer (fiction, non-fiction, poetry etc.), researcher, and teacher. My literary work, research and pedagogical methods are concerned with, and informed by animal studies. I am passionate about

I am researching how other animals are considered in global social progress metrics and investigating emerging perceptions of what progress is for animals. With this research, I intend to explore

I am a Maori-Dutch Ph.D. student writing about human and nonhuman connectedness. My PhD is practice-led research in creative writing with an exegesis as an example of ‘symethnography’ (ethnography made

MPhil student at the University of Wollongong with a particular interest in interspecies violence, ecofeminism, and the intersections between animal studies and indigenous studies.

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

I am particularly interested in evolutionary biology, animal communications, interspecies communications, behaviours and psychology. Currently in my final semester of my bachelor of creative industries with a major in screen

I am a PhD student at the University of Exeter researching the intersubjectivity of more-than-human grief and the role that narrative plays in deconstructing barriers and centering more-than-human voices.

I am finishing a PhD on the role and effectiveness of regulation in dog breeding.

LLM Hons, Animal Law (Lewis & Clark), MSc Childhood Studies (University of Edinburgh), BA, LLB Hons (University of Auckland)

I am a PhD candidate in the School of English at the University of Leeds. My PhD research centres on exploring human-animal relationships within late imperial Chinese literary works. To

Raising the importance of protecting existing wildlife populations in local urban planning;   working collaboratively to help set-up ‘Safe Beds for Pets’ on the Central Coast – an RSPCA program

I am a PhD Candidate with a passion for felids. My research looks at affective human-field entanglements in the contexts of ecotourism and conservation. I am particularly interested in the

I am a PhD Candidate at the University of New England. My research is dual focused, examining horse-human relationships and worker occlusion in the horseracing industries of Australia and New

Yuping Hsu is a Ph.D. candidate in Cinema Studies at Nagoya University. Her research interests is in animal advocacy documentaries in contemporary Asia. Her current works focus on documentary films

I recently finished my master’s thesis, which focused on ethnographic research conducted at both a farmed animal sanctuary and a ranch dedicated to retired (race)horses.

I am currently working towards a PhD in Anthrozoology with the University of Exeter and I am interested in all aspects of human animal studies. My current research is exploring

An artist working in sculpture, performance and conservation. creating work which engages with interspecies relationships between creatures such as spiders, snow leopards and humans.

I am a PhD Candidate at the Melbourne Law School, where I also teach the subject ‘Food Law and Policy’. My research interest is at the intersection of animal ethics,

Michelle holds a PhD in Anthrozoology, and teaches university in the US. Her ongoing research focuses on Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Nepal, and how human-human and human-elephant relationships impact

Currently an accredited mental health social worker in private practice and also studying my PhD “A qualitative exploration of the impact of the human-nonhuman interaction for multispecies family units with

Sally Borrell’s work focuses on representations of animals in culture, especially postcolonial literature, with particular interests in ecocriticism, posthumanism and anthropomorphism. She is deputy editor and copy editor of Animal Studies

A long-stranding research interest in human-animal relations- especially from the position of the environmental humanities , and a long publication /teaching/curatorial record in this field. She also leads the AEGIS

• Cultural theory (post-structuralism, deconstruction, posthumanism) • Continental philosophy (Derrida, Foucault, Arendt, Lyotard, Hegel and Nietzsche) • Biopolitics, political philosophy, animal politics • Environmental humanities, ecoculture and philosophical ethology

I am interested in using my artistic skills and knowledge to find ways to show that other species are not different to us and that we live on a continuum

I focus primarily in what can be called Continental Animal Philosophy. Within this sphere I study the question concerning the animal in Deleuze, Derrida, Heidegger, Levinas, Nietzsche, Bataille, and Agamben.

I am a PhD candidate at Griffith University. The focus of my thesis is animals who work and the potential for law reform of the work health and safety laws

Nellie Le Beau is the author of the collection Inheritance,  winner of the P&W Prize for a First Book of Poetry. Nellie’s writing appears in the Los Angeles Review, Michigan

I am an environmental anthropologist interested in the intersections of capitalism, ecology, Indigeneity, health, and justice in the Pacific. My theoretical thinking is inspired by interdisciplinary currents including the environmental

Jennifer Jorm

Cannibalism; Animal studies; Cultural studies; Ethics Casual PETA staffer. Member of various organisations including UMAPS and Melbourne University Vegan Society Completed on PhD thesis: “If you’re gonna dine with the cannibals”: becoming meat,

A little about me: Courtney White is a PhD student in Media and Communications at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests lie in effective animal rights activism, media engagement

My research is on multi-species participation in waterworlding, with a particular interest for the study of animals participation in the management of access to drinking water.

As a veterinary surgeon and a philosopher, I am particularly interested in the moral lives of animals. I am working on the construction of a case for other than human

I have been interested in animals since childhood—this connection built on my empathy and sensibility to animals along with my life.  I’m a musician artivist interested in Animal rights. I

My research is in the area of animal rights, and in particular the potential extension of international human rights to non-human animals. I am also more broadly interested in current

Oliver Hamalainen is a Narrm (Melbourne) born and based artist who works across video, performance and sculpture. His practice uses the body as the site of investigation and collaboration to

My research examines discourse, law and public policy, and political activism, in relation to issues of social and criminal justice. I have a particular interest in how Foucault’s tools can

I am currently completing a research Masters in the School of Politics and International Relations at the ANU under the supervision of Keith Dowding and Alexandra Oprea. My thesis asks

My PhD research focuses on purebred dog breeding practices in Aotearoa New Zealand. By drawing from key components of intersectional (eco)feminist, posthumanist and critical animal studies approaches, my research will

Sam Widin is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of Sydney. He has taught in the Environmental Humanities and History at UNSW and the University

Dr Rachel Yerbury (Phd) is a registered psychologist as well as a lecturer and researcher in the School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University Australia. Additionally, she has

Companion animal studies; Bird-human relations in urban areas of south-eastern Australia; Printmaking (visual arts); making; creative approaches to research

I am a student of philosophy at the ANU. I am interested in rights, duties and ethical issues which arise due to human capabilities to impact wholesale with other species.

I foster eastern grey kangaroo EGK joeys on NSW South Coast. I take them in at approx 550g and raise them to approx 4.5kg which takes 8/9mths. I am interested

PhD research: new nature writing and non-human voices in the novel; Ed. Pieced Work, digital arts publication

My research analyzes and historicizes the growth of and popular representations of the guide dog movement in the United States during the interwar period vis-à-vis cultural constructions of disability/ rehabilitation/

Human-animal relations in film and literature.

I am currently looking into human-animal interactions in Kimberley rock art and the effects animal had for the construction of social identity of Indigenous Australians. I am also interested in

Danielle Clode is a narrative nonfiction writer whose writing over the last 30 years has made significant contributions to public understanding of Australian science, nature and history. She has a

I am on a joint PhD program between the University of Adelaide and the University of Nottingham. I have a background in social sciences and am interested in the role

In my research I consider how animals and people can become entangled in social, political and emotional contention as a result of different beliefs around how people should relate to

“Working with Worms” is my current practice- based research work in progress, in collaboration with Maria Miranda. In this project, we are working with worms in a durational project a

Michelle is an historian undertaking her PhD on the Beaumaris Zoo at Battery Point, Hobart, (1901-1921) which examines the unique narratives forged from the interactions between human and non-human worlds

I am a PhD candidate at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University, Melbourne. I am also a presenter for the animal advocacy radioshow Freedom of Species

Critical Animal Studies, Queer Theory, prison abolition, critical criminology, Gender Studies, Sociology, Sexual Violence Prevention

Briohny Doyle is the author of three novels Why We Are Here, Echolalia and The Island Will Sink, all of which explore, to varying degrees, the relationship between human and