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I am a PhD candidate at Griffith University. The focus of my thesis is animals who work and the potential

I am currently conducting a multi-sited multispecies ethnography of Ezo red foxes (Vulpes vulpes schrencki) involved in the tourism industry

I am currently working towards a PhD in Anthrozoology with the University of Exeter and I am interested in all

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

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

I am particularly interested in evolutionary biology, animal communications, interspecies communications, behaviours and psychology. Currently in my final semester of

I am a PhD student at the University of Exeter researching the intersubjectivity of more-than-human grief and the role that

I am a PhD Candidate at the Melbourne Law School, where I also teach the subject ‘Food Law and Policy’.

I am a PhD Candidate with a passion for felids. My research looks at affective human-field entanglements in the contexts

My research focuses on wild boar (Sus scrofa), one of the most villainised introduced species globally and within Australia. My

I am currently researching the Darling River and Menindee Lakes area in North West NSW which is dealing with the

In my research I consider how animals and people can become entangled in social, political and emotional contention as a

Jay Johnston FAHA is Professor in Religion within the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney. Her research encompasses

Nellie Le Beau is the author of the collection Inheritance,  winner of the P&W Prize for a First Book of

I am currently completing a research Masters in the School of Politics and International Relations at the ANU under the

My interests include research into rabbits, their emotional status and their current exploitation including but not limited to meat and

• Cultural theory (post-structuralism, deconstruction, posthumanism) • Continental philosophy (Derrida, Foucault, Arendt, Lyotard, Hegel and Nietzsche) • Biopolitics, political philosophy,

Madeleine Kelly is an artist and senior lecturer at Sydney College of the Arts, USyd. Her practice-led research is based

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

Sally Borrell’s work focuses on representations of animals in culture, especially postcolonial literature, with particular interests in ecocriticism, posthumanism and

Current undertaking PhD study with a focus on the subversion of traditional folktales and Disney fairy tales using feminist ecocritical

I am an architect & urban planner who has applied GIS (geospatially intelligent systems-services) to a variety of region and

My primary research interests are in the relationship between how nonhuman animals are depicted and what this might have to

I am currently enrolled as a PhD student in an Architecture Department researching the postwar design of exhibition environments—the display

I have been researching the cultural geographies of the Australian White Ibis for some years with colleague Associate Professor Paul

Associate Professor Bill Borrie is a conservation social scientist who is fascinated by human-nature relationships. For many years he has

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

Cannibalism; Animal studies; Cultural studies; Ethics Casual PETA staffer. Member of various organisations including UMAPS and Melbourne University Vegan Society Completed on PhD

Raising the importance of protecting existing wildlife populations in local urban planning;   working collaboratively to help set-up ‘Safe Beds

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

I am currently a PhD candidate with uTas researching the role of animals in children’s literature and the social implications

I am currently looking into human-animal interactions in Kimberley rock art and the effects animal had for the construction of

I am an environmental anthropologist interested in the intersections of capitalism, ecology, Indigeneity, health, and justice in the Pacific. My

Iris is researching thoroughbred welfare models espoused by the thoroughbred industry and by animal protection advocates. The thoroughbred industry is

Sonya McDowall is a concurrent PhD and MBA candidate with an interest in animal assisted therapies. In particular: dogs and

“Working with Worms” is my current practice- based research work in progress, in collaboration with Maria Miranda. In this project,

Michelle holds a PhD in Anthrozoology, and teaches university in the US. Her ongoing research focuses on Asian elephants (Elephas

My research is on multi-species participation in waterworlding, with a particular interest for the study of animals participation in the

Theology, literary studies, cultural history, comparative religion. Student in the Master of Divinity course, University of Divinity. Completing a doctoral

Animal lover, with continued fascination for animal intelligence and how that relates to our own animality/humanity. Working on cinematic and

I am interested in using my artistic skills and knowledge to find ways to show that other species are not

Darren Chang is a PhD student at the University of Sydney, in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy and

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

Human-animal relations in film and literature.

My current research interest is in examining the hegemonic processes that operate to insulate existing legal frameworks against reform and

I am a writer (fiction, non-fiction, poetry etc.), researcher, and teacher. My literary work, research and pedagogical methods are concerned

My PhD thesis is on the representation of horses and their agency in eco feminist YA horse fiction – to

I am currently working on my PhD thesis that focuses on the more-than-human worlds of farms and farm animal sanctuaries.

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter, investigating the use of markers and monitors in wildlife research.

I am researching how other animals are considered in global social progress metrics and investigating emerging perceptions of what progress

Oliver Hamalainen is a Narrm (Melbourne) born and based artist who works across video, performance and sculpture. His practice uses

Currently, Katya is working on her PhD thesis “More-than-human Tongues: Talking Animals and Their Agencies in Technocultural Networks.” Her research

A long-stranding research interest in human-animal relations- especially from the position of the environmental humanities , and a long publication

I am on a joint PhD program between the University of Adelaide and the University of Nottingham. I have a

I am a PhD candidate in the School of English at the University of Leeds. My PhD research centres on

Briohny Doyle is the author of three novels Why We Are Here, Echolalia and The Island Will Sink, all of

I recently finished my master’s thesis, which focused on ethnographic research conducted at both a farmed animal sanctuary and a

I have been interested in animals since childhood—this connection built on my empathy and sensibility to animals along with my

Myles Oakey is a settler living and working on the unceded land of the Dharug and Gundungurra people. He is

I am a Maori-Dutch Ph.D. student writing about human and nonhuman connectedness. My PhD is practice-led research in creative writing

Dr Nancy Cushing is an environmental historian who is examining the underlying beliefs and aims that led, by the end

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

Currently an accredited mental health social worker in private practice and also studying my PhD “A qualitative exploration of the

Danielle Clode is a narrative nonfiction writer whose writing over the last 30 years has made significant contributions to public

I am currently researching the influence of imperialism on human-animal relations inside Japanese history. I am also interested in the

As a veterinary surgeon and a philosopher, I am particularly interested in the moral lives of animals. I am working

I have an interest in various areas including advocacy to increase veganism and improving the world for wildlife and many

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

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

I have carried out research on the embodied experiences of breastfeeding for vegan women, which explored connections with cows in

A little about me: Courtney White is a PhD student in Media and Communications at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Her

Michelle is an historian undertaking her PhD on the Beaumaris Zoo at Battery Point, Hobart, (1901-1921) which examines the unique

I am a student of philosophy at the ANU. I am interested in rights, duties and ethical issues which arise

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

I foster eastern grey kangaroo EGK joeys on NSW South Coast. I take them in at approx 550g and raise

My research is in the area of animal rights, and in particular the potential extension of international human rights to

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

Yuping Hsu is a Ph.D. candidate in Cinema Studies at Nagoya University. Her research interests is in animal advocacy documentaries

Jes Hooper is an Anthrozoology PhD candidate at the University of Exeter and a member of Exeter’s Anthrozoology as Symbiotic

My research analyzes and historicizes the growth of and popular representations of the guide dog movement in the United States

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

Jennifer Jorm

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

Samantha Dennis is a jewellery and object-based artist working in Launceston, Tasmania. Her studio practice combines the traditional jewellery craft

Thesis title: Relational Epistmic Injustice: An Animal Approach to Knowing My PhD project aims to develop a theory of relational

I’m currently a casting director, but have returned to my first love of writing I am also about to work

My research examines discourse, law and public policy, and political activism, in relation to issues of social and criminal justice.

My PhD research focuses on purebred dog breeding practices in Aotearoa New Zealand. By drawing from key components of intersectional

Dr Rachel Yerbury (Phd) is a registered psychologist as well as a lecturer and researcher in the School of Psychology

I am a PhD candidate at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University, Melbourne. I am also

I focus primarily in what can be called Continental Animal Philosophy. Within this sphere I study the question concerning the