Detailed Description
Participatory engagement is crucial in promoting positive animal welfare, and social science methodologies underpin successful advancement in the field of animal welfare. Combining classical biological science-based approaches with social science expertise enables research to be tailored to provide solutions that align to the needs of end users and wider industry. This interdisciplinary approach is key to enabling meaningful change, which has benefits for humans and animals alike. Participants can include a wide variety of people including care takers, business owners and the animals themselves, and it is important to understand their beliefs and values, and barriers to change which requires knowledge of social science.
This workshop will bring together social scientists, industry practitioners and animal welfare scientists to increase knowledge of how social and animal science techniques can be aligned to foster increased collaborations and produce research with greater potential for real-world impact. It will provide members with a practical social science informed perspective on animal welfare research, including why we should include stakeholders, and clear directions on who we should consider, and how to engage stakeholders in project development, which will have ramifications for future development of industry. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to these conversations will enable identification of tangible directions for future approaches to animal welfare research and development of practice.
Programme
The workshop will comprise presentations from industry experts, including Professor Emma Roe, Dr Tamzin Furtado, Dr Heather Browning, Dr Walter Veit and Professor David Rose, followed by round table multi-disciplinary discussions.
Presentations will cover the following topics:
· Professor David Rose, ‘An introduction to co-designing animal welfare research with stakeholders: why, who, and how?’
· Professor Emma Roe, ‘Making the case for interdisciplinary animal welfare science: how it would work and what it could offer.’
· Dr Tamzin Furtado, ‘Walking the talk and squawking the squawk: Moving from engagement to behaviour change in animal welfare research’
Dr Heather Browning & Dr Walter Veit, ‘From Subjects to Stakeholders: Centring Animals in Welfare Research’
As part of the booking process you will be required to select two choices of interest from the following: Farm Animal, Zoo & Exotic, Equine and Companion.
