The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
April 19, 2024 | New York University
The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
Which animals have the capacity for conscious experience? While much uncertainty remains, some points of wide agreement have emerged.
First, there is strong scientific support for attributions of conscious experience to other mammals and to birds.
Second, the empirical evidence indicates at least a realistic possibility of conscious experience in all vertebrates (including reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) and many invertebrates (including, at minimum, cephalopod mollusks, decapod crustaceans, and insects).
Third, when there is a realistic possibility of conscious experience in an animal, it is irresponsible to ignore that possibility in decisions affecting that animal. We should consider welfare risks and use the evidence to inform our responses to these risks.
The individual authors and signatories of this declaration are signing in their personal capacity and not on behalf of any institution or organization.
Kristin Andrews
Professor of Philosophy, York Research Chair in Animal Minds
York University
Jonathan Birch
Professor of Philosophy
London School of Economics and Political Science
Jeff Sebo
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies; Director of the Mind, Ethics, and Policy Program
New York University
Colin Allen
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
University of California, Santa Barbara
Konstantin Anokhin
Professor, Institute for Advanced Brain Studies
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Andrew Barron
Professor, School of Natural Sciences; Director, the Macquarie Minds and Intelligences Initiative
Macquarie University
Culum Brown
Professor, School of Natural Sciences
Macquarie University
Gordon M. Burghardt
Alumni Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
David Chalmers
University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science
New York University
Lars Chittka
Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology
Queen Mary University of London
Nicola S. Clayton FRS
Professor of Comparative Cognition
University of Cambridge
Robyn Crook
Associate Professor of Biology
San Francisco State University
David B. Edelman
Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College
Senior Research Scientist, Association for Cephalopod Research (CephRes), Naples IT
Robert Elwood
Emeritus Professor of Animal Behaviour
Queen's University Belfast
Becca Franks
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
New York University
Matilda Gibbons
Postdoctoral Researcher, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Martin Giurfa
Exceptional-Class Professor of Neurosciences
Sorbonne University
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Professor, School of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Sydney
Simona Ginsburg
Associate Professor of Neurobiology (Retired)
Open University of Israel
Stevan Harnad
Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
Editor in Chief, Animal Sentience
Eva Jablonka
Emeritus Professor, History and Philosophy of Science
Tel Aviv University
Christof Koch
President and Chief Scientist
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Jon Mallatt
Clinical Professor, WWAMI Medical Education Program
University of Washington at the University of Idaho
Jennifer Mather
Professor of Psychology
University of Lethbridge
Noam Miller
Associate Professor of Psychology and Biology
Wilfrid Laurier University
Liad Mudrik
Professor, School Of Psychological Sciences
Tel Aviv University
Lucia Melloni
Research Professor of Neurology
New York University School of Medicine
Irene M. Pepperberg
Research Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Boston University
Diana Reiss
Professor of Psychology; Director of the Animal Behavior & Conservation MA Program
Hunter College
Alexandra Schnell
Research Fellow
University of Cambridge
Anil Seth
Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
University of Sussex
Anindya "Rana" Sinha
Professor of Animal Behaviour and Cognition
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)
MV (Srini) Srinivasan
Emeritus Professor, Queensland Brain Institute
The University of Queensland
Narayanan Srinivasan
Professor, Department of Cognitive Science
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysuru
Bruno van Swinderen
Professor, Queensland Brain Institute
The University of Queensland
Naotsugu Tsuchiya
Professor, School of Psychological Sciences
Monash University
Cleo Verkuijl
Scientist
Stockholm Environment Institute
Anna Wilkinson
Professor of Animal Cognition, Department of Life Sciences
University of Lincoln
Katrina Wyman
Wilf Family Professor of Property Law; Director of the Environmental and Energy Law LLM Program
New York University School of Law
Yossi Yovel
Associate Professor, School of Zoology, Sagol School of Neuroscience
Tel Aviv University
Peter Singer
Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values
Princeton University
Meghan Barrett
Assistant Professor of Biology
Indiana University Indianapolis
Ralph Acampora
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Hofstra University
Gregory Tague
Former Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
St. Francis College
Emma Curran
Postdoctoral Associate
Rutgers University
Maria José Hötzel
Professor, Department of Animal Science and Rural Development
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Kathie Jenni
Professor of Philosophy; Founding Director of Human-Animal Studies
University of Redlands
Oscar Horta
Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Santiago de Compostela
Leonard Katz
Associate of the Department of Philosophy
Harvard University
Faraz Harsini
Chief Executive Officer
Allied Scholars for Animal Protection
Julio Penagos-Corzo
Professor, Department of Psychology
Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Andrew Knight
Veterinary Professor of Animal Welfare
Griffith University
François-Xavier Dechaume-Moncharmont
Full Professor of Animal Behaviour
University Claude-Bernard Lyon 1
Manuel E. dos Santos
Associate Professor of Behavioral Biology
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre-ISPA
Ana Cristina Ramírez Barreto
Professor, Philosophy of Culture
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Christiane Bailey
Researcher, Philosophy and Animal Ethics
Concordia University
Stacy Lopresti-Goodman
Professor of Psychology
Marymount University
Michael Pardo
Postdoctoral Fellow, K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Lucia Regolin
Full Professor, Animal Psychology and Animal Cognition, School of Psychology
University of Padova
Maristela Martins de Camargo
Associate Professor of Immunology
University of São Paulo
Jonathan Balcombe
Ethologist and Author
Former Director of Animal Sentience, Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy
Cynthia Schuck-Paim
Scientific Director
Center for Welfare Metrics
Simon Brown
Research Officer in Animal Sentience
London School of Economics and Political Science
Robert Biegler
Professor, Department of Psychology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ricardo Rozzi
Professor, Philosophy & Religion/Biological Sciences
University of North Texas
Amrita Narlikar
Honorary Fellow, Darwin College
University of Cambridge
Siiri Tarrikas
Junior Researcher in Semiotics and Culture Studies
University of Tartu
Irina Frasin
Senior Researcher in Anthrozoology
Gheorghe Zane Economic and Social Research Institute
Danielle Free
Animal Behaviourist
Marwell Wildlife
Gerard de Melo
Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems
Hasso Plattner Institute / University of Potsdam
Juliana Dániel-Ferreira
Researcher, Ecology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Elodie F. Briefer
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolution
University of Copenhagen
Ulrich Pfeffer
Head of the Functional Genomics Lab
San Martino Hospital, National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa
Maarten Reesink
Senior lecturer in Animal Studies
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Patrizia d'Ettorre
Exceptional-Class Professor in Ethology
University Sorbonne Paris Nord
Sarah Skeels-Jungius
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Guiomar Rotllant
Senior Researcher, Physiology and Reproduction of Crustaceans
Institut de Ciències del Mar
Per Jensen
Professor of Ethology
Linköping University
G. William Farthing
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
University of Maine
Kendra Coulter
Professor of Management and Organizational Studies; Coordinator of Animal Ethics and Sustainability Leadership
Huron University College at Western University
Eva Bernet Kempers
Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Law
University of Antwerp
Israel Gannot
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Tel-Aviv University
Serrin Rutledge-Prior
Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy
Australian National University
Paul J.E. Dekker
Universitair Docent, Department of Philosophy
University of Amsterdam
Guy Baldwin
Lecturer in Public Law and Human Rights
University of Manchester
Geraldine Werhahn
Research Associate, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
University of Oxford
Eze Paez
Professor of Philosophy of Law
Pompeu Fabra University
Martijn Egas
Associate Professor Evolution and Behaviour, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences
University of Groningen
Simon Fitzpatrick
Associate Professor of Philosophy
John Carroll University
Wolfgang Slany
Professor of Computer Science
Graz University of Technology
Marie Genevieve Guiraud
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Neuro-Cognition
Macquarie University
Orlando Arguello-Miranda
Assistant Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology Department, Miranda Lab
North Carolina State University
Annabelle Dufourcq
Associate Professor of Metaphysics and Philosophical Anthropology
Radboud University
David J. Menor-Campos
Veterinary Behaviourist, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery
University of Cordoba
Sacha Vignieri
Deputy Editor
Science
Michael Mendl
Professor of Animal Behaviour and Welfare; Senior Vice Lead of the BBSRC Animal Welfare Research Network
University of Bristol
Shereen Chang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy
York University
Matthew Liebman
Associate Professor and Chair of the Justice for Animals Program
University of San Francisco School of Law
Allan Leslie Combs
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
University of North Carolina- Asheville
Matthew W. Perry
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ethics and Social & Political Philosophy
University of British Columbia
Fay Clark
Lecturer in Psychological Science
University of Bristol
Geoffrey Barstow
Associate Professor
Oregon State University
Luís A. Nunes Amaral
Erastus Otis Haven Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern University
Joshua Russell
Professor of Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, & Anthrozoology
Canisius University
Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal
Assistant Professor of Psychobiology and Neuroscience
Tel-Aviv University
Charles Beasley
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
LUISS in Rome
Dorna Behdadi
Lecturer of Philosophy, Linguistics & Theory of Science
University of Gothenburg
Heather Browning
Lecturer in Philosophy
University of Southampton
Lucius Caviola
Senior Research Fellow
University of Oxford
Stephen R. L. Clark
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
University of Liverpool
Andrew Crump
Lecturer in Animal Cognition & Welfare
Royal Veterinary College
Mike Dacey
Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy
Bates College
Nicolas Delon
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
College of Charleston
Leonard Dung
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Philosophy and AI Research
University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Nathan Faivre
Research Director, National Centre for Scientific Research
Université Grenoble Alpes
Andrew Fenton
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Dalhousie University
Josh A. Firth
Associate Professor of Behavioural Ecology
University of Leeds, UK
Bob Fischer
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Texas State University
Brian Glenney
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Norwich University
Cleo Grieve
Postgraduate Researcher, Institute of Aquaculture
University of Stirling
Jes Lynning Harfeld
Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Learning, Centre for Applied Philosophy
Aalborg University
Avram Hiller
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Portland State University
Kristina M. Horback
Associate Professor, Applied Ethology
University of California, Davis
Colin Jerolmack
Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology
New York University
L. Syd M Johnson
Associate Professor, Center for Bioethics & Humanities
Upstate Medical University
Angelica Kaufmann
Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Philosophy
University of Milan
Barbara J. King
Professor Emerita of Anthropology
William & Mary
Johannes Kleiner
Postdoctoral Researcher, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Mirjam Knörnschild
Professor of Evolutionary Ethology
Humboldt University of Berlin
Michael J. Kuba
Assistant Professor of Zoology
Department of Biology
University of Naples Federico II
Lori Marino
Adjunct Professor, Animal Studies
New York University
Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró
Postdoctoral Biologist, Goffin Lab, Messerli Research Institute
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Georgia Mason
Professor of Integrative Biology, Col. K. L. Campbell University Chair in Animal Welfare,
Director of the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare
University of Guelph
Josh Milburn
Lecturer in Political Philosophy, Department of International Relations, Politics and History
Loughborough University
Albert Newen
Full professor of Philosophy
Institut für Philosophie II Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Leanne Proops
Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare
University of Portsmouth
Michael J. Renner
Professor of Biology, Psychology, and Environmental Science
Drake University
Luke Roelofs
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
University of Texas, Arlington
Nissa Rudh
Fish Biologist, NOAA Fisheries
U.S. Department of Commerce
Carl Sachs
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Marymount University
Mark Sainsbury
Jesse H. Jones Professor in Liberal Arts
University of Texas at Austin
Murray Shanahan
Professor of Cognitive Robotics
Imperial College London
Henry Shevlin
Associate Director, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
University of Cambridge
Adam Shriver
The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement
Drake University
Toni Sims
Researcher in Mind, Ethics, and Policy
New York University
Martyna Stachaczyk
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Philosophy Logic and Scientific Method
London School of Economics
Morten Tønnessen
Professor of Philosophy
University of Stavanger, Norway
Antonella Tramacere
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
RomaTre University
Cameron Rouse Turner
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computational Cognitive Science Lab
Princeton University
Walter Veit
Lecturer in Philosophy
University of Reading
Elly Vintiadis
Associate Lecturer, Philosophy
The American College of Greece
Paul A. Locke
Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
João Luís Vargas de Almeida Saraiva
Researcher, Center of Marine Sciences
University of Algarve
Luc Delannoy
Director
Instituto de Neuroartes
Sérgio Henrique Faria
Ikerbasque Research Professor, Director of the IzotzaLab
Basque Centre for Climate Change
Amy Dickman
Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
University of Oxford
William Wood
Staff Scientist, Helen Wills Neuroscience Department
University of California, Berkeley
Wladimir J. Alonso
Executive Director and Researcher
Center for Welfare Metrics
John M. Jermier
Professor of Organizational Behavior, Muma College of Business
University of South Florida
Ali Boyle
Assistant Professor Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Rafael Ruiz de Lira
PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Daniel S. Mills
Professor of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine
University of Lincoln
David N. Fisher
Lecturer, The School of Biological Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Beth Ventura
Senior Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences
University of Lincoln
Brigitte Baptiste
President
Universidad EAN
Robin L. Zebrowski
Professor of Cognitive Science
Beloit College
Heide Island
Professor, Comparative Animal Behavior and Neuroscience
Pacific University
Robert Kentridge
Professor, Psychology Department
Durham University
Lindsey D. Goodman
Postdoctoral Associate, Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Luigi Baciadonna
Research Fellow, Neuroscience Paris Seine, Institute of Biology Paris Seine
Sorbonne University
Catherine Hobaiter
Reader Origins of Mind, School of Psychology
University of St Andrews
Carrie Figdor
Professor, Department of Philosophy and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Iowa
Susana Monsó
Associate Professor, Department of Logic, History, and Philosophy of Science
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Hugh R. Wilson
Professor Emeritus, Centre for Vision Research, Department of Biology, and Department of Psychology
York University
Francesco Ellia
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Sciences for Quality of Life
University of Bologna
Efrén Álvarez Salvado
Scientist, Department of Integrative Biology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anastassia Depauld
Professor of Philosophy
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
Oliver H. P. Burman
Professor in Animal Behaviour, Cognition, and Welfare
University of Lincoln
Karen McComb
Emeritus Professor of Animal Behaviour & Cognition
University of Sussex
Holly Root-Gutteridge
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Lincoln
Claudia Passos Ferreira
Assistant Professor of Bioethics
New York University
Elizabeth Paul
Senior Lecturer
University of Bristol
Helen Lambert
Animal Welfare Scientist
Animal Welfare Consultancy
Giorgio Vallortigara
Professor of Neuroscience and Animal Cognition, Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences
University of Trento
Kurt Sladky
Clinical Professor of Zoological Medicine
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine
Eva Read
PhD Candidate, Foundations of Animal Sentience (ASENT) Project
London School of Economics
Kathrin Herrmann
Animal Welfare Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
The Animal Protection Commissioner of Berlin, Senate Department for the Justice & Consumer Protection
David DeGrazia
Elton Professor of Philosophy
George Washington University
Kristina Zeljic
Neurobiologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Queen Mary University of London
Thomas Metzinger
Professor Emeritus, Philosophy Department
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Vittoria Elliott
Science Director and Research Associate
Wild Animal Welfare Initiative and Smithsonian Institution
Kristy Ferraro
PhD Candidate, School of the Environment
Yale University
Linda Keeling
Professor, Animal Welfare
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ben Bradley
Sutton Professor of Philosophy
Syracuse University
Sergio Dellavalle
Professor of Public Law and State Theory
Department of Law, University of Turin
Ruth C. Newberry
Professor of Ethology
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Nico Blüthgen
Professor of Ecology
Technical University of Darmstadt
Mark Benecke
Director
International Forensic Research
Giorgio F. Gilestro
Senior Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences
Imperial College London
Anna Di Cosmo
Full Professor of Zoology and Ethology, Department of Biology
University of Naples Federico II
Serpil Oppermann
Professor of Environmental Humanities
Cappadocia University
Harald Schliemann
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
University of Hamburg
Ralf-Rainer Piesold
Professor, Administrative Informatics and Computer Sciences
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Philippa Brakes
Research Fellow
Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Daniel Hui
PhD Candidate, Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Becky Hansis-O’Neill
PhD Candidate, Dunlap Lab, Biology Department
University of Missouri-St.Louis
Claudia Wascher
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Anglia Ruskin University
Tony Cheng
Associate Professor, Waseda Institute of Advanced Study
Waseda University
Fabian Ritter
President; Director of Research
M.E.E.R. e.V. Berlin
Alfredo F. Ojanguren
Assistant Professor of Zoology
Universidad de Oviedo
Joanna Pijanowska
Full Professor in Biological Sciences
University of Warsaw
Lena Lindström
Postdoctoral Researcher
Umeå University
Aimee Dunlap
Associate Professor, Biology
University of Missouri, Saint Louis
Emilio Pagani-Núñez
Lecturer in Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Conservation and Restoration Science
Edinburgh Napier University
Véronique Servais
Professor of Anthropology
University of Liege
Caio Maximino
Assistant Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience
Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará
Xareni P. Pacheco
Research Professor, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Biológicas Aplicadas
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Andrzej Elzanowski
Professor of Vertebrate Zoology
University of Warsaw
Mark Solms
Director of Neuropsychology, Neuroscience Institute
University of Cape Town
Jeff Karp
Distinguished Chair, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Kathy Hessler
Asst. Dean, Animal Law
Director, Animal Legal Education Initiative
The George Washington University Law School
Anna Kathleen Garr
Ph.D. Candidate, Integrated Program of Neuroscience
McGill University
Frania Shelley-Grielen
MA Animal Behavior
Hunter College
Alex Putzer
UN Harmony with Nature Expert, Fulbright-Schuman Scholar in Rights of Urban Natures
New York University
Elisa Pasquini
PhD Student, Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences
University of Trento
Lisa Yon
Associate Professor in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
University of Nottingham
Christopher Bryant
Director
Bryant Research
James Clark Ross
PhD Candidate, Philosophy
University of Southampton
Nitin Sekar
Conservation Scientist
IUCN Asian Elephant Specialist Group
Samuel Clark
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Lancaster University
Heather Bacon
Dean of School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Central Lancashire
Christopher Fields
Scientist, Allen Discovery Center
Tufts University
Yogi Hendlin
Assistant Professor
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ignacio Cea
Research Associate
Temuco Catholic University - Chile
Friedrich Glauner
Permanent Fellow at the Global Ethic Institute
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Léa Lansade
Senior Researcher
National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Michael Friedman
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Math and Science
Pratt Institute
Cebuan Bliss
Postdoctoral researcher, Environmental Governance and Politics Chairgroup
Radboud University
Sonja Hillemacher
PhD Student, Institute of Agricultural Engineering
University of Bonn
Renee Ye
PhD Candidate, Philosophy
Ruhr-Universität, Bochum
Lisa (Skinher) Pytka
Research Assistant, MD Anderson Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research
The University of Texas
Jenny Lorraine Nielsen
Doctoral Candidate Philosophy of Science
University of Kansas
Anna Majury
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
Queen’s University
T. Erhan Cosan
Medical Faculty; Institute of Neurological Sciences
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir (Turkey)
Laura Scherer
Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences
Leiden University
Emma Vitikainen
Adjunct Professor, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
University of Helsinki
Tobias Salden
PhD Candidate, ZFMK Bonn, Hymenoptera Section
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Carlos Naranjo
Director
Colegio de Ciencias del Comportamiento
Bernice Bovenkerk
Associate Professor of Animal and Environmental Ethics
Wageningen University
Dale Jamieson
Director, Center for Environmental and Animal Protection; Emeritus Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy
New York University
Alexandra Horowitz
Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Associate Professor
Barnard College
Vikas O'Reilly-Shah
Director, Center for Pain and Perioperative initiatives in Quality Safety and Outcomes
University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital
Marcin Urbaniak
Associate Professor of Cognitive Science
University of the National Education Commission
Krzysztof Miler
Professor of the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
Polish Academy of Sciences
Sibylle Wenzel
State Animal Welfare Officer; Specialist Veterinarian Animal Welfare
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Roi Mandel (Mandel-Briefer)
Assistant Professor of Animal Welfare
Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Dvija Mehta
Researcher, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
University of Cambridge
Enrique Font
Professor of Ethology
University of Valencia
Don Drake
Professor, School of Life Sciences
University of Hawaiʻi
Brenda de Groot
PhD Student, Department of Anthropology
University of California, Los Angeles
Nicola Khan
Senior Lecturer in Animal Science; School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
Nottingham Trent University
Walter Sanchez-Suarez
Animal Behavior and Welfare Scientist
Mercy For Animals
Jacek Debiec
Neuroscientist and Psychiatrist
Great Lakes Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Peter Suber
Senior Advisor on Open Access
Harvard University
Wynn Schwartz
Lecturer
Harvard Medical School
Pablo Sepúlveda Voullième
Anesthesiologist, Hospital San Jose Osorno
Universidad Austral
António Machiavelo
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
University of Porto
Brian Stewart
Professor of Physics
Wesleyan University
Jiri Wiedermann
Professor of Computer Science, Institute of Computer Science
Czech Academy of Sciences
Denise Arellano
Instructional Designer & Instructor
Texas Woman's University
Steven Greenstein
Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
Montclair State University
Andrea Di Biagio
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna
Harry Wels
Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Adrian Ivakhiv
J. S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities
Simon Fraser University
Kevin Boileau
Chair & Professor, Department of Psychoanalysis & Philosophy
Global Center for Advanced Studies College Dublin
Martha Smith-Blackmore
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Law, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Tufts University
Alvaro López Caicoya
Researcher
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology
S. Marek Muller
Assistant Professor of Environmental Communication
Texas State University
Diana Rodriguez Moreno
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology in Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv
Professor, Faculty of Engineering/Faculty of Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Dylan Ludwig
Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science
York University
Michael Calhoun
Research Group Leader (retired)
Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research
Carla Marmelo
Zootechnical Engineer and Researcher
University of Évora and Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre
Jacy Reese Anthis
Co-founder
Sentience Institute
Michael Snodgrass
Lecturer II, Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Pedro Resende
Full Professor, Department of Mathematics
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Anderson Fonseca
PhD Researcher in Philosophy
Federal University of Ceará
Calum Sims
PhD Student, Philosophy
Bristol University
Jennifer Collett
PhD Student, Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology
University of Exeter
Wasseem Emam
Doctoral Researcher in Farmed Fish Welfare
University of Stirling
Tatum Cummins
Editor
Springer Nature
Jin Qian
PhD Candidate, Environmental Policy
Wageningen University & Research
Todd LeVasseur
Senior Instructor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
College of Charleston
V. Victoria Shroff
Adjunct Professor of Animal Law, Peter Allard School of Law
University of British Columbia
Mikhail Bukhtoyarov
Docent of Philosophy, The Humanities Institute
Siberian Federal University
Timothy A. Pearce
Assistant Curator of Mollusks
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Nora Zannoni
Researcher
Italian National Research Council
Isabelle Laumer
Postdoctoral Researcher
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
William G. P. Mayner
Researcher, Center for Sleep and Consciousness
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alice Auersperg
Associate Professor of Comparative Cognition; Messerli Research Institute
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Valérie Chansigaud
Historian of Science and The Environment, Laboratoire SPHERE
Université Paris Cité
Barrett Klein
Professor of Entomology and Animal Behavior
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Viswanathan Rajagopalan
Associate Professor, Biomedical & Anatomical Sciences
New York Institute of Technology
Arno Klein
Director, MATTER Lab
Child Mind Institute
Victor I. Reus
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
Olli Loukola
Associate Professor in Animal Ecology
University of Oulu
Antonios Kaldas
Lecturer in Philosophy, St. Cyril’s Coptic Theological College
Sydney College of Divinity
Fernando Guerrieri
Assistant Professor, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte
Université de Tours, France
Mateusz Hohol
Associate Professor of Psychology, Mathematical Cognition and Learning Lab
Jagiellonian University Krakow
Rachel Dale
Senior Scientist
University for Continuing Education Krems
Federica Pirrone
Associate Professor of Veterinary Ethology and Animal Welfare
University of Milan
Julie Vérièpe
Maitre Assistant
University of Geneva
Timo Maran
Professor of Ecosemiotics and Environmental Humanities
University of Tartu
Valeria Mazza
Research Fellow, Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences
University of Tuscia
Scott Andersen
Program Manager, Office of Mission & Capability Support, Science & Technology Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
Chirantana Mathkari
Assistant Professor of Anthrozoology
Canisius University
Emanuel Candeias
Doctorate Researcher, Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology
University of Coimbra
Alex Djedovic
Sessional Lecturer, Cognitive Science Program
University of Toronto
Tomasz Kijewski
Specialist
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
Steven Laureys
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neuroplasticity
CERVO Brain Research Centre, Laval University
Sylvia Corte
Retired Assistant Professor of Ethology
Universidad de la República
David Sánchez Ruano
Research Professor, School of Architecture, Art and Design
Tecnologico de Monterrey
Jason Scorse
Program Chair, Environmental Policy and Management
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Mara Martínez Morant
Founder and Coordinator, Antropología de la Vida Animal
Institut Català d'Antropologia
Silke Anders
Professor for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism
Universität zu Lübeck
Laska Miteva Angelova
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Trakia University
Gualtiero Piccinini
Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy
University of Missouri
Silvia Benchimol
Retired Professor, Faculty of Art and Design
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Hernando Borges Neves Filho
Professor and Researcher, Graduate Program in Behavior Analysis
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Ethan Prall
Fellow and Doctoral Student, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
University of Miami
Claudia Uller
Associate Professor
Kingston University London
Pushpendra Jain
Retired Professor, Department of Physics
University of Botswana
Valeria Mazza
Research Associate, Department for Ecological and Biological Sciences
University of Tuscia
Johannes J. Fahrenfort
Assistant Professor
Free University Amsterdam
John Haas
Lecturer
FH Burgenland
Berika Beridze
Assistant Researcher
National Botanical Garden of Georgia
Dawn Prince-Hughes
Designer/Facilitator, Cultural Autism Studies
Yale University
Elena Cunningham
Clinical Professor
NYU Dentistry
Mark Friedman
Senior Fellow
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Luciano Cunha
Coordinator, Brazil
Animal Ethics
Gary Shapiro
President
Orang Utan Republik Foundation
Donovan Schaefer
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Gary Lucas
Visiting Scholar
Indiana University
Monique Janssens
Founder and Director
Ethisch Bedrijf
Natasha Wierzal
ZooMonitor Research Assistant
Lincoln Park Zoo
Shannon O'Brien
Animal Welfare Scientist
Lincoln Park Zoo
Thomas Hirschmann
Lecturer Innovation
University of Kent
Hans W. Koch
Professor of Sound
Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Elisabeth Suwandschieff
PhD Candidate, Messerli Research Institute
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Marina Lalatta Costerbosa
Professor of Philosophy of Law and Bioethics, Department of Philosophy
University of Bologna
Bartosz Baran
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Psychology, Mathematical Cognition and Learning Lab
Jagiellonian University
Jeppe Have Rasmussen
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Copenhagen
Markus Lindholm
Professor of Science Didactics
Rudolf Steinerhøyskolen
Samantha Hurn
Professor of Anthropology and Programme Director for Anthrozoology
University of Exeter
Judith Donath
Faculty Associate, Berkman-Klein Center
Harvard University
Sophia M. Connell
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Birkbeck, University of London
Simon Coghlan
Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics
University of Melbourne
Alfonso Donoso
Associate Professor in Institute of Applied Ethics
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Daniel A. Dombrowski
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
Seattle University
Brianne Donaldson
Associate Professor, Religion and Philosophy
University of California, Irvine
Kimberly L. Fullerton
Adjunct Professor, Animal Law and Policy, Francis King Carey School of Law
University of Maryland
Arto Laitinen
Professor of Philosophy
Tampere University
François Jaquet
Enseignant-chercheur & directeur adjoint du Master Éthique
Université de Strasbourg
Elisa Galgut
Associate Professor in Philosophy
University of Cape Town
Simon P. James
Professor of Philosophy
Durham University
Konstantin Deininger
Lecturer, Philosophy
University of Vienna
Joshua Kissel
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Writing and Rhetoric
University of Central Florida
Anja Jauernig
Professor of Philosophy
New York University
Hugh LaFollette
Emeritus Cole Chair in Ethics & Professor of Philosophy
University of South Florida
Lisa Kemmerer
Professor Emeritus, Philosophy
Montana State University Billings
Rocío Becerra Montané
Integrante del Seminario de Investigación sobre Sociedad del Conocimiento y Diversidad Cultural
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Steve Cooke
Associate Professor of Political Theory
University of Leicester
Andrew Stawasz
Legal Fellow, Institute for Policy Integrity
New York University School of Law
Lars Lewejohann
Professor, Institute of Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory
Animal Science
Freie Universitaet Berlin
Paulo César Maiorka
Associate Professor of Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine
University of São Paulo
Kenneth A. Koenigshofer
Adjunct Professor of Psychology
University of Maryland, Global Campus
Fabiola Leyton
Lecturer in Ethics and Bioethics, Faculty of Nursing
University of Barcelona
Rebecca E. Nordquist
Associate Professor Farm Animal Behaviour and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Utrecht University
Armina Janyan
Assistant Professor in Cognitive Science
New Bulgarian University
Carlos Edmundo Salas Bravo
Retired Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Augusta Gaspar
Associate Professor of Psychology
Catholic University of Portugal
Simon Lumsden
Associate Professor, Philosophy
University of New South Wales
Kristien Hens
Professor of Bioethics
University of Antwerp
Rebekah Humphreys
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Chris Bobonich
C. I. Lewis Professor of Philosophy
Stanford University
Sascha Benjamin Fink
Director of Research, Centre for Philosophy of AI Research
Friedrich-Alexander-University
Stephen Finlay
Director, Dianoia Institute of Philosophy
Australian Catholic University
Odile Petit
Director of Research in Ethology
National Center of Scientific Research
Jérôme Segal
Assistant Professor, Animal Ethics
Sorbonne Université
Kramer Thompson
PhD Candidate, Philosophy
Australian National University
Bart Schultz
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
University of Chicago
Udo Schuklenk
Professor of Philosophy and Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics
Queen's University
John Sanbonmatsu
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Christine Tappolet
Full Professor, Department of Philosophy
Université de Montréal
Benjamin Sachs-Cobbe
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
University of St. Andrews
Marcus Schultz-Bergin
Associate College Lecturer in Philosophy
Cleveland State University
Eli Shupe
Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Humanities
University of Texas at Arlington
David M. Peña-Guzmán
Associate Professor of Humanities and Comparative World Literature
San Francisco State University
Genevieve Pfeiffer
PhD Student Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policy
University of Oregon
Monique Whitaker
Philosophy Lecturer
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Steven Shakespeare
Professor of Continental Philosophy of Religion
Liverpool Hope University
Dustin Sigsbee
PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy
University of South Carolina
Mark Rowlands
Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy
University of Miami
Angus Taylor
Retired Lecturer in Philosophy
University of Victoria
Elisa Aaltola
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science
University of Turku
Anna C. Zielinska
Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Lorraine
Gregg Henriques
Professor of Graduate Psychology
James Madison University
Kate Lynch
Lecturer, History and Philosophy of Science
University of Melbourne
Aline Bertin
Researcher and Ethologist
National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Andreas T. Schmidt
Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy
University of Groningen
Julien Meyer
Research Officer in Language Sciences, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique
Université Grenoble Alpes
Andy Blacker
Retired Veterinary Care Specialist
US Army
Mathieu Lihoreau
CNRS Research Director, Research Center on Animal Cognition
University of Toulouse
Roger Orpwood
Professor, Centre for Pain Research
University of Bath
Luca Filaci
PhD Student, Philosophy, Epistemology and Human Sciences
Università degli studi di Cagliari
Ana Raquel Santos
PhD Candidate, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
University of Coimbra
Acer Yu-Chan Chang
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Rikkyo University
Bindu M.Kutty
Senior Professor of Neurophysiology & Officer in Charge, Center for Consciousness Studies
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Santiago Ambrosio Viale
Professor of Biochemistry, School of Medcine and Biomedical Sciences
University of Barcelona
Vish Krishnan
Professor and Endowed Chair
University of California, San Diego
Timothy A. Pearce
Assistant Curator and Head, Section of Mollusks
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Neville Pillay
Professor of Animal Behaviour and Head, School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand
Toby Miller
Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division
University of California, Riverside
Ann Hemingway
Professor, Public Health & Wellbeing
Bournemouth University
José M. Sánchez Morgado
Director, Bioresearch and Veterinary Services
The University of Edinburgh
Andrew Oberg
Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities
University of Kochi
Lisa Gjedde
Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Learning
Aalborg University
Mike King
Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Bioethics Centre
University of Otago
Lawrence W. Powers
Professor Emeritus of Natural Sciences
Oregon Institute of Technology
Mikel Torres
Lecturer and Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of the Basque Country
Dorota Probucka
Professor of Ethics
Pedagogical University of Cracow
Gary Steiner
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
Bucknell University
Niko Zieliński
Lecturer in Neurobiology and Intelligent Systems, Center of Science and Technology
University of Łódź
Michel Steinfeld
Research Fellow, Department of Theology and Philosophy of Religion
University of Hamburg
François Verheggen
Associated Professor of Chemical Ecology
University of Liege
Alessandro Macario
Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences
Istanbul University
Freddie-Jeanne Richard
Assistant Professor, Ecologie et Comportement Animal
Université de Poitiers
Thierry Ménissier
Full Professor, Political Philosophy, Institut de Philosophie de Grenoble
Université Grenoble Alpes
Xavier Landes
Associate Professor, Philosophy
Stockholm School of Economics
Heidi L. Maibom
Professor of Philosophy
University of Cincinnati
Corine Pelluchon
Professor of Philosophy
Gustave Eiffel University
Friedel M. Reischies
Professor of Psychiatry
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Tore Fougner
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations
Bilkent University
Jeremy N. Marchant
Chief Scientist
Organic Plus Trust
Heidi Nicholl
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Business
University Southern Queensland
Giulia Malerbi
Head of Global Policy
Aquatic Life Institute
Russil Durrant
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Victoria University of Wellington
Marta Tafalla
Senior Lecturer, Philosophy Department
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Carl Saucier-Bouffard
Professor of Humanities
Dawson College
Tamar Gutnick
Postdoctoral Researcher
Italian Institute of Science and Technology
Mustafa A. Amin
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Rice University
Justine Cole
Consultant Research Physician, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Philip Galanter
Emeritus Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Lori Clinchard
Chair, Humanities Department
De Anza College
Giraldo Alayón García
President
Fundación Ariguanabo
Alicia Powers
Senior Zookeeper
Conservation Society of California - Oakland Zoo
Richard O'Donovan
Academic Director, Student Evaluations, Department of the Vice Chancellor of Education
Monash University
Ankita Shanker
Doctoral Researcher
University of Basel / University of Helsinki
Steve Mentz
Professor of English
St. John's University
Lars Hulgaard
Professor Emeritus, Department of People and Technology
Roskilde University
Terry Irwin
Professor, School of Design
Carnegie Mellon University
Jason Kaloudis
Acquisitions/Business Librarian/S.T.E.M. Librarian
SUNY Old Westbury
Yi Jian
Founder
Good Food Fund
August Hochman
Co-founder & Director
Centre for Aquaculture Progress
Gala Argent
Human-Animal Studies Program Director
Animals & Society Institute
Jonathan Leighton
Executive Director
Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering
Laura Wright
Professor, Department of English Studies
Western Carolina University
Kai Williams
Executive Director
The International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
Zucker Arnaud
Professor of Classics, Researcher in Anthropozoology, Head of IRN Zoomathia
University Côte d'Azur
Houari Touati
Visiting Researcher, Islamic Studies
École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Marta Segarra
Research Director, Gender and Sexuality Studies
National Center for Scientific Research
Tomasz Wydro
Retired Physicist
Lorraine University
Richard Foltz
Professor, Department of Religions and Cultures
Concordia University
Quintin Rayer
Head of Research and Ethical Investing
P1 Investment Services Ltd
Jessica Pierce
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Bioethics and Humanities
University of Colorado
Birger Puppe
Professor of Animal Behaviour
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology Dummerstorf
H. Dieter Steklis
Professor of Animal Sciences
University of Arizona
Emily Brady
Professor of Philosophy
Texas A&M University
Espen Gamlund
Professor of Philosophy
University of Bergen
Jérémie Lefebvre
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Clinique Vétérinaire La Salamandre
Xesús Feás
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Galicia
Joshua May
Professor of Philosophy and Psychology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Virginia Schianini
PhD Student in Biology, Ethology Unit
University of Pisa
Audrey Kist
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
Ana Paula Vidotto Magnoni
Professor and Researcher, Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Mikkel Roald-Arbøl
PhD Student, Department of Biology
University of Sussex
Anthony P. Lange
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Neuroscience & Pharmacology
University of Iowa
Marcus Clauss
Head of Research and Co-director Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets, and Wildlife
University of Zurich
Lais Mendes Ruiz Cantano
Biology Teacher, Basic Education
State School in Sao Paulo-Brazil
Lilian C. Luchesi
Postdoctoral Researcher, Psychology Institute
University of São Paulo
Natalia Albuquerque
Postdoctoral Researcher, Psychology Institute
University of São Paulo
Emma Otta
Professor of Ethology and Experimental Psychology
Universidade de São Paulo
Bruno Lanfranconi
Scientist (Retired), Brain Research Institute
University of Zürich
Chris Goto-Jones
Professor of Philosophy
University of Victoria
Jean Geary Boal
Professor Emerita in Animal Behavior and Marine Biology
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Richard Kahn
Core Faculty in Education
Antioch University
Gabrielle L. Davidson
Lecturer in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Genomics
University of East Anglia
Martin Drenthen
Associate Professor of Environmental Philosophy
Radboud University
Tania Kiehl Lucci
Doctor in Experimental Psychology, PROCONTES
Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo
Jean-Loup Rault
Professor of Animal Welfare Science; Head of the Institute of Animal Welfare Science
University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
Daniel C. Mograbi
Associate Professor; Visiting Researcher
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; King's College London
Sidarta Ribeiro
Full Professor of Neuroscience
Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Elena T. Contreras
Associate Professor, Animal Welfare & Behavior
Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine, Rowan University
Sarah Zanaz
PhD Candidate, Ethology and Philosophy
University of Strasbourg
Christoph D. Dahl
Associate Professor of Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience
Taipei Medical University
Chiara Saracini
Assistant Professor and Researcher, Cognitive Neuroscience
Catholic University of Maule
María Isabel Morales
Facultad de Psicología
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Theresa S. S. Schilhab
Associate Professor
University of Aarhus
Alina Simona Rusu
Professor of of Animal Science and Biotechnologies
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
Ivanira Pancheri
Attorney for the State of São Paulo
Attorney General’s Office for the State of São Paulo
Jeremy K. Miller
Professor of Psychology
Willamette University
Laura Scherer
Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences
Leiden University
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