This is an exciting one-day research forum to discuss animal welfare science in Ireland. For the first time we aim to bring together animal welfare researchers from across Ireland in a friendly, supportive and collegiate forum to share ideas, forge collaborations and promote change to improve animals’ lives.
We are delighted that Dr Eimear Murphy (CIWF) will provide a plenary talk on her research on cognition and emotions in animals, and her recent transition from research to an NGO.
We will also feature a special edition of 'My Scientific Desert Island Discs' with Dr Gareth Arnott (QUB)- a musical journey through his career.
We'd love to hear about all types of research - please see the call for abstracts below!
Do register by Friday 3 March if you would like to:
We look forward to welcoming you to UCD School of Veterinary Medicine!
DateWednesday 22 March 2023
Time09:30-16:00
FeeAttendance is free but registration is essential
LocationUCD School of Veterinary Medicine
OrganisersProf Siobhan Mullan and Dr Claire Corridan (both UCD School of Veterinary Medicine) Dr Keelin O'Driscoll and Dr Laura Boyle (both Teagasc)
Intended Audience Animal welfare researchers and others interested in the field
Technical Requirements
We want to showcase the variety of research being conducted across Ireland and would be delighted for contributions to the day from researchers and others working on any species, across the spectrum from fundamental to applied research, and on associated topics of interest, for example open science, ethics or law. Your contributions will make the day! Please indicate at registration if you would like to give a talk and we will aim to include as many as possible. We particularly welcome contributions from postgraduate students and early career researchers.
We will provide a full programme once we have the contributions from researchers finalised. We will aim to provide time for discussion during the course of the day.
Information on commuting to UCD can be found here. If driving, you must park in a visitor pay and display carpark. Please don't park in a permit parking area as clamping is in operation. The fee of visitor pay and display parking is €1 per hour (premium visitor pay and display parking is €2.40 per hour). See here for a map of visitor pay and display carpark. Please note, traffic barriers are in operation across campus so please plan your travel and parking.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Eimear spent 14 years working as a researcher at various academic institutions across Europe, including a PhD on the assessment of emotion in pigs at Utrecht University. She joined Compassion in March 2022 to apply her skills in research to improve the welfare of animals farmed for food.
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