- Senior Lecturer in Human Animal Studies, Centre for Animal Welfare, University of Winchester
Steven has expertise in the multidisciplinary fields of human-animal studies and animal welfare science, ethics and law. Specifically, he has expertise in the ethics of the human-animal interaction and how the interests of sentient animals are accounted for in British government policy. Steven has published on diverse issues in human-animal studies and animal welfare science, ethics and law.
Experience
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2017–2018Lecturer, University of Winchester
Education
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2015Royal Veterinary College, University of London, PhD
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2007Birbeck College, University of London, BA (Hons) Philosophy
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2002University of Bristol, BVSc
Publications
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2021Animals, Surviving the Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia: Reforming the ‘Disposal’ of Confiscated Live Animals under CITES
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2020Animals, Yoga, Ahimsa and Consuming Animals: UK Yoga Teachers’ Beliefs about Farmed Animals and Attitudes to Plant-Based Diets
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2019Animals, Brexit and Animal Welfare Impact Assessment: Analysis of the Threats Brexit Poses to Animal Protection in the UK, EU and Internationally
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2019Animals, Brexit and Animal Welfare Impact Assessment: Analysis of the Opportunities Brexit Presents for Animal Protection in the UK, EU and Internationally
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2018Animals, Brexit and Animal Protection: Legal and Political Context and a Framework to Assess Impacts on Animal Welfare
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2018Animals, A Proposal for A UK Ethics Council for Animal Policy: The Case for Putting Ethics Back Into Policy Making
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2017Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Bovine Tuberculosis and Badger Culling in England: A Utilitarian Analysis of Policy Options
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2017Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Bovine Tuberculosis and Badger Culling in England: An Animal Rights-Based Analysis of Policy Options
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2017Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Bovine Tuberculosis Policy in England: Would a Virtuous Government Cull Mr Badger?
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2017Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Bovine Tuberculosis and Badger Control in Britain: Science, Policy and Politics
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2017Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, The Development of an Animal Welfare Impact Assessment (AWIA) Tool and Its Application to Bovine Tuberculosis and Badger Control in England
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2014Veterinary Record, What’s in a word? The RCVS Guide to Professional Conduct and Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
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2012Journal of Animal Welfare Law, On the Virtue of Solidarity: Animal Rights, Animal Welfarism and Animals’ Rights to Wellbeing
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2012Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, A Critique of FAWC’s Five Freedoms as a Framework for the Analysis of Animal Welfare
Professional Memberships
- European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
- Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law Veterinary Association
Contact Steven for
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- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Winchester, UK
- Website
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