University of Amsterdam

I am a philosopher, writer and visual artist. I write novels, philosophical essays, academic texts, poems, and columns and essays for NRC newspaper.

I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam and am a member of the Multispecies Collective.

I co-chair the Werkgroep Dierfilosofie together with Brenda.

University of California,

Los Angeles (UCLA)

I am a PhD student in Primatology with a passion for animal ethics and conservation (sensu multispecies justice). My study subjects - and very much the objects of my obsession - are leaf monkeys. I study their care behaviors and norms, mixing traditional ethological methods with ethnography, to better understand what it means for them to flourish in the Anthropocene and to advocate for their interests and rights.

I am also a visual artist and co-chair the Werkgroep Dierfilosofie together with Eva.

Radboud University

I’ve recently finished my PhD researching animal ethics issues in conservation. I focused on three issues in particular: animals we refer to as ‘invasive alien species’, killing for supposed conservation benefit, and rewilding. I have been thinking about what transformative change means in conservation and how we can build more compassionate multispecies societies.

I’m also exploring (scientific) storytelling as a way to communicate about animals and shift perspectives.

G.C. Heemskerk is a visual artist and interested in critical animal and critical plant studies.

They make drawings, paintings, videos, audio, performances and walks, and are part of the Multispecies Collective.

More info: https://cargocollective.com/gijsjeheemskerk

Wageningen Universiteit

Bernice Bovenkerk is associate professor of animal and environmental ethics at Wageningen University and Research. Her research topics include the ethics of animal and plant biotechnology, gene drives, de-extinction, AI and animals, animal agency, the moral status of ‘boundary animals’ such as fish and insects, climate ethics, and deliberative democracy.

She has co-edited the Springer volumes Animals in Our Midst & Animal Ethics in the Age of Humans. She is author of the Springer book The Biotechnology Debate.

See also https://bernicebovenkerk.

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University of Helsinki

I am a PhD researcher at the University of Helsinki, where I research wild animal law.

In my research, I analyze the legal status of wild animals as they exist on the interface between animal conservation laws and animal welfare laws, and I try to unearth how their legal status differs depending on human interests and use. I am also very interested in critical approaches towards biodiversity conservation, wildlife ethics, and wild animal rights.

I’m a researcher in the Institute of Social and Economic Research Gheorghe Zane, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch. My basic formation is in philosophy and history.

For about 10 years I have taught classical Greek philosophy and intercultural communication in the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi. Lately I began to focus my research on anthrozoology, moving from intercultural communication to inter-species communication. I recently graduated a new master on Ethology and Human Animal Interaction in USAMV Cluj-Napoca.

I am involved in organising a yearly international symposium in anthrozoology (The Anthrozoology Symposium) and I’m co-editing the series of books Anthrozoology Studies.

Aron Nor is an independent researcher and self-taught filmmaker-artivist. He's based in Romania, where he currently researches and writes about street dogs' history, relations, and politics on gând vagabond  to imagine other ways of coexisting with them. Aron is part of the Just Wondering collective, where he produces, researches, writes, animates, edits, and directs hybrid animated essays.

Influenced by posthumanism, antispeciesism, and the need for total liberation, his research and films are infused with speculative and political questions, addressing various animal issues, philosophical questions, and ideas about social and environmental justice.

Ethics consultant, speaker and writer

Monique Janssens studied ethics and communications at Utrecht University. Her PhD thesis at Erasmus University was about the ethical responsibilities of companies towards animals. Through her consultancy company Ethical Business, she works for governmental, research, and educational organisations, and for companies and NGOs. She publishes on a regular basis on traditional and social media and in scientific journals. She is the ethicist and secretary of the New Animal Ethics Committee. It is her mission to create a world in which human and non-human animals live together in optimal wellbeing. She has adopted a vegan lifestyle.

Profile Utrecht University

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In 2019, after over a decade as a humanitarian aid worker, I fully dedicated myself to my practice as an artist-researcher. My work explores the memory of matter and challenges anthropocentric perspectives. Grounded in permaculture, (animal) philosophy, and both visual and relational art, I invite others into non-linear, collaborative processes that expand our understanding of more-than-human relations and interconnected ecologies, fostering shared knowledge creation beyond human boundaries.

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