Dear BERGers,
I'm delighted to announce that TOMORROW (April 12th) the BERG seminar will be Dr Mike Radford from the University of Aberdeen. The title of his talk is, "Law for Paws (and other animals)." It will be at 4pm in the Psychology Common Room (Cottrell 3A94) but also taking place on Teams for those who cannot attend in person.
We'll also be taking Mike out for dinner/drinks afterwards if anyone would like to join -- Please do!
The abstract, teams link, and schedule of future talks are below:
Law for Paws (and other animals)
Domesticated and kept animals have the status of property at common law. While this persists, it is essential that they are protected by legislation. The cornerstone of such animal protection legislation is a cruelty offence - an entirely legal concept - which is defined by reference to causing unnecessary suffering. While the scope of the offence is significantly wider in the UK than many other jurisdictions, it is committed only once an animal has suffered. However, during the past 50 years the notion of welfare - a scientific concept - has developed into a discrete area of research, leading to legislation concerned with an animal's quality of life. More recently, sentience and greater regard to the implications of evolutionary biology are having an impact on public policy and raising important issues about the scope and nature of animal protection legislation. So, too, is increased concern about the environment, including concern for the welfare of wildlife - which raises fundamental issues about what the term 'welfare' means in this context.
Teams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MjI5NTVhOGItNWM0OC00Nz…
Future talks:
April 19th 16:00 Alexandra Horowitz Barnard College Who is the dog?
April 26th 16:00 Pawel Fedurek University of Stirling Sound Recording Workshop
May 3rd 10:00 AM Cécile Sarabian University of Hong Kong Risk perception and potential applications in wildlife management and conservation
May 10th 16:00 Arnaud Tognetti Karolinska Institute Identification of sickness: some past, current and future projects.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Sharon
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Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND
Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651
Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/
Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology
Academic editor: PLOS ONE
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Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
Dear BERGers,
Our own Sarah Kraemer is looking for participants for her exciting PhD project on animal intelligence in peer-reviewed research. If you have 30 minutes, please consider taking part in this survey using the below link (it's fun!):
https://stirlingpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bsJQ6qI0FyDAPJA
Best wishes,
Pawel
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Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his)
Lecturer in Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844>
Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling>
Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>
I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday).
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Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
Dear Bergers,
I'm delighted to announce that this week's BERG seminar, Wednesday April 5th, at 4pm online, will be Dr Lucie Rigaill from Université Rennes. The title of her talk is, "Multimodal sexual communication in Afro-Eurasian monkeys." The abstract, teams link, and schedule of future talks are below:
Abstract
Reproduction is a crucial activity for all animal species. Individuals have to find mating opportunities, defend partners, and mate at the appropriate timing to maximize their reproductive success while dealing with the cost associated with reproduction (e.g., production of gametes, physiological stress).To guide their mating decision, individuals exchange information about their attributes and status through multiple sensory modalities. I have been studying how primates strategically mate using sexual communication and especially ovulatory signals in several species of Afro-Eurasian monkeys (olive baboons, Japanese macaques, cherry-crowned mangabeys, humans). I will present some of my results on the role of female visual (skin coloration, swelling), auditory (vocalisation), and olfactory(vaginal secretion) modalities in ovulatory signalling and mating strategies.
Teams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MjI5NTVhOGItNWM0OC00Nz…
Future Talks
April 12 16:00 Mike Radford University of Aberdeen TBA In - person: C3A94
April 19th 16:00 Alexandra Horowitz Barnard College Who is the dog? Online
April 26th 16:00 Pawel Fedurek University of Stirling Sound Recording Workshop In - person: C3A94
May 3rd 10:00 AM Cécile Sarabian University of Hong Kong Risk perception and potential applications in wildlife management and conservation Online
May 10th 16:00 Arnaud Tognetti Karolinska Institutet Identification of sickness: some past, current and future projects. Online
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Sharon
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Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND
Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651
Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/
Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology
Academic editor: PLOS ONE
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Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
