Hi BERG, An upcoming talk organised outside of Psychology that may interest many of you: On Thursday March 28 at 3:15 pm in room C.2A54 in the Cottrell building Heather Browning (Southampton) will give a talk entitled "How do we set thresholds for animal welfare?" Abstract copied below. Recommendations for animal welfare often rely on reference to different welfare thresholds. While some welfare science simply aims at the comparative goal of welfare improvements (i.e. increasing the level of welfare from its previous baseline), other applications aim at the more absolute goals of achieving good welfare, or creation of a life worth living. The latter cases involve a normative element in judging where the relevant thresholds lie. Here I discuss some of the commonly used thresholds and outline some principled ways of setting their levels. Also hybrid via Zoom: https://stir-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99810780456?pwd=ejBRMStXUjlCQkJ5V0p1bXMwY1M4dz0... Best wishes, Clare __________________________________________________________ Students: book to talk with me here<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/PsychologyY1PersonalTuteesTutorDrClareAndrews@stir.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/>. Dr Clare Andrews (preferred pronouns: she/her) MA MSc DPhil FHEA Lecturer in Psychology, Course Director for MSc/MA Human-Animal Interaction<https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-taught/human-animal-interaction/> Psychology Division University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA ResearchGate<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clare_Andrews> X (twitter)<https://twitter.com/clarepandrews?lang=en> LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/clareandrews/> [First Aider for Mental Health logo] I aim to read and respond to email within 3 working days, but during busy periods my response may take longer. I check my emails at varying times of day and I do not expect an immediate response from my correspondents. [signature_536851477] [Facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/universityofstirling/> [Twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/StirUni> [LinkedIn icon] <https://www.linkedin.com/edu/university-of-stirling-12676> [Instagram icon] <https://www.instagram.com/universityofstirling/> [Youtbue icon] <https://www.youtube.com/user/UniversityOfStirling> [Banner]<https://www.stir.ac.uk/> ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159