Animal Welfare Postgrad Positions
Deadline of 11th December 2024
University of Bristol (UK) PhDs on range of topics including:
Linking dairy cows’ day-to-day behaviours with affective states and welfare
Learning from mother hens: Influence of maternal care on animal welfare and microbiomes in chickens
Does time of day predict stress resilience/sensitivity across species?
Investigating capacity for sentience in rodents and molluscan invertebrates
Play for Life: promoting play in adult farmed animals
Creating a 4D atlas of body composition and gait with 3D cameras and deep learning to inform next generation cattle health and welfare developments
Deadline of 6th January 2025
University of Bristol (UK) PhD in What do Cats think of Outdoor Access
Note the opportunity above is specifically for applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage.
University of Bristol (UK) PhD in The Capacity for Flow State in Animals
Queens University Belfast (N Ireland) PhD in Finding the Balance: Does Methane Mitigation come at a Cost to Cow Welfare?
Deadline of 8th January 2025
University of Birmingham (UK) PhD in Developing Best Practice in the care of Zoo-Housed Great Apes
University of Birmingham (UK) PhD in Fostering Resilience in Captive Great Apes
University of Plymouth (UK) PhD in Hermit Crab Personality and Human Induced Rapid Environmental Change
University of Plymouth (UK) PhD in Can Land Crabs be part of the Sustainable Aquarium Industry?
Deadline of 13th January 2025
University of Exeter (UK) PhD in From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance red-billed chough reintroductions.
University of Exeter (UK) PhD in Developing Behavioural Indicators for Conservation Management in Killer Whales
Deadline of 16th January 2025
Harper Adams University (UK)
Further information about all the projects above here: Link to MIBTP PhDs
No deadline specified
Dalhousie University (Canada) 2 Years Masters in Boredom in Farm Animals
Dalhousie University (Canada) Masters or PhD in Advancing Animal Welfare through Sound Analysis
Dalhousie University (Canada) PhD in SmartFarm: The Ultimate Animal Care Dashboard
