🐸Research and Academic Engagement at @forwildanimals | 🐒 #AnimalWelfare Postdoc at @UniofNewcastle Opinions are my own (she/her)
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🚩New paper out in @WildlifeBiol !
We argue affective states should be recorded routinely in wild animal research. Accounting for them can reduce unexplained variation and improve replicability.
doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01669
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Inspiring systematic inclusion of individual affective states to enhance the quality of wild animal research
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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🐯🚨Want to organise a conference on animal behaviour?
We are now recruiting need student organisers for the 2027 conference!
Great experience and great people!
ecnethology.org
Apply here: forms.gle/9Z2DtXjSXWHhiAer5
ALT Past ISSABC conferences
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That's right everyone! We now have a Bluesky page!
For the latest news, opportunities and events from ISSABC, follow us at: bsky.app/profile/issabc.bsky…
(P.S There will be more bird photos)
🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all?
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6NHob8
Our new preprint is out!
We explore how fluid control affects the affective state of laboratory macaques.
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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The workshop "Wild Animal Welfare & Behaviour: A Global South Perspective" at #Behaviour2025 encouraged dialogue & interactions on bringing Global South perspectives to the forefront of welfare & behaviour research
Thank you so much to everyone that came to my talk this morning on Bridging #AnimalWelfare and #AnimalBehaviour research! 🦋🐒🐸
#Behaviour2025 @Behaviour2025 @forwildanimals
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We always encourage diversity and inclusion at #behaviour2025. The ongoing workshop on Amplifying Global Voices: Removing Language Barriers in Student Research is creating a space to discuss challenges and innovative solutions for making science more accessible and equitable across languages.
It was a pleasure to host a workshop on #LanguageBarriers yesterday at #Behaviour2025!
Thank you to everyone who came along!
At #Behaviour2025, we celebrate diversity & inclusion. The workshop "Amplifying Global Voices: Removing Language Barriers in Student Research" fostered dialogue on challenges & solutions to make science more accessible & equitable across languages.
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In-conference Workshop IV
Amplifying Global Voices: Removing Language Barriers in Student Conferences by Dr. Janire Castellano Bueno, Alexandros Vezyrakis & Chris Miller
Faced language challenges or want to shape more inclusive global conferences? This is for you!
#workshops
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In-conference Workshop VI
Wild Animal welfare & Animal Behaviour: a Global South Perspective by Tanya Payne & Janire Castellano Bueno
Explore how animal behaviour research meets wild animal welfare science, particularly focusing on the Global South
#workshops
Our workshop on Language Barriers at academic conferences is today!
📅 27th August 2025 1.10pm
📍Hall 7
Hope to see you all there!
#Behaviour2025 #LanguageBarrier #DEI #EDI #JEDI
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And… If you have ever felt language impacted your conference experience, we would love your input! 👉 forms.gle/XkBDsocDS2chP2B27
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⏰ Quick Survey #LanguageBarrier
We're hosting a workshop on 26th August about making academic conferences more inclusive for multilingual researchers.
If you've ever felt language impacted your conference experience, we’d love your input! 👉forms.gle/XkBDsocDS2chP2B27
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We welcomed our European grantees to a meetup in London last week, where they presented their work, talked through challenges, and shared collaboration opportunities. It was great to see such inspiring work happening in the field of wild animal welfare science!
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🚀 AI for Animals 2025 is happening this weekend, March 1-2, UC Berkeley. 🚀
With 60+ sessions featuring talks, panels, workshops, networking events, and more, this conference brings together leading experts to explore the future of AI in animal welfare, conservation, ethics and more.
Today, we’re highlighting just one of the many key themes: AI & Wildlife Conservation.
Sessions include:
🔹 Workshop: AI for Conservation with Sara Beery @sarameghanbeery (Virtual)
🔹 Talk: Breakthroughs in Bioacoustics with Sara Keen
🔹 Talk: AI for Wild Animal Welfare: Current Work & Future Potential with Janire Castellano
This is just a preview of what to expect. AI for Animals 2025 offers a rare opportunity to engage with experts, explore cutting-edge AI applications, and be part of the critical conversations shaping the future of AI and it's impact on animals.
👉 Register today: aiforanimals.org/aia2025
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At @ucdavis on Monday, Wild Animal Initiative Outreach Manager @janirecas will join grantees @MegHolst and @KarliRChudeau in delivering an introduction to wild animal welfare. Join us in Walker Hall, Gibeling Room 1220.
#welfare #ecology #behavior
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Excited to have Janire Castellano Bueno, Outreach Manager at @forwildanimals, join us at AI for Animals 2025, March 1-2 in Berkeley. 👏
👉 Register today: aiforanimals.org/aia2025
It was such a pleasure having Prof. Giovanna Massei (@BotstiberIWFC @UniOfYork) present yesterday on wildlife contraception as a more effective and welfare conscious approach to managing wild populations.
#AnimalWelfare #WildAnimalWelfare @forwildanimals
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