Animal Welfare and Animal Protection
Group members
Related researchprojects
- Research related to animal welfare legislation and private standards – from intentions to on-farm inspections
- Dynamic sow
- Feeling secure: Promoting positive welfare and resilience in laying hens
- Frihet att välja: naturligt födosöksbeteende kan främja hälsa och välfärd inom kommersiell grisproduktion
- Toilet training: an innovative approach towards increased welfare and sustainability of dairy farming
- Changing the rearing environment for parental animals, as a potential way to improve animal welfare in the chicken meat sector
- Economic effects of improved animal welfare in livestock and pigs at slaughter
- Improving sow welfare in group housing systems
Related research topics
We are one of the leading centres for research in animal welfare and animal protection. Our research is directed towards advancing fundamental and applied knowledge related to welfare science concepts, methodologies to assess animal welfare, and to animal welfare policy.
We are one of the leading centres for research in animal welfare and animal protection.
Our research is directed towards advancing fundamental and applied knowledge related to animal welfare concepts and to developing and validating indicators of animal welfare for assessment. We also carry out research in the area of animal welfare policy, especially related to regulations and underlying values that govern and influence animal welfare inspections and control.
Key research areas:
- Methodologies to assess welfare in the animal’s home environment, during transport and at slaughter.
- Optimizing early environments in order to promote the development of behavioural, physiological and cognitive competences
- Cognitive abilities and affective states of animals, including promoting positive emotions and positive welfare in animals.
- Experiences and expectations of animal welfare inspection and control.
- Synergies and conflicts between animal welfare and sustainable development.
We work with all categories of animals during all phases of their life. We are members of national and international research consortia and networks, have editorial roles in scientific journals and are members of national and international advisory boards. Our competence is mainly within the natural sciences, but we collaborate with researchers in the environmental sciences, ethics and humanities to take holistic approaches to the subject of animal welfare. Our overall aim is to advance the scientific study of animal welfare and facilitate its implementation in practice.