The International Society for Anthrozoology. 27th International conference, "Animals in Our Lives, will be held from 2 to 5 July, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.
The #ISAZ2018 conference has come to an end. An epic four day event jam packed with great talks, good discussion, and many new collaborations! Thanks for making this a success. We wish you a safe journey home
If you missed the @ISAZ2018 confab on human-animal relationships, here is the abstract book. There were some terrific presentations and posters. isaz2018.com/assets/isaz2018…
In case you missed it, my blog from the @ISAZ2018 conference which focuses on the 10 year partnership between @NICHD_NIH and @marspetcare established to encourage research on human-animal interaction with a focus on Sabrina Schuck's research @UCIrvinex.com/sandra_mccune/status/1…
Sad that @ISAZ2018 has come to a close? Check out the July edition of the student blog (out today!) for your daily dose of anthrozoology! Lisa Gunter of @ASU wrote about her work evaluating a new strategy to improve shelter dog welfare isazstudent.wordpress.com/
"We need more cost-benefit analysis, more cultural comparisons and more rigorous research for animal-assisted therapies to be taken seriously" - Dr Nancy Gee @waltham_science#isaz2018
Dr Steve North from #ExeterAnthrozoologyasSymbioticEthics giving a short video presentation on 'Non-humans, technology and symbiotic ethics' as his contribution to the #ISAZ2018 Symposium #10: 'Anthrozoology as symbiotic ethics, and the ethics of... tinyurl.com/y7cfbxzk
Delighted to present on behalf of @waltham_science the award for best student oral presentation to Megan laFollette at #ISAZ2018 for her excellent talk on PTSD veterans and the link between their training techniques and the bond with their service dogs @meg_laughalot
Shelby McDonald reveals the role of callous/unemotional traits in mediating the impact of exposure to animal abuse on behavioural problems among children @ISAZ2018
Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers (the blue hoodie army) for all their great help and support helping delegates load slides and find their way around. Couldn't have run it without you! Thanks
Peter Li explains how cruelty towards animals emerged in #China during modernisation and development, partially in response to western influences. The core traditional values were completely incongruent with violence/ lack of empathy and abuse of animals #isaz2018
Well done Roxy @RHawkinsPsych. Brilliant research. Pleased everyone @ISAZ2018 gets to hear about it. We need to understand children's attitudes towards animal cruelty to ensure @ScottishSPCA delivers effective education programmes that promote positive child-animal interactions. x.com/DrJoWilliams/status/10…