Eva Read

Eva’s PhD "Rethinking the foundations of animal welfare science" is in philosophy of animal welfare science. Her MSc was at the University of Exeter in Animal Behaviour (Psychology) and her BSc at the University of Plymouth in Animal Behaviour and Welfare (Biological Sciences). She works closely with the animal welfare science community, with her research project directed towards the discipline functioning better, both epistemically and ethically. Her work sits in the broader context of questions about the extent of sentience across the animal kingdom, what a proliferation of sentience means for our obligations to other sentient beings, and the resulting requirements for just and peaceful interspecies relationships.

Research Interests

• Animal welfare
• Philosophy of mind
• Environmental ethics
• Values in science
• Philosophy of psychology and the animal sciences.