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Research for the World: The science and ethics of sentience

Wednesday 24 September 2025
An octopus sitting on the sea bed

LSE Philosophy Professor Jonathan Birch wrote an article for the September issue of LSE's Research for the World Magazine. In the article, Jonathan Birch discusses his work on animal sentience as well as the opening of the new Jeremy Coller Centre.

Read the article online here

About the magazine

LSE’s research spans all the social sciences, from economics, politics and law to cities, health policy, human rights and inequality. In the online magazine ‘Research for the World’, LSE is publishing the many ways the School’s academics are helping to shape the world’s political, economic and social future, with articles on new projects, research findings and other LSE news.