The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience
We use the emerging science of animal minds to design better policies, laws and ways of caring for other animals.
Our work is directed towards ethical moonshots: ambitious, long-term impact targets that aim to restore the harmonious relationship with other species that we all want and need. The boundary between the possible and the allegedly impossible is one we aim to move.
Centre Director, Professor Jonathan Birch Revamps Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on “Animal Consciousness”
The revised entry now includes new material on non‑Western perspectives, methodological challenges, and the evolutionary big pictures.
Veterinary Policy Research Fellow, Dr Steven McCulloch publishes article in Vet Record
Dr Steven McCulloch argues that national veterinary associations must advocate for a 50 per cent meat reduction target by 2050 to meet their duties to public health, animal welfare and the environment.
Animals and AI Research Officer, Dr Natasha Boyland Featured in CIWF’s ORFC 2026 Coverage
This article highlights Dr Natasha Boyland's contribution to a panel discussion on the challenges and risks of AI in relation to farmed animals.
Centre Director, Professor Jonathan Birch wins the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize
Picked from a shortlist of first-class transdisciplinary philosophical research, the judging panel has chosen The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI (Oxford University Press) as the 2025 Book Prize winner.
Our Network
Jeremy Coller Foundation
The Foundation seeks to create positive impact on globally critical issues through strategic action, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing.
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Find out about our host academic department within LSE, the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method.
Foundations of Animal Sentience (ASENT)
Learn about the five-year ERC-funded project led by Dr Jonathan Birch prior to the establishment of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience.