People
Centre Director & Principal Investigator
Professor Jonathan Birch
Professor Jonathan Birch is the inaugural Director of the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience and Principal Investigator (PI) for the programme. He provides strategic and academic leadership, directing the centre's activities and research agenda.
Email: J.Birch2@lse.ac.uk
Shared mailbox: Philosophy.Sentience@lse.ac.uk
Team
Jackie McAndrew
Centre Manager
Priority: Impact and Administration
Email: J.A.McAndrew@lse.ac.uk
Shared mailbox: Philosophy.Sentience@lse.ac.uk
Kristina Kiminiūtė
Research Assistant
Research priority: Behaviours and Attitudes
Email: K.Kiminiute@lse.ac.uk
Dr Frédéric Basso
Associate Professor of Economic Psychology
Research priority: Behaviours and Attitudes
Email: F.Basso@lse.ac.uk
Eva Read
PhD in Foundations of Animal Sentience (ASENT)
Research priority: Invertebrate Sentience
Email: E.Read@lse.ac.uk
Current:
- Rebecca Dreier: supporting schemes linked with Universities Federation of Animal Welfare (UFAW).
- Ella Rouja: Research Assistant, LSE-NYU Seed Fund project.
- Misbah Fathima: Research Assistant, LSE-NYU Seed Fund project.
- Olivia Railton: supporting Animals and AI priority area, via the Future Impact Group (FIG) fellowship.
Past:
- Isabella Logothetis: Research Assistant (summer 2025).
- Spencer Jury: Research Assistant (summer 2025).
