Category Archives: AEfM News

Drs. Heather Fraser, Nik Taylor and Damien W. Riggs on ” Victims/Survivors of Family and Domestic Violence in Diverse, Multispecies Households”

Drs. Heather Fraser, Nik Taylor and Damien W. Riggs published a Centre for Justice Briefing paper titled “Victims/Survivors of Family and Domestic Violence in Diverse, Multispecies Households.” In this paper, the authors explore the unique issues that arise for LGBTQ people and their nonhuman companions when LGBTQ people find themselves in abusive relationships.

Shira Shmuely co-edits special “Human-Animal Boundaries” collection for Journal of the History of Biology

Shira Shmuely, postdoctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University (Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas), is co-editing a special “Human-Animal Boundaries: Biological and Social Connections” collection for Journal of the History of Biology. Click here to view the Call for Papers & submission guidelines.

New article on human-animal chimera research by Monika Piotrowska published in Bioethics (August 2020)

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Monika Piotrowska (State University of New York, Albany) published her paper “Rethinking the oversight conditions of human–animal chimera research” in Bioethics. Abstract: New discoveries are improving the odds of human cells surviving in host animals, prompting regulatory and funding agencies to issue calls for additional layers of ethical oversight for certainContinue reading “New article on human-animal chimera research by Monika Piotrowska published in Bioethics (August 2020)”