Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Chester
Department Name: Theology and Religious Studies
Abstract
This project addresses an urgent issue that has profound effects on humans, animals, and the wider environment, and in which there is high public interest in the UK. The raising of farmed animals is a major global enterprise with massive impacts on domestic and wild animals, human food and water security, human health, and the environment. In 2013, 77 billion birds and mammals and around 6 trillion fish were used for human food globally, using 78% of available agricultural land, consuming 35% of global cereal output, resulting in more greenhouse gas emissions than those from transport globally, and contributing to a wide range of human health problems including antibiotic resistance, zoonotic diseases such as bird and swine flu, and increased incidence of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and stroke from the associated increase in meat consumption. The raising of farmed animals has grown markedly since the mid-20th century, primarily as a result of a revolutionary intensification of production methods. Poultry consumption has increased at three times that of human population growth in each of the past five decades and a 73% rise in demand for meat from 2010 levels is expected by 2050. Progressive intensification in the rearing of farmed animals, high and rising public concern about farmed animal welfare, and uncertainty about UK farmed animal welfare standards post-Brexit make this project timely.
Churches and other Christian organizations in the UK have significant interests in and influence over animal farming in the UK, through ownership of agricultural land, investments in food producers and retailers, participation in policy debates, and consumption of animal products, and will therefore play an important role in public debates about farmed animal welfare. It is striking, therefore, that they currently have no policies concerning farmed animal welfare. This project will produce the first substantive academic discussion of the Christian ethics of farmed animal welfare and, by working with national churches and other organizational partners, will resource the development of new policy and influence institutional practice concerning the raising of farmed animals and consumption of products derived from them. It will also provide a new model of how to engage religious groups and other groups with particular commitments and concerns with the ethical implications of new scientific knowledge and its implications for practice.
The project will use a collaborative research process between an interdisciplinary research team and institutional partners which will result in (1) a framework for institutional policy and practice; (2) a process for engaging institutions with that framework to enable development of policy and changes in practice; (3) the first academic monograph in the field and related journal outputs. The partners committed to this project are major Christian denominations representing the majority of the Christians in the UK (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Scotland, Church in Wales, Methodist Church, and United Reformed Church), the globally leading charity addressing farmed animal welfare (Compassion in World Farming), groups representing farmers and veterinarians, and Christian animals organizations. The range of this collaboration and its potential influence to improve welfare outcomes is remarkable and unprecedented. The project will enable institutional changes in practice that will have substantial implications for farmed animal welfare and a resulting impact on human well-being and the environment. These changes will be enabled through a process that draws on graphic illustrators, a performance artist, and change facilitators, to help institutions appreciate the need for change and the route to achieve it. Beyond the funded period, new institutions will be engaged, and a planned successor project in the US will build on this one to generate even greater impacts.
Churches and other Christian organizations in the UK have significant interests in and influence over animal farming in the UK, through ownership of agricultural land, investments in food producers and retailers, participation in policy debates, and consumption of animal products, and will therefore play an important role in public debates about farmed animal welfare. It is striking, therefore, that they currently have no policies concerning farmed animal welfare. This project will produce the first substantive academic discussion of the Christian ethics of farmed animal welfare and, by working with national churches and other organizational partners, will resource the development of new policy and influence institutional practice concerning the raising of farmed animals and consumption of products derived from them. It will also provide a new model of how to engage religious groups and other groups with particular commitments and concerns with the ethical implications of new scientific knowledge and its implications for practice.
The project will use a collaborative research process between an interdisciplinary research team and institutional partners which will result in (1) a framework for institutional policy and practice; (2) a process for engaging institutions with that framework to enable development of policy and changes in practice; (3) the first academic monograph in the field and related journal outputs. The partners committed to this project are major Christian denominations representing the majority of the Christians in the UK (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Scotland, Church in Wales, Methodist Church, and United Reformed Church), the globally leading charity addressing farmed animal welfare (Compassion in World Farming), groups representing farmers and veterinarians, and Christian animals organizations. The range of this collaboration and its potential influence to improve welfare outcomes is remarkable and unprecedented. The project will enable institutional changes in practice that will have substantial implications for farmed animal welfare and a resulting impact on human well-being and the environment. These changes will be enabled through a process that draws on graphic illustrators, a performance artist, and change facilitators, to help institutions appreciate the need for change and the route to achieve it. Beyond the funded period, new institutions will be engaged, and a planned successor project in the US will build on this one to generate even greater impacts.
Planned Impact
Short-term impacts (2018-2022)
Impact 1: Changed attitudes among dialogue partners
Since there has been very little deliberation concerning the implications of Christian ethics for farmed animal welfare, opening a dialogue with the church and NGO partners, farmers, church landowners and investors, and church congregations included in the collaborative research process will provoke new thinking and changed attitudes.
Impact 2: New institutional policies and commitments to changed practice
The majority of the impact pathways are via the key objective of developing new institutional policies concerning farmed animal welfare and securing institutional commitments to the key priority actions identified in the framework. Within 6 months of the end of the funded period of the project, we aim to have at least 10 organizations developing institutional policies and committed to the key priority actions. The project enables this through a facilitated change workshop for partners, a commissioned report for the Church Investors Group, and recruiting new institutions to engage via the project conference. Follow-on support will be sought to allow the PI to work with institutions beyond the funded period to support them in policy development.
Medium-term impacts (2021-2025)
Impact 3: Changed attitudes of church members and wider public
The Fairtrade campaign initiated by Christian NGOs in the 1990s, and the recent campaign by the Church of England (CofE) against excessive interest rates charged by payday lenders, are good examples of changes in church policy impacting on the attitudes of church members and the wider public. New church policies in relation to farmed animal welfare will have a similar impact on attitudes, especially where it relates to the practice of congregations (e.g. concerning the consumption of farmed animal products).
Impact 4: Influence on public policy debates about farmed animal welfare standards
New institutional policy and practice and changed public attitudes will both have an influence on the post-Brexit public policy debates about farmed animal welfare. There will be direct influence through encouraging churches to make contributions to these debates (including the CofE bishops in the House of Lords) and indirect influence, as partner organizations affect the attitudes of their members and the wider public.
Long-term impacts (2021 onwards)
Impact 5: Fewer farmed animals in intensive systems and growing proportion in high welfare environments
While the results of the collaborative research process cannot be predicted in advance, it is uncontroversial that at least some elements of the intensive rearing of farmed animals are in need of remedy and that significant improvements in weIfare are unsustainable at current levels of production. Each of Impacts 1-4 will therefore contribute to reducing the numbers of intensively farmed animals and to increasing the proportion of animals raised in high welfare conditions.
Impact 6: Benefits for human health and food/water security, animal welfare, and the environment
Reduced numbers of farmed animals (Impact 5) will contribute to mitigating some of the broad impacts of the large-scale intensive farming of animals for human well-being, animal welfare, and the environment (detailed at the start of the Case for Support).
Impacts from US successor project
Finally, success in achieving changes in institutional policy and practice (Impact 2), together with the framework and academic outputs, will enable an application to US funders for a successor project in the US (target 2023-26), which will have its own pathways to Impacts 1-6 on a significantly greater scale. The US academic observers on this project will be key advisors for this successor project. The Public Policy Program of the Henry Luce Foundation is one potential funding source.
Figure 3 in Pathways to Impact depicts the routes to these impacts as a flowchart.
Impact 1: Changed attitudes among dialogue partners
Since there has been very little deliberation concerning the implications of Christian ethics for farmed animal welfare, opening a dialogue with the church and NGO partners, farmers, church landowners and investors, and church congregations included in the collaborative research process will provoke new thinking and changed attitudes.
Impact 2: New institutional policies and commitments to changed practice
The majority of the impact pathways are via the key objective of developing new institutional policies concerning farmed animal welfare and securing institutional commitments to the key priority actions identified in the framework. Within 6 months of the end of the funded period of the project, we aim to have at least 10 organizations developing institutional policies and committed to the key priority actions. The project enables this through a facilitated change workshop for partners, a commissioned report for the Church Investors Group, and recruiting new institutions to engage via the project conference. Follow-on support will be sought to allow the PI to work with institutions beyond the funded period to support them in policy development.
Medium-term impacts (2021-2025)
Impact 3: Changed attitudes of church members and wider public
The Fairtrade campaign initiated by Christian NGOs in the 1990s, and the recent campaign by the Church of England (CofE) against excessive interest rates charged by payday lenders, are good examples of changes in church policy impacting on the attitudes of church members and the wider public. New church policies in relation to farmed animal welfare will have a similar impact on attitudes, especially where it relates to the practice of congregations (e.g. concerning the consumption of farmed animal products).
Impact 4: Influence on public policy debates about farmed animal welfare standards
New institutional policy and practice and changed public attitudes will both have an influence on the post-Brexit public policy debates about farmed animal welfare. There will be direct influence through encouraging churches to make contributions to these debates (including the CofE bishops in the House of Lords) and indirect influence, as partner organizations affect the attitudes of their members and the wider public.
Long-term impacts (2021 onwards)
Impact 5: Fewer farmed animals in intensive systems and growing proportion in high welfare environments
While the results of the collaborative research process cannot be predicted in advance, it is uncontroversial that at least some elements of the intensive rearing of farmed animals are in need of remedy and that significant improvements in weIfare are unsustainable at current levels of production. Each of Impacts 1-4 will therefore contribute to reducing the numbers of intensively farmed animals and to increasing the proportion of animals raised in high welfare conditions.
Impact 6: Benefits for human health and food/water security, animal welfare, and the environment
Reduced numbers of farmed animals (Impact 5) will contribute to mitigating some of the broad impacts of the large-scale intensive farming of animals for human well-being, animal welfare, and the environment (detailed at the start of the Case for Support).
Impacts from US successor project
Finally, success in achieving changes in institutional policy and practice (Impact 2), together with the framework and academic outputs, will enable an application to US funders for a successor project in the US (target 2023-26), which will have its own pathways to Impacts 1-6 on a significantly greater scale. The US academic observers on this project will be key advisors for this successor project. The Public Policy Program of the Henry Luce Foundation is one potential funding source.
Figure 3 in Pathways to Impact depicts the routes to these impacts as a flowchart.
Organisations
- University of Chester (Lead Research Organisation)
- Compassion in World Farming (Project Partner)
- Pan-Orthodox Concern for Animals (Project Partner)
- ASWA Anglican Soc for Welfare of Animals (Project Partner)
- The Catholic Church in England and Wales (Project Partner)
- The Church in Wales (Project Partner)
- Veterinary Christian Fellowship (Project Partner)
- Church of England (Project Partner)
- Methodist & URC Churches (Project Partner)
- Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (Project Partner)
- Catholic Concern for Animals (Project Partner)
- Church Investors Group (CIG) (Project Partner)
- Church of Scotland (Project Partner)
- Quaker Concern for Animals (Project Partner)
Publications
Adam MB
(2021)
Made in the Image of God: Essays on Religious Anthropology
Adam MB
(2022)
The End of Consumption: Eschatological Hope for Human and Farmed Animals
in Concilium
Adam MB
(2019)
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Ethics
Adam MB
(2022)
The Purpose of Creatures: A Christian Account of Human and Farmed Animal Flourishing
in Sewanee Theological Review
Adam MB
(2019)
A Christian Case for Farmed Animal Welfare.
in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
Animal Welfare Committee
(2022)
Opinion on the welfare implications of using virtual fencing systems to contain, move and monitor livestock
Animal Welfare Committee
(2022)
Opinion on the welfare of cattle kept in different production systems
Clough D
(2021)
T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics
Clough D
(2019)
Laudato Si' and the Environment - Pope Francis' Green Encyclical
Clough D
(2023)
Christianity and Farmed Animal Welfare
in Modern Believing
Clough D
(2023)
The Routledge Companion to John Wesley
Clough D
(2020)
Le salut des animaux dans un contexte chrétien Croyances futures et défis actuels
in Revue d'éthique et de théologie morale
Clough D
(2020)
T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change
Clough DL
(2022)
The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Ecology
Grumett D
(2023)
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique
in Animal Welfare
Grumett D
(2019)
Aristotle's Ethics and Farm Animal Welfare
in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
Rayner AC
(2020)
Slow-growing broilers are healthier and express more behavioural indicators of positive welfare.
in Scientific reports
Rowe E
(2022)
Advancing a "Good Life" for Farm Animals: Development of Resource Tier Frameworks for On-Farm Assessment of Positive Welfare for Beef Cattle, Broiler Chicken and Pigs.
in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
Stokes J
(2020)
Economic and Welfare Impacts of Providing Good Life Opportunities to Farm Animals
in Animals
Title | Series of short films communicating findings from the CEFAW project |
Description | Three 5-6 minute films interviewing members of the research team and farmers about key themes from the the CEFAW project: Flourishing, Stewardship, and Citizenship. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The films are being used in schools and theological education. |
URL | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKrFyUVrIH6H5pc3QmuVrstBW-qBPE7M |
Title | Short film case studies of school participation in the CEFAW Education project |
Description | Three short films documenting the participation of three of the schools in the CEFAW Education project |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Impact | The films are being used in schools and to encourage other schools to engage in similar project work inspired by the CEFAW project. |
URL | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmKrFyUVrIH6H5pc3QmuVrstBW-qBPE7M |
Description | Christians have strong reasons grounded in their religious commitments to be concerned about farmed animal welfare. The concept of creaturely flourishing is a helpful framework for considering the ethics of farmed animal welfare in a Christian context. Different ways of farming animals enable and disable the flourishing of farmed animal welfare in different ways. Christians have reason to avoid supporting systems of farming offering poor opportunities for flourishing. They should reduce overall consumption of farmed animal products and look for opportunities to switch to higher welfare animal products: those we characterize as 'better' (e.g. RSPCA Assured) or preferably 'best available' (e.g. organic). |
Exploitation Route | The project has published a report aimed at informing organizational practice: 'The Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare: A Policy Framework for Churches and Christian Organizations'. This can be used as the basis for policy development. It includes recommendations for Christian investors, farmers, and retailers. A research monograph will set out project findings for an academic audience. This is the monograph focussed on farmed animal welfare in a Christian context and will be of interest to researchers interested in the interface between religion and environmental issues. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Education Environment Financial Services and Management Consultancy Retail Other |
URL | https://abdn.ac.uk/cefaw |
Description | The project report 'The Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare' was published in November 2020. It was launched at an online event which was covered by the church press and BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme. The report has been submitted for consideration for policy development to the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, the Church of England, the Church of England, the Methodist Church, and the United Reformed Church. It was referenced in a debate in the General Synod of the Church of England in 2022. The AHRC-funded follow on impact project CEFAW Education ran for 18 months 2021-2022 and used the project findings to inform the development of new learning resources for schools and theological education institutions and work with a pilot group of schools to develop case studies of wider engagements with school practice. As a result of their work on the project, one primary school class petitioned their school caterer to stop sourcing eggs from caged chickens, to which the caterer agreed, and launched a petition to the UK government to prohibit the use of cages for chickens. Work is now underway to disseminate educational resources from that project for use by other schools and in theological education. |
First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Environment |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Policy & public services |
Description | CEFAW response to Defra consultation on National Food Strategy |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | CEFAW submission to EFRA Food Procurement Consultation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Citation of CEFAW submission in Nuffield report on Genome Editing and Farmed Animal Breeding |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/publications/genome-editing-and-farmed-animals |
Description | Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare - Impact in Schools and Theological Education |
Amount | £80,479 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/W000776/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2022 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | CEFAW Webinar 1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | First of a series of three webinars introducing the CEFAW Policy Framework to interested parties. Why Should Christians Care About Farmed Animal Welfare? Prof David Clough and Dr Margaret Adam. 13th January 2021. 25 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/divinity-religious-studies/cefaw/resources-2140.php |
Description | CEFAW Webinar 2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Second in a series of three webinars introducing the CEFAW Policy Framework to interested parties. Webinar 2: How do Farmed Animals Flourish? with Prof Siobhan Mullan and Dr David Grummett. 10th March, 2021. 22 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/divinity-religious-studies/cefaw/resources-2140.php |
Description | CEFAW Webinar 3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Third in a series of CEFAW webinars introducing the CEFAW Policy Framework. What is the cost of Farmed Animal Welfare? with Dr Paul Hurley, Prof Siobhan Mullan and Prof David Clough. 10th March, 2021. 24 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/divinity-religious-studies/cefaw/resources-2140.php |
Description | Interview for 'Our Hen House' podcast, 'David Clough on Theology and Ethics', June 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PI David Clough gave a 60 minute interview that was the subject of this US podcast |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.ourhenhouse.org/2019/06/episode-494-david-clough/ |
Description | Interview for 'The Living Church' Podcast 'Animals and the Gospel' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PI David Clough gave an interview which formed a 30 minute episode for this US Christian podcast |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://anchor.fm/living-church/episodes/Animals-and-the-Gospel-Interview-with-David-Clough-efit78 |
Description | Interview for ABC Radio's 'Soul Search' programme on 'Peaceful Eating', June 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PI David Clough gave a 30 minute interview that was a major item in this episode of this Australian ABC Radio programme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/soul-search/peaceful-eating/11320608 |
Description | Interview for Brisbane Cathedral's 'On the Way' podcast 'Should Christians Eat Animals?', June 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PI was the subject of a 75 minute interview for this podcast episode. The two presenters both reported that their dietary practice would change as a result of the interview. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://omny.fm/shows/on-the-way/on-the-way-should-christians-eat-animals |
Description | Interview for Bryon Smith's 'The Good Dirt' podcast, Sydney, June 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 60 minute interview with PI David Clough on Christianity and animals |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://t.co/Bpj8h5as94 |
Description | Interview for the Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast, February 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | PI David Clough gave a two-hour interview that formed the basis of two episodes of the Panpsycast Philosophy podast |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://thepanpsycast.com/panpsycast2/episode75-p1 |
Description | Interview on BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme, November 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PI David Clough gave a 5 minute interview to BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme discussing the launch of the CEFAW Policy Framework for Churches and Christian Organizations. The interview starts at 10 minutes into the programme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000plvs |
Description | Interview on Farming Today |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Siobhan Mullan was interviewed on Farming Today on 17th March 2020 to discuss the welfare issues in farming pigs in lower and higher welfare systems. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Interview with UCB Radio 1 - 40 minute discussion of Christianity and animals, February 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | UCB Radio 1 broadcast a 40 minute interview with PI David Clough on Christianity and animals. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Keynote paper at L'Eglise et les animaux conference, Paris |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | David Clough presented the paper 'Animal Salvation in Protestant Theology' at the conference 'L'Eglise et les animaux. Quel salut pour les animaux?'. 9th October 2021. 60 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://centresevres.com/events/leglise-et-les-animaux-quel-salut-pour-les-animaux/ |
Description | Keynote presentation at CCA Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | David Clough gave a keynote lecture 'A Christian Ethical Assessment of UK Fish Farming' at the online conference on Fish Welfare hosted by Catholic Concern For Animals. 80 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llCFDitEwX8 |
Description | Keynote presentation at L'Eglise et les animaux. Quelle éthique animale chrétienne? conference, Paris |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | David Clough presented two keynote papers at the conference 'L'Eglise et les animaux. Quelle éthique animale chrétienne' in Paris: 'How Humans Use Animals' and 'A Christian Ethical Assessment of Farming Animals'. 27th November, 2021. 55 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://centresevres.com/events/leglise-et-les-animaux-quelle-ethique-animale-chretienne |
Description | Keynote presentations and workshop at 'Perspective Chrétiennes sur les Animaus D'Élevage' conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | David Clough gave two invited keynote lectures to an audience of about 40 people in person and and additional 30 online. He also gave a three-hour workshop on how CEFAW project findings could be implemented in organisational contexts, with 8 participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Launch of CEFAW Policy Framework |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The CEFAW publication 'Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare: A Policy Framework for Churches and Christian Organizations' was launched at an online meeting with 50 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/divinity-religious-studies/cefaw/cefaw-policy-framework-2138.php |
Description | Meeting with Shadow Defra minister |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Meeting with Labour's Shadow Defra minister in the House of Lords to discuss potential relevance of project findings for agricultural policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | PI and CI panellists on Radio 4's 'Beyond Belief' programme 'Veganism', 20th May 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PI David Clough and CI David Grumett were two of four panellists discussing the relationship between religion and veganism on this edition of the 'Beyond Belief' programme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00055nh |
Description | Presentation at British Quaker Yearly Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | David Grumett gave the presentation 'Food, farming and the environment', at the meeting of Quaker Concern for Animals, British Quaker Yearly Meeting Gathering, online (3 August 2021). About 20 people attended. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Presentation at South African conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Online presentation on Animal Theology to South African audience of around 300 students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Presentation for the Theological Colleges Environmental Network Conference, May 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 15 minute talk to online conference of with around 50 attendees, followed by Q&A. Audience response indicated high level of interest in the ethics of animal agriculture. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Science for Seminaries lecture: David Clough |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Combined in-person and online audience of 50 for an invited lecture 'Science, Theology, and the Flourishing of Farmed Animals' as part of a project to improve engagement with science in theological education |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Theology Group presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | David Clough gave a talk on Christianity and farm animal welfare at an online 'Beer and Theology' meeting associated with a local church. 10 people attended. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Video interview for 'Department of Conversation' podcast on 'Christianity and Veganism', Dunedin, New Zealand, June 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 75 minute video interview with PI David Clough |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_vwNhob5U |