Steven has expertise in the multidisciplinary fields of human-animal studies and animal welfare science, ethics and law. Specifically, he has expertise in the ethics of the human-animal interaction and how the interests of sentient animals are accounted for in British government policy. Steven has published on diverse issues in human-animal studies and animal welfare science, ethics and law.
Experience
2017–2018
Lecturer, University of Winchester
Education
2015
Royal Veterinary College, University of London, PhD
2007
Birbeck College, University of London, BA (Hons) Philosophy
2002
University of Bristol, BVSc
Publications
2021
Animals, Surviving the Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia: Reforming the ‘Disposal’ of Confiscated Live Animals under CITES
2020
Animals, Yoga, Ahimsa and Consuming Animals: UK Yoga Teachers’ Beliefs about Farmed Animals and Attitudes to Plant-Based Diets
2019
Animals, Brexit and Animal Welfare Impact Assessment: Analysis of the Threats Brexit Poses to Animal Protection in the UK, EU and Internationally
2019
Animals, Brexit and Animal Welfare Impact Assessment: Analysis of the Opportunities Brexit Presents for Animal Protection in the UK, EU and Internationally
2018
Animals, Brexit and Animal Protection: Legal and Political Context and a Framework to Assess Impacts on Animal Welfare
2018
Animals, A Proposal for A UK Ethics Council for Animal Policy: The Case for Putting Ethics Back Into Policy Making
2017
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Bovine Tuberculosis and Badger Culling in England: A Utilitarian Analysis of Policy Options
2017
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Bovine Tuberculosis and Badger Culling in England: An Animal Rights-Based Analysis of Policy Options
2017
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Bovine Tuberculosis Policy in England: Would a Virtuous Government Cull Mr Badger?
2017
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Bovine Tuberculosis and Badger Control in Britain: Science, Policy and Politics
2017
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, The Development of an Animal Welfare Impact Assessment (AWIA) Tool and Its Application to Bovine Tuberculosis and Badger Control in England
2014
Veterinary Record, What’s in a word? The RCVS Guide to Professional Conduct and Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
2012
Journal of Animal Welfare Law, On the Virtue of Solidarity: Animal Rights, Animal Welfarism and Animals’ Rights to Wellbeing
2012
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, A Critique of FAWC’s Five Freedoms as a Framework for the Analysis of Animal Welfare
Professional Memberships
European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law Veterinary Association