๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "Behavioral diversity as a potential positive indicator of animal welfare in bottlenose dolphins" by Lance Miller and team.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
This webinar series is a collaboration between the COST Actions LIFT, @affect-evo.bsky.social and IMPROVE.
Join us for the 4th Synergy Webinar on Animal Welfare!
๐ โWhat can rats teach us about positive animal welfare with a focus on play and tickling?โ
๐ค With Prof. Alistair Lawrence
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25 February 2026 | 13:00 CEST
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๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "Vocalisations in farm animals: A step towards positive welfare assessment" by Karin Laurijs, Elodie Briefer, Inonge Reimert, and Laura E. Webb.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
LIFTโs very own podcast โLifting Animalsโ Livesโ is finally here! Our first episode with Dr Laura Webb, Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Vice Chair of the COST Action, is now live. Happy listening!
Link to RSS website: rss.com/podcasts/lif...
Link to YouTube: youtu.be/pIEGkFBHA0M
The WG3 meeting in Barcelona (Jan 27โ28, 2026) was intensive & highly productive: a warm-up, 5 focused work blocks, an invited talk, & 2 roundtables on outputs, manuscripts, deliverables & the #LIFTCostAction final workshop - with 22 attendees, including researchers and stakeholders, being involved.
๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "Inducing and measuring positive affective state in domesticated equines: A Delphi consultation" by Loni Loftus, Lucy Asher, and Matthew Leach.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.tv...
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๐ Please complete the survey and share it with other dairy producers.
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๐จ Dairy farmers needed โ urgent input requested! ๐จ
We urgently need responses from dairy cattle producers for a survey on Positive Animal Welfare (PAW), carried out within our action (WG3).
๐ Survey links (choose your language) are in the replies!
๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "A dynamic concept of animal welfare: The role of appetitive and adverse internal and external factors and the animalโs ability to adapt to them" by S. Arndt, V. Goerlich, and J. van der Staay.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
"๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "Positive welfare: What does it add to the debate over pig welfare?" by Alistair B. Lawrence, Ruth C. Newberry and Marek ล pinka.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.1016/B978...
๐ข Webinar on how gamification can inspire positive change in animal welfare research - happening Nov 3rd. Donโt miss it!
๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "Can positive welfare counterbalance negative and can net welfare be assessed?" by Donald M. Broom.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
Join us for our next Synergy Webinar on Animal Welfare, by
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
โAnimal happiness" with Ass. Prof. Laura Webb.
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Date & Time: 15 October 2025 | 16:00 CEST
๐ Registration link: forms.gle/jxHjULq5UrQ9...
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Recently I spoke about @manyprimates.bsky.social for @liftcostaction.bsky.social about distributed research projects and teams in animal sciences!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKrA...
If you're interested in BTS projects, comparative cognition etc, have a watch
Weโd love your input on translating โPositive animal welfareโ into local languages โ esp. Spanish, Portuguese & Mandarin ๐
Share your translation here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Another month, another successful meeting! ๐พ
On Sept 3โ4 in Teramo, WG1 held a workshop on โFostering good lives for animals: Does Positive Animal Welfare move animal welfareย further?โ.
Huge thanks to @mchincarini.bsky.social & the University of Teramo for hosting us!
#LIFTCostAction
๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare in Science and Society: Differences, Similarities and Synergies" by Belinda Vigors, Peter Sandรธe, and Alistair Lawrence.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
The room is buzzing! ๐ 18 breakout groups (!) are diving into open questions on positive animal welfare - great energy and engagement all around.
#LIFTCoastAction
After lunch, weโre now diving into indicators of positive animal welfare and how to translate lab findings into real-world, on-farm settings - bridging science and practice!
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Starting the workshop with four amazing overview talks on the conceptual framework of positive animal welfare (PAW) and many key aspects related to PAW - setting the stage for great discussions ahead! ๐พ
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๐ Kicking off the LIFT Satellite Workshop in Utrecht - just ahead of #ISAE2025! Our chair, Margit Bak Jensen, opens the day with a warm welcome and overview of the COST Action.
Looking forward to a day of productive discussions and networking!
๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "Does Smart Farming Improve or Damage Animal Welfare? Technology and What Animals Want" by Marian Stamp Dawkins.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions" by Ellen Williams and colleagues.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.1017/awf....
Join us for the 1st Synergy Webinar on Animal Welfare, by
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
โAdult neurogenesis as a valence markerโ w/ Dr. Tom Smulders
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28 May 2025 | ๐ 16:00 CET
๐ป Zoom (link via registration)
๐ Registration link: forms.gle/TMK7ao8zPuZ3...
๐จ New publication alert! ๐
Excited to share the results of a LIFT COST Action Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) โ a fantastic collaboration between Slovenia and Italy!
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๐ฐโจ Our Feature Paper of the Month! โจ๐ฐ
This month's highlight: "The Power of a Positive HumanโAnimal Relationship for Animal Welfare" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...
What an outstanding workshop we had this week! Two days full of big ideas and constructive discussions - when everyone leaves with a wider horizon, you know it was something special.
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
๐จ Webinar Alert!
Join us for an online webinar organised by the COST Action IMPROVE on "Ethics, Animal Research & One Health" with Prof. Dr. Yeลim Iลฤฑl Ulman.
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15 May 2025 | ๐ 13:30 CET | ๐ป Zoom
๐ Register: forms.gle/W37txHD71ZrZ...
