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The remit of the ASAB Ethics Committee is to:

  • Promote the ethical treatment of animal subjects used in research
  • Advise ASAB Council and members on ethical issues which affect them in the process of designing and conducting ethological research
  • Advise the scientific and teaching community on current best practice with respect to the treatment of animals used in research and teaching
  • Ethically review scientific papers submitted to the journal Animal Behaviour

 

Composition of the ASAB Ethics Committee (2012)

Chair: Dr Lynne Sneddon University of Liverpool, UK
Dr Kate Buchanan Deakin University, Australia
Dr Ana Sendova-Franks
(Europ. Exec. Editor, Animal Behaviour)
University of the West of England, UK
Dr Elsa Adessi Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italy
Dr Claudio Carere University degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
Dr Darren Croft University of Exeter, UK
Dr Adrian HaileyUniversity of West Indies
Dr Robert HubrechtUniversities Federation for Animal Welfare, UK
Dr Domhall JenningsNewcastle University, UK
Prof Neil MetcalfeGlasgow University, UK
Dr Charlotte NevisonAnglia Ruskin University, UK
Professor Daniel Osorio University of Sussex, UK
Dr Janet TallingCentral Science Laboratory, UK
Dr Matthew Leach University of Newcastle, UK
Dr Mike ThompsonUniversity of Sydney, Australia
Dr Katherine Sloman University of the West of Scotland, UK
Dr Frank Peron University of Lincoln, UK
Dr Alfredo Ojanguren University of St Andrews, UK