Code
3E003712
Duration
01 October 2012 → 21 February 2019
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Applied sociology
- Policy and administration
- Social psychology
- Social stratification
- Social theory and sociological methods
- Sociology of life course, family and health
- Other sociology and anthropology
Keywords
Science and the public
Social practices
governance
animal welfare
Project description
This research analyses farm animal welfare governance as it is mediated within, and between different social practices. Specific focus is placed on the interaction between two social practices that are particularly consequential for animal welfare outcomes: those of scientific research on animal welfare, and of livestock farming.