Alistair Lawrence | |
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Awards | RSPCA/ BSAS award (1995). [1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ethology |
Alistair B. Lawrence (born 1954) is an ethologist. [2] He currently holds a joint chair in animal behaviour and welfare at Scotland's Rural College and the University of Edinburgh. [3]
Lawrence graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in zoology. [3] He then studied for his PhD at the University of Edinburgh under the direction of David Wood-Gush. [3] His 1985 thesis is entitled “The social organization of Scottish blackface sheep". [4]
In 1995 he received the RSPCA/ BSAS award for innovative developments in animal welfare for his 'outstanding contribution to animal welfare research'. [1]
He has published extensively throughout his career. Alistair Lawrence publications indexed by Google Scholar [5]
Lawrence is a past secretary of the International Society for Applied Ethology and is a supporter of Compassion in World Farming. [2] [6] He has served on the UK Farm Animal Welfare Committee and has been appointed to the council of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare. [6]
With Aubrey Manning he oversees the David Wood-Gush Trust Fund that set up and supports the annual Wood-Gush lecture. [2]
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