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Areas of Specialisation: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science, Animal Ethics Areas of Competence: Metaphysics, Applied Ethics |
Education
2014 - 2020 PhD in Philosophy, Australian National University (ANU)
Title: If I Could Talk to the Animals: Measuring Animal Welfare
Supervisory panel: Kim Sterelny (chair), Rachael Brown, Seth Lazar, Clive Phillips (UQ)
2009 - 2013 Bachelor of Arts (Hons – 1st Class), ANU
Honours thesis title: Behavioural requirements for animal welfare: why ‘desired’ behaviours are better than
‘natural’ behaviours
Supervisors: Kim Sterelny, Ben Fraser
2007 Grad Cert. in Captive Animal Management, Charles Sturt University
2006 Certificate in Animal Management (Captive Wild Animals), Unitec NZ
2004 Diploma of Animal Technology, Canberra Institute of Technology
1999-2001 Bachelor of Science, ANU
Major: Zoology
2014 - 2020 PhD in Philosophy, Australian National University (ANU)
Title: If I Could Talk to the Animals: Measuring Animal Welfare
Supervisory panel: Kim Sterelny (chair), Rachael Brown, Seth Lazar, Clive Phillips (UQ)
2009 - 2013 Bachelor of Arts (Hons – 1st Class), ANU
Honours thesis title: Behavioural requirements for animal welfare: why ‘desired’ behaviours are better than
‘natural’ behaviours
Supervisors: Kim Sterelny, Ben Fraser
2007 Grad Cert. in Captive Animal Management, Charles Sturt University
2006 Certificate in Animal Management (Captive Wild Animals), Unitec NZ
2004 Diploma of Animal Technology, Canberra Institute of Technology
1999-2001 Bachelor of Science, ANU
Major: Zoology
Publications
Articles
Articles
- Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2020). Perspectival pluralism for animal welfare. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 11(9).
- Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Is humane slaughter possible? Animals. 10(5): 799
- Browning, H. (2020). The natural behaviour debate: Two conceptions of animal welfare. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 23(3): 325-337
- Browning, H. & Maple, T. (2019). Developing a metric of usable space for zoo exhibits. Frontiers in Psychology. 10(791)
- Browning, H. (2019). Won’t somebody please think of the mammoths? De-extinction and animal welfare. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 31(6): 785-803
- Browning, H. (2018). No room at the zoo: Management euthanasia and animal welfare. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 31(4): 483-498
- Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Confined freedom and free confinement: The ethics of captivity in Life of Pi. In Á. T. Bogár and R. S. Szigethy (Eds.). Critical Insights: Life of Pi. Salem Press: 119-134
- Birch, J. & Browning, H. (2021). Neural organoids and the precautionary principle. The American Journal of Bioethics. 21(1): 56-58
- Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2020). Why socio-political beliefs trump individual morality: An evolutionary perspective. AJOB Neuroscience. 11(4): 290-292
- Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Improving invertebrate welfare. Animal Sentience. 29(4)
- Browning, H. (2019). What is good for an octopus? Animal Sentience. 26(7)
- Browning, H. (2019). What should we do about sheep? The role of intelligence in welfare considerations. Animal Sentience. 25(23)
- Browning, H. (2017) Anecdotes can be evidence too. Animal Sentience. 16(13)
- Browning, H. (2018) Book Review: Zoo Ethics. Quarterly Review of Biology. 93(2): 149
Fellowships and Grants
2019 Early Career Conference Program summer research fellowship participant, Global Priorities Institute, University of Oxford (selected and sponsored participant for 8 week research program)
2019 Early Career Conference Program summer research fellowship participant, Global Priorities Institute, University of Oxford (selected and sponsored participant for 8 week research program)
Awards and Prizes
2018 Postgraduate Presentation Prize - Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) (for paper “The lion or the lungfish: making intersubjective welfare comparisons”)
2018 ANU 3-Minute Thesis Finalist (winner of the College of Arts and Social Sciences final)
(video available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4pfuv4bkt8)
2018 Postgraduate Presentation Prize - Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) (for paper “The lion or the lungfish: making intersubjective welfare comparisons”)
2018 ANU 3-Minute Thesis Finalist (winner of the College of Arts and Social Sciences final)
(video available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4pfuv4bkt8)
Talks and Presentations
- 2020 - "If I Could Talk to the Animals: Measuring Subjective Animal Welfare" (webinar presented by invitation at 'Listening to Farmed Animals in Welfare Science and Ethics' seminar series for Wageningen University)
- 2020 – “The natural behaviour debate: Two conceptions of animal welfare” (webinar presented by invitation for the Practical Animal Welfare Science online platform)
- 2020 – “Developing a metric of usable space for zoo exhibits” (presented online for the EAZA Animal Welfare Forum)
- 2019 – “It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain: comparing positive and negative animal welfare” (presented at the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology conference, Oslo)
- 2019 – “Measuring animal suffering” (presented at the 2nd Oxford Workshop on Global Priorities Research)
- 2019 – “Sentience research and welfare science: a promising partnership” (presented by invitation at ANZLAA Animal Welfare Symposium at ANU)
- 2019 - “Effective animal welfare” (presented by invitation at ANU Effective Altruism event)
- 2018 – “If I could talk to the animals” (presented at ANU 3-Minute Thesis final)
- 2018 – “Sentience research and welfare science: A promising partnership” (presented by invitation at ANU Animal Sentience: Pushing the Boundaries workshop)
- 2018 – “The lion or the lungfish: making intersubjective welfare comparisons” (presented at AAP conference; winner of Postgraduate Presentation Prize)
- 2017 – “Effective animal welfare” (presented by invitation at ANU Effective Altruism event)
- 2017 – “Making inter-species welfare comparisons” (presented by invitation at Philosophy of Biology at Dolphin Beach workshop)
- 2017 – “Validating scientific indicators of hidden targets” (presented at AAP conference)
- 2017 – “Validating scientific indicators: a robustness approach” (presented at ANU Philosophy Society weekly seminar)
- 2016 – “Won’t somebody please think of the mammoths? De-extinction and animal welfare” (presented at AAP conference)
- 2016 – “Management euthanasia and animal welfare” (presented at Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference)
- 2015 – “Animal welfare is subjective welfare” (presented at the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology conference, Montreal)
Selected employment history
2020-2023 Research Officer (Animal Sentience and Welfare), London School of Economics
2018-2020 Welfare Officer, National Zoo and Aquarium
2010-2020 Keeper, National Zoo and Aquarium
2010 Wildlife officer, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
2007-2008 Keeper, Taronga Western Plains Zoo
2005-2005 Keeper - primates, Auckland Zoo
2004-2005 Keeper - birds, Adelaide Zoo
2002-2004 Keeper, National Zoo and Aquarium
2020-2023 Research Officer (Animal Sentience and Welfare), London School of Economics
2018-2020 Welfare Officer, National Zoo and Aquarium
2010-2020 Keeper, National Zoo and Aquarium
2010 Wildlife officer, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
2007-2008 Keeper, Taronga Western Plains Zoo
2005-2005 Keeper - primates, Auckland Zoo
2004-2005 Keeper - birds, Adelaide Zoo
2002-2004 Keeper, National Zoo and Aquarium
Teaching experience
2017 Guest lecturer for PHIL2126: Science in Society, on animal research ethics
2015 Co-convenor, lecturer and tutor for PHIL2082: Philosophy of Biology
2015 Tutor for three tutorial groups (60 students) for PHIL1005: Critical Thinking
2015 Tutor for two tutorial groups (40 students) for PHIL1004: Introduction to Philosophy
2017 Guest lecturer for PHIL2126: Science in Society, on animal research ethics
2015 Co-convenor, lecturer and tutor for PHIL2082: Philosophy of Biology
2015 Tutor for three tutorial groups (60 students) for PHIL1005: Critical Thinking
2015 Tutor for two tutorial groups (40 students) for PHIL1004: Introduction to Philosophy
Teaching training
2016 ANU ‘Principles of Tutoring and Demonstrating’ course
2016 ANU ‘Principles of Tutoring and Demonstrating’ course
Professional Service
Conference/workshop organisation
2016 Co-organiser, Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, ANU
2015 Co-organiser, ANU Graduate Student Conference, Kioloa, Australia
2014 Co-organiser, Sydney-ANU Philosophy of Biology workshop, Bundanoon Australia
Membership of Committees
2019 - Member, Student Committee, International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology
2018 - Member, Human Research Ethics Committee, ANU
2018 Member, Australasian Association of Philosophy Postgraduate Conference Funding Committee
2016 Member, Minorities and Philosophy Committee, ANU Chapter
Reviewer
Biology & Philosophy
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Journal of Applied Philosophy
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Conference/workshop organisation
2016 Co-organiser, Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, ANU
2015 Co-organiser, ANU Graduate Student Conference, Kioloa, Australia
2014 Co-organiser, Sydney-ANU Philosophy of Biology workshop, Bundanoon Australia
Membership of Committees
2019 - Member, Student Committee, International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology
2018 - Member, Human Research Ethics Committee, ANU
2018 Member, Australasian Association of Philosophy Postgraduate Conference Funding Committee
2016 Member, Minorities and Philosophy Committee, ANU Chapter
Reviewer
Biology & Philosophy
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Journal of Applied Philosophy
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
