Biography:Alistair Lawrence
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]
Education
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]
Career
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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "RSPCA BSAS Awards". British Society of Animal Science. 2016. http://bsas.org.uk/about-bsas/funds-awards-jobs/rspcabsas-award-for-innovative-developments-in-animal-welfare/rspca-bsas-awards. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Alistair Lawrence". International Society for Applied Ethology. 2016. http://www.isae2016.co.uk/index.php/congress/15-congress-organisers. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Alistair Lawrence". World Organisation for Animal Health. 2004. http://animal-welfare.oie.int/cv_lawrence.htm. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ Lawrence, Alistair Burnett (1985) (in en). The social organization of Scottish Blackface sheep. https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/34947.
- ↑ List of publications from Microsoft Academic
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Professor Alistair Lawrence". Compassion in World Farming. 2016. http://www.ciwf.org.uk/about-us/high-profile-supporters/visionaries/academia/professor-alistair-lawrence/. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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