UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics
Spanish animal advocacy think tank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics (UPF-CAE) is an animal advocacy think tank based at Pompeu Fabra University. It aims to disseminate and promote non-anthropocentric and non-speciesist ethical perspectives in academia, politics and the media. The centre was established in December 2015 and is the first centre of its kind in both Catalonia and Spain.[1] Its main activities include the co-organization of the 6th Conference of the European Association for Critical Animal Studies, together with the European Association for Critical Animal Studies.[2][3] The centre's Media Observatory of Speciesism was launched in 2018, it analyzes the treatment of animals in the media from an anti-speciesist perspective and makes recommendations for ending speciesism in the media.[4]
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Abbreviation | UPF-CAE |
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Formation | December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12) |
Type | Think tank |
Purpose | Promotion of animal ethics and anti-speciesism |
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Region | Europe |
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Affiliations | Pompeu Fabra University |
Website | www |