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Kate Lewis

@kate-lewis.bsky.social
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Animal Welfare Researcher, working with rhesus macaques. Research interests: animal behaviour and welfare (particularly in macaques 🐒 & horses 🐎), communication, facial expression

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Kate Lewis @kate-lewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Currently en route to the Animal Welfare Research Network Annual Meeting! I can't wait to spend the next 2.5 days catching up with friends, and hearing all about the latest animal welfare research 🐘🦐🐒🐖🐁🦒🦓🐄 awrn.co.uk/event/ninth-...
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Ninth Annual Meeting of the AWRN – Animal Welfare Research Network
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Kate Lewis @kate-lewis.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Check out my article in The Conversation, all about our latest paper, which created an extensive catalogue of horse facial expressions 🐴 Thank you so much for inviting me to contribute! #TheConversation #equineresearch #facialexpressions theconversation.com/horses-have-...
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Horses have a complex repertoire of facial expressions, just like primates
The study has created a catalogue of horse facial expressions to help people understand how to read these incredible animals.
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Kate Lewis @kate-lewis.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
And if you can't be bothered to read the full paper, here's a great article in the Guardian all about it 🐴 #equine #facialexpressions #socialbehaviour #horses www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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More than a long face: horses use ‘rich repertoire’ of expressions to interact
Facial movements help horses communicate signals such as difference between aggression and play, researchers find
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Kate Lewis @kate-lewis.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴 Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193... @leanneproops.bsky.social @uop-ccep.bsky.social
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An ethogram of facial behaviour in domestic horses: evolutionary perspectives on form and function
Understanding cause and function of animal facial behaviour can provide key insights into the animal’s cognitive and emotional state. The Equine Facial Action Coding System (EquiFACS) has characterise...
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
400 people w/ doctorates read the same research abstract where the lead authors name was either male or female. Participants felt the discovery in the abstract was more important when the author was male & spent more time reading it(114s for male authored; 98s female). www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
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Men Get More Patent Credit Than Women, Even For The Same Idea
A new study finds that scientific papers authored by women are cited less often in patented inventions than those by men. Here's the reason and why it matters.
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Science for Animal Welfare @scifaw.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
There are just two weeks to go until the first of the UFAW and AWRN seminar series: Influencing for impact - translating animal welfare research into law and policy. 🔗Sign up ➡️http://ufaw.org.uk/researchtopolicy 📅13.00 -14.30 (GMT+1) on select Thursdays, starting May 2025
UFAW/AWRN Seminar Series flyer: Online seminar series to be held at lunchtime on select Thursdays starting in May 2025 about translating animal welfare research into law and policy. Features a QR code and sign-up link.
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Kate Lewis @kate-lewis.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I'm busy manning the camera at the AIBIO-UK meets AWRN workshop this morning. Ready for an exciting day learning about how we can use AI to improve Animal Welfare! #animalwelfare #AWRN #artificialintelligence #machinelearning
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bioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Characterisation of facial expressions and behaviours of horses in response to positive and negative emotional anticipation using network analysis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Animal Welfare - the Science for Animal Welfare Journal @animal-welfare.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🔍 NEW STUDY: Researchers surveyed 677 experienced #horse sector participants, with 99.9% agreeing that horses are sentient beings. Authors propose leveraging this knowledge of sentience to support implementation of the #FiveDomains model in policy. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Great Ape Wellbeing Survey @apewellbeingsurvey.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Do you work in primate care? 🐵 Know someone who does? We want to hear from you! As part of research from the University of Sussex, we are looking to hear from primate carers from all over the world to understand their current wellbeing practices. ➡️https://forms.office.com/e/PRZqMuFh0t
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Kate Lewis @kate-lewis.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Today marked the end of my time studying and working at UoP. I'm going to miss the team, especially the amazing members of @uop-ccep.bsky.social sooooo much! But I'm super excited to be moving into a FT research position - just don't tell the horses I'm leaving to work with monkeys 🫢 #traitor 🐒
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Jérôme Micheletta @jmicheletta.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Together with @leanneproops.bsky.social and Cressida Bowyer, we are looking for PhD applicants for a project using human behaviour change theory to develop educational programmes promoting the conservation of crested macaques. More information here: www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Using human behaviour change theory to develop educational programmes promoting the conservation of critically endangered crested macaques (Macaca nigra) in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Sophie Milward @sophiemilward.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Advertising for 2 fully funded PhD projects on cooperation in children, apes and across cultures. Co-supervised by Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social and Esther Herrmann. See below for links. Message me if interested!
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Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology @uop-ccep.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
We are now on Bluesky 🥳 We are passionate about understanding what makes us and other animals tick. 🐒🐕🫏🐘🕷️ Follow us for research highlights, collaborations, and a peek into the fascinating world of comparative psychology, welfare and conservation!
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