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]