HRC on the Spring/Summer Conference Circuit

One of the primary goals of the Humane Research Council is to train advocates to better understand and utilize public opinion and behavior research in their work for animals. We’re pleased to say that HRC personnel will be presenting at several upcoming conferences and we hope you can join us for some interesting workshops and discussions. The season begins with HRC’s Research Director Carol Glasser appearing at the annual conference of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, where her talk will be on “Putting Research within Reach.” Keep reading for the complete list of HRC's appearances at upcoming conferences.

Following are HRC's upcoming conferences, as of March 19th:

March 31st and April 1st – HRC's Research Director Carol Glasser will appear at the annual conference of the Institute of Critical Animal Studies, where she will give a talk on "Putting Research Within Reach." Her workshop will discuss the need for academics and researchers to shift the way they work by asking questions that are driven by current social issues and disseminating their research in such a way that it can be accessed and understood by those working in social justice movements.

April 14th to 17th – To help educate attendees at the Animal Liberation Forum in Long Beach, CA, HRC’s Carol Glasser will be providing two separate presentations based on our research primers for companion animals and animals used in science. The primers are a great way for advocates to get a quick overview of opinion and behavior research on animal issues.

May 5th to 7th – HRC’s Executive Director Che Green and founding board member Anthony Bellotti will be presenting at the annual meeting of the National Council for Animal Protection, aka “Summit for the Animals.” The session will cover results from HRC’s Key Indicators Study, which provides a barometer of the state of animal protection in the U.S., based on a diverse set of more than 25 important metrics.

July 15th to 18th – At the annual Taking Action for Animals, HRC board member Anthony Bellotti will be co-presenting a workshop tentatively called “Strategy and Message Development 101.” The session will show how research-based approaches are most effective for developing strategies and messages; for more on the same topic, see Anthony’s article on the HRC site.

July 21st to 25th – For Animal Rights 2011, the longest-running conference in the U.S., HRC has proposed a workshop in cooperation with Nick Cooney, author of “Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change.” If accepted, the workshop will focus on practical insights for how to best apply research results to improve animal advocacy campaigns.

We hope you can join us at one (or more) of the above conferences!