COST Action - Positive animal welfare (LIFT)
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
COST Action CA21124 aims to provide background on the inclusion of positive welfare in farm animal welfare assessment.
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‘LIFT’ is a 4-year EU funded COST Action project which will provide the background for including positive welfare in farm animal welfare assessment. The Action started in November 2022 and will continue to November 2026. Currently, LIFT has more than 200 participants from 38 different countries.
"📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Positive welfare: What does it add to the debate over pig welfare?" by Alistair B. Lawrence, Ruth C. Newberry and Marek Špinka.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/B978...
This month's highlight: "Positive welfare: What does it add to the debate over pig welfare?" by Alistair B. Lawrence, Ruth C. Newberry and Marek Špinka.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/B978...
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Positive welfare: What does it add to the debate over pig welfare?" by Alistair B. Lawrence, Ruth C. Newberry and Marek Špinka.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/B978...
This month's highlight: "Positive welfare: What does it add to the debate over pig welfare?" by Alistair B. Lawrence, Ruth C. Newberry and Marek Špinka.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/B978...
📢 Webinar on how gamification can inspire positive change in animal welfare research - happening Nov 3rd. Don’t miss it!
📢Webinar alert📢
Gamification for positive animal welfare?
Join us & @liftcostaction.bsky.social as Bahadir Odevci explores how digital tools, using challenges, rewards, storytelling & feedback, can inspire positive change.
⏰ 5 pm CET
📅 November 3rd
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Gamification for positive animal welfare?
Join us & @liftcostaction.bsky.social as Bahadir Odevci explores how digital tools, using challenges, rewards, storytelling & feedback, can inspire positive change.
⏰ 5 pm CET
📅 November 3rd
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📢 Webinar on how gamification can inspire positive change in animal welfare research - happening Nov 3rd. Don’t miss it!
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Can positive welfare counterbalance negative and can net welfare be assessed?" by Donald M. Broom.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
This month's highlight: "Can positive welfare counterbalance negative and can net welfare be assessed?" by Donald M. Broom.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
October 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Can positive welfare counterbalance negative and can net welfare be assessed?" by Donald M. Broom.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
This month's highlight: "Can positive welfare counterbalance negative and can net welfare be assessed?" by Donald M. Broom.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
Join us for our next Synergy Webinar on Animal Welfare, by
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
“Animal happiness" with Ass. Prof. Laura Webb.
📅 Date & Time: 15 October 2025 | 16:00 CEST
🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/jxHjULq5UrQ9...
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
“Animal happiness" with Ass. Prof. Laura Webb.
📅 Date & Time: 15 October 2025 | 16:00 CEST
🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/jxHjULq5UrQ9...
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Join us for our next Synergy Webinar on Animal Welfare, by
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
“Animal happiness" with Ass. Prof. Laura Webb.
📅 Date & Time: 15 October 2025 | 16:00 CEST
🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/jxHjULq5UrQ9...
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
“Animal happiness" with Ass. Prof. Laura Webb.
📅 Date & Time: 15 October 2025 | 16:00 CEST
🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/jxHjULq5UrQ9...
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Recently I spoke about @manyprimates.bsky.social for @liftcostaction.bsky.social about distributed research projects and teams in animal sciences!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKrA...
If you're interested in BTS projects, comparative cognition etc, have a watch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKrA...
If you're interested in BTS projects, comparative cognition etc, have a watch
[Drew Altschul & Bernhard Voelkl] Strategies to optimize cross-institute collaborations
YouTube video by Animal Welfare Slack
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September 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Recently I spoke about @manyprimates.bsky.social for @liftcostaction.bsky.social about distributed research projects and teams in animal sciences!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKrA...
If you're interested in BTS projects, comparative cognition etc, have a watch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKrA...
If you're interested in BTS projects, comparative cognition etc, have a watch
We’d love your input on translating “Positive animal welfare” into local languages — esp. Spanish, Portuguese & Mandarin 🌍
Share your translation here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Share your translation here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
September 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We’d love your input on translating “Positive animal welfare” into local languages — esp. Spanish, Portuguese & Mandarin 🌍
Share your translation here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Share your translation here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Another month, another successful meeting! 🐾
On Sept 3–4 in Teramo, WG1 held a workshop on “Fostering good lives for animals: Does Positive Animal Welfare move animal welfare further?”.
Huge thanks to @mchincarini.bsky.social & the University of Teramo for hosting us!
#LIFTCostAction
On Sept 3–4 in Teramo, WG1 held a workshop on “Fostering good lives for animals: Does Positive Animal Welfare move animal welfare further?”.
Huge thanks to @mchincarini.bsky.social & the University of Teramo for hosting us!
#LIFTCostAction
September 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Another month, another successful meeting! 🐾
On Sept 3–4 in Teramo, WG1 held a workshop on “Fostering good lives for animals: Does Positive Animal Welfare move animal welfare further?”.
Huge thanks to @mchincarini.bsky.social & the University of Teramo for hosting us!
#LIFTCostAction
On Sept 3–4 in Teramo, WG1 held a workshop on “Fostering good lives for animals: Does Positive Animal Welfare move animal welfare further?”.
Huge thanks to @mchincarini.bsky.social & the University of Teramo for hosting us!
#LIFTCostAction
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare in Science and Society: Differences, Similarities and Synergies" by Belinda Vigors, Peter Sandøe, and Alistair Lawrence.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare in Science and Society: Differences, Similarities and Synergies" by Belinda Vigors, Peter Sandøe, and Alistair Lawrence.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
September 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare in Science and Society: Differences, Similarities and Synergies" by Belinda Vigors, Peter Sandøe, and Alistair Lawrence.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare in Science and Society: Differences, Similarities and Synergies" by Belinda Vigors, Peter Sandøe, and Alistair Lawrence.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
The room is buzzing! 🔊 18 breakout groups (!) are diving into open questions on positive animal welfare - great energy and engagement all around.
#LIFTCoastAction
#LIFTCoastAction
August 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The room is buzzing! 🔊 18 breakout groups (!) are diving into open questions on positive animal welfare - great energy and engagement all around.
#LIFTCoastAction
#LIFTCoastAction
After lunch, we’re now diving into indicators of positive animal welfare and how to translate lab findings into real-world, on-farm settings - bridging science and practice!
#LIFTCostAction
#LIFTCostAction
August 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
After lunch, we’re now diving into indicators of positive animal welfare and how to translate lab findings into real-world, on-farm settings - bridging science and practice!
#LIFTCostAction
#LIFTCostAction
Starting the workshop with four amazing overview talks on the conceptual framework of positive animal welfare (PAW) and many key aspects related to PAW - setting the stage for great discussions ahead! 🐾
#LIFTCostAction
#LIFTCostAction
August 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Starting the workshop with four amazing overview talks on the conceptual framework of positive animal welfare (PAW) and many key aspects related to PAW - setting the stage for great discussions ahead! 🐾
#LIFTCostAction
#LIFTCostAction
🚀 Kicking off the LIFT Satellite Workshop in Utrecht - just ahead of #ISAE2025! Our chair, Margit Bak Jensen, opens the day with a warm welcome and overview of the COST Action.
Looking forward to a day of productive discussions and networking!
Looking forward to a day of productive discussions and networking!
August 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🚀 Kicking off the LIFT Satellite Workshop in Utrecht - just ahead of #ISAE2025! Our chair, Margit Bak Jensen, opens the day with a warm welcome and overview of the COST Action.
Looking forward to a day of productive discussions and networking!
Looking forward to a day of productive discussions and networking!
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Does Smart Farming Improve or Damage Animal Welfare? Technology and What Animals Want" by Marian Stamp Dawkins.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
This month's highlight: "Does Smart Farming Improve or Damage Animal Welfare? Technology and What Animals Want" by Marian Stamp Dawkins.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
July 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Does Smart Farming Improve or Damage Animal Welfare? Technology and What Animals Want" by Marian Stamp Dawkins.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
This month's highlight: "Does Smart Farming Improve or Damage Animal Welfare? Technology and What Animals Want" by Marian Stamp Dawkins.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fani...
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions" by Ellen Williams and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1017/awf....
This month's highlight: "Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions" by Ellen Williams and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1017/awf....
June 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions" by Ellen Williams and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1017/awf....
This month's highlight: "Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions" by Ellen Williams and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1017/awf....
Join us for the 1st Synergy Webinar on Animal Welfare, by
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
“Adult neurogenesis as a valence marker” w/ Dr. Tom Smulders
📅 28 May 2025 | 🕓 16:00 CET
💻 Zoom (link via registration)
🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/TMK7ao8zPuZ3...
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
“Adult neurogenesis as a valence marker” w/ Dr. Tom Smulders
📅 28 May 2025 | 🕓 16:00 CET
💻 Zoom (link via registration)
🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/TMK7ao8zPuZ3...
May 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Join us for the 1st Synergy Webinar on Animal Welfare, by
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
“Adult neurogenesis as a valence marker” w/ Dr. Tom Smulders
📅 28 May 2025 | 🕓 16:00 CET
💻 Zoom (link via registration)
🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/TMK7ao8zPuZ3...
@affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE!
“Adult neurogenesis as a valence marker” w/ Dr. Tom Smulders
📅 28 May 2025 | 🕓 16:00 CET
💻 Zoom (link via registration)
🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/TMK7ao8zPuZ3...
🚨 New publication alert! 📄
Excited to share the results of a LIFT COST Action Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) — a fantastic collaboration between Slovenia and Italy!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/vet...
Excited to share the results of a LIFT COST Action Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) — a fantastic collaboration between Slovenia and Italy!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/vet...
May 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚨 New publication alert! 📄
Excited to share the results of a LIFT COST Action Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) — a fantastic collaboration between Slovenia and Italy!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/vet...
Excited to share the results of a LIFT COST Action Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) — a fantastic collaboration between Slovenia and Italy!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/vet...
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "The Power of a Positive Human–Animal Relationship for Animal Welfare" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...
This month's highlight: "The Power of a Positive Human–Animal Relationship for Animal Welfare" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...
May 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "The Power of a Positive Human–Animal Relationship for Animal Welfare" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...
This month's highlight: "The Power of a Positive Human–Animal Relationship for Animal Welfare" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...
Reposted by COST Action - Positive animal welfare (LIFT)
What an outstanding workshop we had this week! Two days full of big ideas and constructive discussions - when everyone leaves with a wider horizon, you know it was something special.
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What an outstanding workshop we had this week! Two days full of big ideas and constructive discussions - when everyone leaves with a wider horizon, you know it was something special.
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
🚨 Webinar Alert!
Join us for an online webinar organised by the COST Action IMPROVE on "Ethics, Animal Research & One Health" with Prof. Dr. Yeşim Işıl Ulman.
📅 15 May 2025 | 🕜 13:30 CET | 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register: forms.gle/W37txHD71ZrZ...
Join us for an online webinar organised by the COST Action IMPROVE on "Ethics, Animal Research & One Health" with Prof. Dr. Yeşim Işıl Ulman.
📅 15 May 2025 | 🕜 13:30 CET | 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register: forms.gle/W37txHD71ZrZ...
May 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚨 Webinar Alert!
Join us for an online webinar organised by the COST Action IMPROVE on "Ethics, Animal Research & One Health" with Prof. Dr. Yeşim Işıl Ulman.
📅 15 May 2025 | 🕜 13:30 CET | 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register: forms.gle/W37txHD71ZrZ...
Join us for an online webinar organised by the COST Action IMPROVE on "Ethics, Animal Research & One Health" with Prof. Dr. Yeşim Işıl Ulman.
📅 15 May 2025 | 🕜 13:30 CET | 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register: forms.gle/W37txHD71ZrZ...
🚀 Less than a month since their last event, WG3 held a successful Training School on stakeholder engagement in PAW research—this time in Split, Croatia, hosted by LIFT member Boris Antunović (University of Osijek) on April 14–15.
#LIFTCostAction
#LIFTCostAction
May 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚀 Less than a month since their last event, WG3 held a successful Training School on stakeholder engagement in PAW research—this time in Split, Croatia, hosted by LIFT member Boris Antunović (University of Osijek) on April 14–15.
#LIFTCostAction
#LIFTCostAction
Reposted by COST Action - Positive animal welfare (LIFT)
Getting hyped for the LIFT (@liftcostaction.bsky.social) workshop kicking off tomorrow in Rostock and at FBN (@fbndummerstorf.bsky.social)!
The goats are ready to meet you all 🐐✨
The goats are ready to meet you all 🐐✨
May 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Getting hyped for the LIFT (@liftcostaction.bsky.social) workshop kicking off tomorrow in Rostock and at FBN (@fbndummerstorf.bsky.social)!
The goats are ready to meet you all 🐐✨
The goats are ready to meet you all 🐐✨
Reposted by COST Action - Positive animal welfare (LIFT)
📢Webinar alert📢
Join our next webinar (co-hosted by @liftcostaction.bsky.social) with Dr Anne-Lise Dauphiné-Morer (Learning Planet Institute) as we explore a new interdisciplinary tool to hypothesize non-human intentions.
⏰ 5 pm CEST (NEW TIME!)
📅 May 5th
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our next webinar (co-hosted by @liftcostaction.bsky.social) with Dr Anne-Lise Dauphiné-Morer (Learning Planet Institute) as we explore a new interdisciplinary tool to hypothesize non-human intentions.
⏰ 5 pm CEST (NEW TIME!)
📅 May 5th
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
📢Webinar alert📢
Join our next webinar (co-hosted by @liftcostaction.bsky.social) with Dr Anne-Lise Dauphiné-Morer (Learning Planet Institute) as we explore a new interdisciplinary tool to hypothesize non-human intentions.
⏰ 5 pm CEST (NEW TIME!)
📅 May 5th
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our next webinar (co-hosted by @liftcostaction.bsky.social) with Dr Anne-Lise Dauphiné-Morer (Learning Planet Institute) as we explore a new interdisciplinary tool to hypothesize non-human intentions.
⏰ 5 pm CEST (NEW TIME!)
📅 May 5th
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare" by Inonge Reimert and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
This month's highlight: "Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare" by Inonge Reimert and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
April 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare" by Inonge Reimert and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
This month's highlight: "Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare" by Inonge Reimert and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
WG3 had a successful meeting in Antalya (Feb 27-28), hosted by Özkan Elmaz, with twelve LIFT members joining in person to advance WG activities.
Topics included the selection of PAW indicators to be consulted, identification of stakeholders, and survey construction.
#LIFTCostAction
Topics included the selection of PAW indicators to be consulted, identification of stakeholders, and survey construction.
#LIFTCostAction
March 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
WG3 had a successful meeting in Antalya (Feb 27-28), hosted by Özkan Elmaz, with twelve LIFT members joining in person to advance WG activities.
Topics included the selection of PAW indicators to be consulted, identification of stakeholders, and survey construction.
#LIFTCostAction
Topics included the selection of PAW indicators to be consulted, identification of stakeholders, and survey construction.
#LIFTCostAction
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare and the Like: Distinct Views and a Proposed Framework" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...
This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare and the Like: Distinct Views and a Proposed Framework" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...
Frontiers | Positive Welfare and the Like: Distinct Views and a Proposed Framework
Positive welfare and related terms such as good welfare, happiness, and a good life are increasingly used in the animal welfare science literature. Overall, ...
doi.org
March 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰
This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare and the Like: Distinct Views and a Proposed Framework" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...
This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare and the Like: Distinct Views and a Proposed Framework" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues.
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...