3rd Animal Welfare Day
Beyond the Law: Towards a shared ethical ground for MPI-AB
- Date: Oct 19, 2026
- Location: Pfarrheim Allensbach
- Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
We are proud to be hosting our third Animal Welfare Day. This whole-day event will work towards developing a shared ethical ground for the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
The event is open to staff and students of the institute only. Further information, including the full event program and how to register, will be provided by email and in the institute’s newsletter.
Keynote lectures will be delivered by:
- Prof. Susana Monsó, Professor at UNED in Madrid, Faculty of Philosophy
- Prof. Herwig Grimm, Head of the Messerli Research Institute for Human-Animal Interaction, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
An interactive workshop will be run Herwig Grimm & Dr. Marc Dusseldorp, who is an independent researcher and guest researcher at Messerli Research Institute for Human-Animal Interaction, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna.
The event's organizing committee - Wolfgang Fiedler, Inge Müller, Nora Slania & Daniel Zuñiga - is available for any questions.