Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Animal and Veterinary Sciences programme. The position is available from 01 September 2025 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.
Title:
Mapping offences in animal transport legislation in Denmark – analysis of veterinary evidence
Research area and project description:
This PhD-project is part of the interdisciplinary, international research project ANIMALAW (https://anivet.au.dk/en/research/projects/animalaw). ANIMALAW is the first project of its kind to focus on handling of animal welfare offences in animal transport. Despite the 1) long tradition of this legal practice, 2) the high number of animals transported in and from Denmark each year, and 3) the growing scientific evidence within negative affective states (such as pain and suffering) of animals, this has not been studied before.
In ANIMALAW, three core scientific disciplines are joined together in a mutually binding commitment to develop collaboration and integrating animal law, anthropology of human-animal relations and veterinary science. In a joint effort, involving international experts and research education, the partners of ANIMALAW examine whether Danish legal practice regarding offences in animal transport reflects contemporary ideals about animal welfare, veterinary expertise and transparency.
The open PhD position covers a project aiming to map and analyse the veterinary evidence underlying recent legal cases in Danish animal transport legislation. Among the objectives of the project is evaluate to which degree the legal conclusions are consistent with the available veterinary evidence. The project will be done in cooperation with German and Finnish experts.
Project description: For technical reasons, you must upload a project description. Please simply copy the project description above and upload it as a PDF in the application.
Qualifications and specific competences:
Applicants to the PhD position must have a relevant master’s degree in veterinary science or comparable knowledge within veterinary pathology and veterinary forensic pathology. The applicant will have to read material from Danish courts in Danish and must therefore be able to read Danish or another Scandinavian language.
Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is AU-VIBORG, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark.
Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information regarding the PhD position are invited to contact:
- Mette S. Herskin, mettes.herskin@anivet.au.dk (main supervisor)
- Peter T. Thomsen, ptt@anivet.au.dk (co-supervisor)
For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide. If answers cannot be found there, please contact:
How to apply:
Please follow this link to submit your application.
Application deadline is 21 June 2025 at 23:59 CEST.
Preferred starting date is 01 September 2025.
Please note:
- Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.
- The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
- Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Viborg Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Aarhus Universitet, Blichers Allé, 8830 Tjele
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 21-06-2025;
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