New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)

Start date:

October 2019

Funder(s):

Economic and Social Research Council

Status:

Current

New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) involves cross-national qualitative research to explore what factors shape individualism, and human and nonhuman relations in civil society, with reference to animal rights and welfare, and A.I.

Start date provided is that of the WISERD Civil Society Centre. Work packages will have their own individual start and end dates that fall within the five-year research programme.

Research team

Ian Rees Jones

Emeritus Professor, WISERD Director 2013-2024

Cardiff University

Paul Chaney

Professor, WISERD Co-Director

Cardiff University

Ralph Fevre

Emeritus Professor

Cardiff University

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Journal Articles

Exploring the Substantive Representation of Non-humans in UK Parliamentary Business: A Legislative Functions Perspective of Animal Welfare Petitions 2010-19

This study is concerned with the substantive representation of non-human species in parliamentary business. It applies Leston-Bandeira’s legislative functions perspective (LFP) to a data set of 2500 public petitions on animal welfare, submitted over three terms of the UK parliament. The wider significance of this work lies in: (i) underlining the utility of the LFP…

Civil Society, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care | New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) | June 2021

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Journal Articles

Sentience and Salience – Exploring the Party Politicisation of Animal Welfare in Multi-level Electoral Systems: Analysis of Manifesto Discourse in UK Meso elections 1998-2017

This study explores the party politicization of animal welfare in the context of multi-level governance in the UK. It examines over 1300 pledges in party manifestos for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections 1998–2017. It reveals the nature of party competition, including increasing salience over electoral cycles. This is complemented by examination of the party…

Civil Society, Localities | New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) | December 2020

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Reports and Briefings

WISERD Civil Society – Changing Perspectives on Civic Stratification and Civil Repair

Read more about all the work packages in this booklet. You can download here or contact the WISERD Communications Officer for hard copies, email: WISERD.Comms@cardiff.ac.uk.

Civil Society | Borders, boundary mechanisms and migration, Children and young people’s rights: formal and informal constructions of citizenship, Civil society, and place-based strategies for sustainable development, Experts, expertise and citizen science: a case study of air quality monitoring, Foundational economy, citizenship and new forms of common ownership, Identity and civic divides in the UK, Inequalities, civic loss and well-being, Machines, platforms and capabilities, New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), New repertoires of contention and social mobilisation: shifting dynamics of civic stratification and the marketisation of social justice in the energy transition, Patronage, elites and power relations, Populism, conflict and political polarisation, Shifting forms of governance and the grassroots politics of separatism, Trade unions, grass roots activism and solidarity, Trust, human rights and civil society within mixed economies of welfare | February 2020

Blog

New WISERD fieldwork explores the contemporary citizenship rights of indigenous people in south India

4th November 2024 | Paul Chaney

Professors Paul Chaney (Cardiff University) and Sarbeswar Sahoo (IIT Delhi) (pictured), in association with Dr Reenu Punnoose (IIT Palakkad) and Dr Haneefa Muhammed have been conducting fieldwork examining civil society perspectives on the contemporary citizenship rights of indigenous people in south India. This is part of research funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. By…

Civil Society, Inequalities, Localities | New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)

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Cultural genocide? Exploring civil society perspectives on the contemporary human rights situation of indigenous people in Bolivia

2nd October 2024 | Paul Chaney

A new study by Professor Paul Chaney examines civil society perspectives on the contemporary human rights situation of indigenous people in Bolivia. It is part of research funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences undertaken in partnership with Professor Sarbeswar Sahoo (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and Dr Reenu Punnoose (Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad)….

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GE2024: Do party manifestos reflect ‘supermajority’ civil society demand for better animal protection?

3rd July 2024 | Paul Chaney

WISERD Co-Director, Paul Chaney, has co-authored a new report in a project led by Dr Steven McCulloch (University of Winchester). The report entitled “Political Animals: The Democratic and Electoral Case for Strong Animal Welfare Policies in UK General Elections”[i] was commissioned as part of a campaign by 23 leading animal welfare NGOs. To locate this…

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GE2024: Why party manifestos need to address civil society demands on animal welfare

2nd July 2024 | Paul Chaney

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News

New civil society research on indigenous languages and cultures in India

23rd April 2024 | Paul Chaney, Sarbeswar Sahoo

Professors Paul Chaney and Sarbeswar Sahoo (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) have secured a new Global Challenge grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences and are commencing a project examining civil society and indigenous languages and cultures in India. They will be working in association with Dr Reenu Punnoose (Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad). The…

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Civil society perspectives on AI in the EU

12th February 2024 | Nivedita Narayan, Paul Chaney

As part of the WISERD study ‘New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ we presented new research at a WHEB event in Brussels last month, that reveals the views and concerns of civil society organisations (CSOs) in relation to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the EU. The European Commission is legislating to…

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Civil society and animal welfare lobbying in India

24th November 2023 | Paul Chaney, Sarbeswar Sahoo

In October, as part of WISERD’s civil society and animal welfare research, a workshop was held in New Delhi. Academics present included co-investigators Professors Paul Chaney and Sarbeswar Sahoo, along with Research Associates Dr Pooja Sharma and Dr Debashree Saikia (pictured). Our work involves comparative analysis of developments in Wales, Scotland, England and India. We…

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Civil society, animal welfare and Brexit

20th August 2023 | Paul Chaney

As part of a series of blog posts on WISERD’s civil society and animal welfare research, here we look at the views of campaigners with civil society organisations (CSOs) about the impact of Brexit on animal welfare. This matters, for it aligns with a key focus in the academic literature, namely, how shifting patterns and…

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Civil society and animal welfare lobbying at Westminster

19th August 2023 | Paul Chaney

As part of a series of blog posts on WISERD’s civil society and animal welfare research, here we look at the views and experiences of civil society organisations (CSOs) lobbying Westminster for better animal welfare. These are emerging findings taken from a series of in-depth interviews with campaigners. This is worth studying because over recent…

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Civil society activism and animal welfare policy divergence

19th August 2023 | Paul Chaney

As part of a series of blog posts on WISERD’s civil society and animal welfare research, here we look at the “territorialisation” of animal welfare rights and how this is being driven by civil society activism. In other words, civil society organisations (CSOs) successfully lobbying for distinctive laws and policies that convey contrasting protections in…

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New analysis: Animals in sport – exploring civil society welfare campaigning

19th August 2023 | Paul Chaney

As part of a series of blog posts on civil society and animal welfare, here we look at emerging findings from our analysis of civil society organisations’ (CSOs’) campaigning to ban greyhound racing in Wales and Scotland. This is prompted by welfare concerns and relatedly, because races in these countries are not subject to statutory…

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Devolution and animal welfare lobbying: exploring the views of civil society campaigners

3rd August 2023 | Paul Chaney

As part of a series of blog posts on our research on civil society activism and animal welfare rights, here we share some emerging findings on the impact of devolution in the UK. A key finding from our series of in-depth interviews with campaigners representing civil society organisations (CSOs) is their frustration with Westminster and…

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Shifting public attitudes to animal welfare? New research explores the views of civil society campaigners

2nd August 2023 | Paul Chaney

While academic literature on environmentalism has long emphasised the interdependence and fragility of all life forms on earth, scholarly work on civil society has largely overlooked the position of non-humans. Our research is seeking to address this by examining contemporary civil society advocacy for animal welfare rights in the UK. As part of a series…

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New WISERD research on human rights violations in East Africa during the pandemic

10th July 2023 | Paul Chaney

I recently presented new WISERD research on human rights during the pandemic at the International Political Studies Association Congress in Buenos Aires. My research findings aligned with the conference theme of ‘Politics in the Age of Transboundary Crises’ and examine how political elites in East Africa used the crisis as a pretext for rights suppression….

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What mass-support e-petitions on animal welfare tell us about new modes of civil society engagement with Westminster

12th May 2021 | Ian Rees Jones, Paul Chaney, Ralph Fevre

In this second blog post, Professor Paul Chaney continues to share his research with Professors Ian Rees Jones and Ralph Fevre published by Oxford University Press and The Hansard Society, which analyses the significant rise in animal welfare petitions submitted to the UK parliament over the past decade. This analysis is part of the research project, New arenas for civic…

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New modes of civic engagement – exploring Westminster public petitions on animal welfare

12th May 2021 | Ian Rees Jones, Paul Chaney, Ralph Fevre

New research by WISERD Professors Paul Chaney, Ian Rees Jones and Ralph Fevre published by Oxford University Press and The Hansard Society, analyses a significant rise in animal welfare petitions submitted to the UK parliament over the past decade. This analysis is part of the research project, New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and…

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Electoral politics study reveals how devolution provides new political spaces to advance animal welfare

16th November 2020 | Ian Rees Jones, Paul Chaney, Ralph Fevre

Research by WISERD Professors Paul Chaney, Ian Rees Jones and Ralph Fevre analyses over 1,300 pledges on animal welfare in party manifestos for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections from 1998 to 2017. It reveals the nature of political parties’ competition over the issue, as well as a significant increase in attention to this topic…

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WISERD Online Lunchtime Seminar

WISERD online lunchtime seminar- Parties, Petitions and Civil Society Policy Demands on Animal Welfare

16th March 2021 | Online

Presented by Paul Chaney. This seminar gives an overview of two pieces of research from CS2 WP1.2 ‘New arenas for civic expansion: humans, animals, and Artificial Intelligence’. It seeks to address the overarching question: ‘How and to what extent are Political Parties’ election manifestos – and, public petitions to Westminster – reflecting civil society policy…

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