Call for Posters to be presented at the 2024 Annual SCAS Conference, on Sunday 20 October 2024 (Online).

Abstracts are now being accepted for posters related to this year’s conference theme, ‘Interdisciplinary Innovation: How can we advance research and practice in human-animal interactions?

Please use this form to submit an abstract (not to exceed 2,500 characters, including spaces and a short bio in the third person (not to exceed 600 characters): https://forms.gle/NZZuE1MrtMbVJAkJ8

Deadline for consideration is 31 July 2024.

If accepted, you will be required to produce a poster and a short video clip (approximately 3 minutes, MP4 file) of you presenting your poster before Monday 10 September 2024.

This year there are two prizes: one for the best overall poster and one for the best student poster, so please indicate on your entry if you are presenting as a student.

Zoe Belshaw will present research from a 2022 SCAS-funded project (PI, Rowena Packer)

“Did Living With a Puppy Acquired During 2019, 2020 or 2021 Positively or Negatively Impact the Mental Health of UK Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic?” at the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) 2024 Conference.

Colin Murray Parkes OBE, SCAS Patron, died this January at the age of 95.