UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics | |
Abbreviation: | UPF-CAE |
Type: | Think tank |
Purpose: | Promotion of animal ethics and anti-speciesism |
Location: | Barcelona, Spain |
Region: | Europe |
Owners: | --> |
Leader Title: | Co-directors |
Affiliations: | Pompeu Fabra University |
The UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics (UPF-CAE) is an animal advocacy think tank based at Pompeu Fabra University. It aims to disseminate and promote non-anthropocentric and non-speciesist ethical perspectives in academia, politics and the media. The centre was established in December 2015 and is the first centre of its kind in both Catalonia and Spain.[1] Its main activities include the co-organization of the 6th Conference of the European Association for Critical Animal Studies, together with the European Association for Critical Animal Studies.[2] [3] The centre's Media Observatory of Speciesism was launched in 2018, it analyzes the treatment of animals in the media from an anti-speciesist perspective and makes recommendations for ending speciesism in the media.[4]