Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧

Associate Professor of Zoo Animal Welfare, STEMINIST, mum of 2 year old, climber, cross fitter & smallholder

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

Today's view from the desk @NTU_ARES is a little different, but beautiful and peaceful still!

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

What a gorgeous view from my office window @NTU_ARES! #autumnsky

[Fay Clark @DrFayClark]

Are you a UK student of Black heritage looking for a funded PhD? Fancy joining me at the University of Bristol? You can combine animal cognition, animal welfare and human psychology in exciting ways! Please get in touch! https://t.co/MlLfmOqqG0

[Alex Mielke @MielkeAlexander]

PhD Studentship available

I am looking for a student to study the 'Quality and function of affiliative actions in non-human primates' - if you are interested in primate sociality, communication, and relationships, get in touch!

https://t.co/Nve4ieQIvl

[Katie Cronin, PhD @KatieACronin]

#JobOpening in #zoo #animalwelfare @zoomiami! Zoo Miami is hiring an animal wellbeing specialist to assist in animal behavior and welfare monitoring. Deadline is two days out (17 Sept). Non-PhD level.
https://t.co/u3KXj7DRkR

[Katie Cronin, PhD @KatieACronin]

My team @LincolnParkZoo is hiring a Research Assistant to support our #chimp welfare work! 2-year position, in Chicago. Review of apps starts this week. @ArcusGreatApes #animalcareers #animalwelfare #primates #zoo #jobs

https://t.co/TSsga3fEvF

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

@OlMoore Congratulations on your sword (and PhD of course) 🫡

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

Congratulations Dr Kat Hamill - the red squirrels will be SO proud..as am I 👌🐿🌳

[Dr. Andrew Mooney @andymooney13]

🚨 Come join us at Dublin Zoo! We’re looking for a permanent, full-time Behaviour and Welfare Scientist to join our growing Conservation & Science Team.

https://t.co/4QwQnEmwyf

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

@DrSBroadberry @ConorNaughton_ @NTU_CADQ @AdvanceHE I'd be really interested in hearing about this....

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

Excited to be @TrentBridge for @ntu_research writing retreat!

Let the writing commence....

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

@oakzoo Is this appropriate for the fish? Animal Welfare research has shown in multiple cases how fish can suffer - here they have no option to escape from their predator! In addition, are fish a usual part to a meerkat diet - being from predominatly a desert habitat?

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

Congratulations to my amazing friend, colleague, and mentor who inspires me every day in so many ways and helps me to make an impact in my own (zoo) industry!

[Prof Rowena Hill MBE @hill_rowenahill]

Very grateful of this MBE for Public Service. Particularly the work in the pandemic & the bravery of @NottmTrentUni to back their academics innovation to support evidenced based decisions. I share this with the teams and we continue to create work with Public Service at the heart

[Bridget Waller @WallerBridget]

Job alert! 10-month full-time paid RA in primate behaviour/cognition working on a range on projects (e.g. video coding, long-term datasets, zoo based experiments): get in touch for details! @evo_NTU @PsychologyNTU @NTUSocSciences

https://t.co/sEveMts6p6

[daan laméris @dwlameris]

New paper on #bonobo #welfare! 🐵 We applied QBA to see how humans score bonobo emotional expressivity. Check out the study published in @AW_TheJournal and in the thread (1/5):
https://t.co/GnLEvfpnUB

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

@LeverhulmeTrust @NTU_ARES @DrAnnikaPaukner @ntu_research page 84...for those interested!

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

Excited to see our research featured in the @LeverhulmeTrust 2023 Annual Review!
@NTU_ARES
@DrAnnikaPaukner @ntu_research

[The Leverhulme Trust @LeverhulmeTrust]

The Trust’s 2023 Annual Review is now available online, featuring a comprehensive list of grants awarded. It also provides a glimpse into the breadth and significance of the research we support, with brief accounts of over thirty fascinating projects funded in 2023.
https://t.co/M585WtIXD4

@UoN_Physics @UoBrisEnglish @UonHistory @jembenham @EmilieCapulet @philclark79 @NizamiOxford @DrDavidRundle @kcl_medieval @History_Bham @UofESPA @RebsFE@DrKatieEllis @MMLL_Cambridge @pennyjgreen @Sandy_Heth @NickRKenyon @kiranamehta @PottABL @sxschwartz @Moransheleg @crstanley_rsrch @LaurieStras @am_tav @nature_scot @tierney_jo @DurhamChemistry @DrSamWard @jcwhittle1

[Dr Ellen Williams @DrElliephants]

Authored by @DrSamWard @GoatsThatStare @JoeNearyVet @GemmaLCharlton Mark Rutter, Annabelle Beaver, Jen Sadler & Clara Mancini 😍

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

A great test run for our meerkat human emotion and affect transfer (HEAT) @LeverhulmeTrust funded project!

[Dr Samantha Ward 🌳🦏🦒🦘🦌🦧 @DrSamWard]

Just landed at Birmingham Airport from the great #EAZAWF conference and found @ntu_research @NTU_ARES poster Prof Chungui on the wall 😍😍