Developing a Collaborative Agenda for Humanities and Social Scientific Research on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare
Owner/Developer: PLOS ONE
| Country: | United States of America |
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| Languages: | English |
| Url: | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0158791 |
| Description: |
Improving laboratory animal science and welfare requires both new scientific research and insights from research in the humanities and social sciences. Whilst scientific research provides evidence to replace, reduce and refine procedures involving laboratory animals (the ‘3Rs’), work in the humanities and social sciences can help understand the social, economic and cultural processes that enhance or impede humane ways of knowing and working with laboratory animals. [...] To facilitate dialogue and future research at this interface, we convened an interdisciplinary group of 45 life scientists, social scientists, humanities scholars, non-governmental organisations and policy-makers to generate a collaborative research agenda. [...] The output is a collaborative future agenda for research in the humanities and social sciences on laboratory animal science and welfare. The questions indicate a demand for new research in the humanities and social sciences to inform emerging discussions and priorities on the governance and practice of laboratory animal research, including on issues around: international harmonisation, openness and public engagement, ‘cultures of care’, harm-benefit analysis and the future of the 3Rs. |
| Category: | Publication |
| Channel: | Website |
| Audience: | Scientists - Policy-makers - Regulators - Industry - Researchers - Educators - Students |
| User access: | Open access |
| Updating frequency: | 2016 |
| Relevance: | Replacement - Reduction - Refinement |
| Purpose: | Animal welfare - Documentation and information |
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