5.6. | Round Table on Animal Ethics

Within the context of an ÖGRW-Conference on Animal Ethics and Religions, Prof. Dr. Karsten Lehmann will chair the panel dealing with Animal Welfare and/or Animal Rights?

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In recent years, the scholar of religion Professor Dr. Birgit Heller has dealt intensively with the topic of animal ethics. Professor Heller has now organized a high-level conference on this topic for 5 June 2025.

As part of his involvement on the Board of the Austrian Society for Religious Studies (ÖGRW), Prof. Dr. Karsten Lehmann has contributed to this project and will be moderating a Round Table on animal welfare and/or animal rights?

Speakers are:

  • Prof. Dr. Kurt Remele (Institute for Ethics and Social Studies, University of Graz)
  • Dr.in Ghazaleh Faridzadeh (Institute for Oriental Studies, University of Vienna)
  • Gerhard Weißgrab (Austrian Buddhist Religious Society) and
  • Prof. Dr. Kurt Kotrschal (Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna)

The conference programme can be found here.

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