About
Rebecca is a vet and interdisciplinary researcher in the field of human-animal interaction. After working as a small animal vet in clinical practice Rebecca went on to complete her PhD at the University of Liverpool. Rebecca’s research adopts social scientific approaches to study peoples’ decision making in relation to animal care. Rebecca is a research associate and her current work uses ethnographic methods to study owners’ and vets’ understanding of, and approaches to, the management of chronic pain in horses. Alongside her research, Rebecca is undertaking specialist training in welfare, ethics, and law with the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine.