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Davies GF, Greenhough BJ, Hobson-West P, Kirk RGW, Applebee K, Bellingan LC, Berdoy M, Buller H, Cassaday HJ, Davies K, Diefenbacher D, Druglitrø T, Escobar MP, Friese C, Herrmann K, Hinterberger A, Jarrett WJ, Jayne K, Johnson AM, Johnson ER, Konold T, Leach MC, Leonelli S, Lewis DI, Lilley EJ, Longridge ER, McLeod CM, Miele M, Nelson NC, Ormandy EH, Pallett H, Poort L, Pound P, Ramsden E, Roe E, Scalway H, Schrader A, Scotton CJ, Scudamore CL, Smith JA, Whitfield L, Wolfensohn S. Developing a Collaborative Agenda for Humanities and Social Scientific Research on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158791. [PMID: 27428071 PMCID: PMC4948886 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
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. However, communication across these disciplinary perspectives is currently limited, and they design research programmes, generate results, engage users, and seek to influence policy in different ways. 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. This drew on methods employed by other agenda-setting exercises in science policy, using a collaborative and deliberative approach for the identification of research priorities. Participants were recruited from across the community, invited to submit research questions and vote on their priorities. They then met at an interactive workshop in the UK, discussed all 136 questions submitted, and collectively defined the 30 most important issues for the group. 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. The process outlined below underlines the value of interdisciplinary exchange for improving communication across different research cultures and identifies ways of enhancing the effectiveness of future research at the interface between the humanities, social sciences, science and science policy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gail F. Davies
- Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- School of Geography and the Environment and Keble College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - Pru Hobson-West
- Centre for Applied Bioethics, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
| | - Robert G. W. Kirk
- Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
| | - Ken Applebee
- Biological Services, Health Schools, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
| | | | - Manuel Berdoy
- Biomedical Services, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - Henry Buller
- Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
| | - Helen J. Cassaday
- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
| | - Keith Davies
- Joint Biological Services, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
| | | | - Tone Druglitrø
- TIK – Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | | | - Carrie Friese
- Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom
| | - Kathrin Herrmann
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Amy Hinterberger
- Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | | | - Kimberley Jayne
- Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
| | - Adam M. Johnson
- Biological Services Facility (BSF), Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
| | - Elizabeth R. Johnson
- Department of Environmental Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, United States of America
| | - Timm Konold
- Animal Sciences Unit, Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge, Addlestone, United Kingdom
| | - Matthew C. Leach
- School of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Sabina Leonelli
- Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis) & Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
| | - David I. Lewis
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
| | - Elliot J. Lilley
- Research Animals Department, Science Group, RSPCA, Wilberforce Way, Southwater, West Sussex, United Kingdom
| | - Emma R. Longridge
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Swindon, United Kingdom
| | - Carmen M. McLeod
- Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
| | - Mara Miele
- School of Planning and Geography, College of Art, Humanities and Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
| | - Nicole C. Nelson
- Department of the History of Science, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
| | | | - Helen Pallett
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
| | - Lonneke Poort
- Faculteit of Law, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Pandora Pound
- School for Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
| | - Edmund Ramsden
- School of History, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - Emma Roe
- Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Honorary Research Associate, Geography Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
| | - Chris J. Scotton
- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom
| | | | - Jane A. Smith
- Faculty of Science, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- Named Veterinary Surgeons Group, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom
| | - Sarah Wolfensohn
- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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