Zipporah Weisberg

In April 2026, Serrin Routledge-Prior gave a highly informative and engaging talk exploring the joint subjugation women and other animals in society, and the absence of women thinkers the history of political thought, including contemporary political thought on animals. Her thought-provoking presentation was part of a larger project she is working on in which she aims to “think with” historical and contemporary women theorists, especially those whose reflections on the status of women in...

In her recent talk ‘ Animal Futures in an Economy of Cultivated Meat ,’ Dr. Arianna Ferrari, ethicist and philosopher of science and technology from the Centre for Innovation Systems and Policy, laid bare the complexities and challenges surrounding the development, production, and sale of cultivated meat (also known as ‘cellular meat’ or ‘lab-grown meat’). With a published monograph and numerous articles on the topic, Vienna Animal Studies could not have asked for a more qualified person to...