Hannah Buchanan-Smith, Ph.D.

Hannah Buchanan-Smith is an Emerita Professor in Psychology at the University of Stirling, Scotland, where she established the Behaviour and Evolution Research Group, and the Stirling Human Animal Interaction Research Group. Her research interests lie in animal welfare, interactions among non-human and human animals, and ethics of animal research, including the effects of research testing on animal behaviour and welfare. Hannah uses a multidisciplinary approach to welfare assessment and actively tries to find practical ways to put research findings into practice. She is currently involved in collaborative projects on animal welfare in zoos and draws on her field work of South American primates in their natural habitats. She has published over 120 research articles, contributed to international guidelines and policy promoting good welfare for captive animals, as well as open access websites such as marmosetcare.com. She has served on UK government committees including the Animal Procedures Committee and the Zoos Expert Committee. She was awarded the Primate Society of Great Britain’s Osman Hill memorial medal for her contributions to animal welfare.