Humane & Sustainable Food Seminar
We host a virtual seminar series in which leading researchers discuss topics related to humane and sustainable food. Seminars are held on selected Thursdays at 10–11am Pacific Time, by Zoom (links provided in the event pages below). To be notified about upcoming seminars, you can add yourself to the email list below.
Seminars are recorded and posted publicly on YouTube for speakers who consent to public dissemination.
Upcoming speakers
1/30/25 – Andrew Stawasz (Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals on the Tenth Circuit) on TBD topic
1/16/25 – Dr. Vayu Hill-Maini (Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University) on “From Lab to Table: Harnessing Filamentous Fungi for a Sustainable Food System”; event page
12/5/24 – Dr. Joshua Tasoff (Associate Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate University) on “Moral Preferences and the Marketplace of Ideas"; event page
Past speakers
11/7/24 – Dr. Zach Groff (Senior Programme Associate, Longview Philanthropy) on “"Why Are Fewer Grocery Shoppers Buying Meat? Declining Grocery Sales, Prices, and Cultural Change"; event page
9/5/24 – Dr. Christopher Gardner (Rehnbord Farquhar Professor of Medicine, Stanford University) on “Finding more consensus in health science communication about plant-based diets”
7/5/24 – Dr. Laura Scherer (Assistant Professor at Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University) on “Animal welfare impact assessment and its application to foods and diets”
6/6/24 – Seth Green (Nonresident Fellow, Columbia University) on “Nudges, norms, and persuasion approaches to reducing consumption of meat and animal products”
5/16/24 – Dr. Bob Fischer (Professor of Philosophy, Texas State University) on “Welfare comparisons and moral weights”
4/25/24 – Dr. Jared Piazza (Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Lancaster University) on “Monitoring a meat-free pledge with smartphones: An experimental study”
3/7/24 – Noga Golan (Founding and Managing Director, Alt Protein Careers) on “How to make a big impact by working in the alternative protein space”
1/11/24 – Daphene Altema-Johnson (Program Officer, The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future) on “Meat Reduction Strategies Using Meatless Monday, a Public Health Campaign at JHU”
10/12/23 – Dr. Courtney Dillard (Social Change Researcher, Mercy for Animals) on “Better understanding the vulnerabilities of the dairy industry: A preliminary survey of U.S. citizens”
8/17/23 – Jacob Peacock (Senior Research Manager, Rethink Priorities) on “Selling competitive plant-based meat might not be enough”
7/6/23 – Jacy Reese (Co-Founder, Sentience Institute) on “Moral circle expansion, factory farming, and effective altruism”
4/12/23 – Dr. Michelle Sinclair (Academic Affiliate, Stanford University) on “Effective animal advocacy abroad”