The next edition of the PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference will take place in July 2027. Furthter details will be announced later this year: https://phairsociety.org/animal-advocacy-conference/ 

Aims and Scope

The PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference is an interdisciplinary meeting for researchers, advocates, practitioners, and organizations working at the intersection of animal advocacy, human behavior, ethics, policy, and societal change.

Held every two years as the official general meeting of the PHAIR Society, the conference provides a forum for exchanging research, developing ideas, and building collaborations across academic and advocacy communities.

Core themes include:

• Psychological, social, cultural, and political factors shaping human–animal relations, including speciesism, moral concern, animal welfare, and animal rights.
• The social and behavioral science of meat and animal-product consumption, dietary change, vegetarianism, and veganism.
• Advocacy and social change strategies, including communication, campaigning, public engagement, policy change, institutional change, and movement-building.
• Sustainable food systems and the protein transition, including consumer behavior, choice environments, plant-based foods, and other alternatives to animal products.
• Connections between animal advocacy and wider questions of sentience, ethics, environmental sustainability, public health, social justice, and human intergroup relations.

The conference is a field-defining forum for presenting and discussing research on animal advocacy and human–animal relations. It is also a space for developing the intellectual, professional, and organizational infrastructure that connects research with advocacy, policy, funding, and practice. In doing so, it supports evidence-based decision-making, cross-sector collaboration, and stronger foundations for positive change for animals.