Birte Frankenstein (formerly Wrage)

Birte Frankenstein (formerly Wrage) was the 2022-23 Postdoctoral Fellow in Animal Studies at Queen’s University. They completed their PhD in philosophy on morality in nonhuman animals at the Messerli Research Institute (Vetmeduni Vienna, Uni Vienna, MedUni Vienna) in 2022. Their research is situated at the intersection of philosophy of animal minds and animal ethics, aiming to recognize nonhuman animals as more-than-sentient beings. Their work has been published in Philosophical Psychology, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, and Biology & Philosophy.