Paulina Siemieniec

Dr. Paulina Siemieniec is an animal philosopher holding the post of Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. She specializes in ethics, law, and politics. She has a PhD from the Philosophy Department at Queen’s University. Previous affiliations include a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law; ICARE, a legal education nonprofit for animal rights and ethics; and Sentient Futures. Key contributions include formulating the first theory of sexual and reproductive rights, agency, and health for animals, which she is expanding into a book; proposing ‘animal personhood’ as a new legal status for both humans and nonhumans; developing an original theory of democracy for animals that is based on accessibility and care; and initiating the legal turn in animal agency debates. Her current research sits at the intersection of AI and animals, and her most recent postdoctoral project on “Animal Care as Moral Aesthetics” is funded by a Culture and Animals Foundation research grant. More details can be found on her website.