Dr Grace Carroll
Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare
School of Psychology
Dr Carroll is an expert in farm and companion-animal welfare science and human-animal interactions
Dr Carroll's research is focused on animal welfare and human-animal interactions. She's interested in research on farm-animal welfare, mostly pigs but also beef and dairy cattle and broiler chickens. She is also interested in anthrozoology (human-animal interactions), feline welfare, and evolutionary psychology. Current research interests include human behaviour change for improving animal welfare and understanding the evolutionary history between humans and domesticated animals.
Fields
Agriculture Animal Welfare PsychologyAreas of Expertise
Cats, pigs, animal welfare; human behaviour change; domestication, evolutionary psychology
Media Experience
- The Conversation UK Why Cats Meow at Humans More Than Each Other - Most-read QUB-authored article on The Conversation, 2024; Top 10 QUB-authored articles on The Conversation of all time (600+ articles)
- Article for www.qub.ac.uk Supporting Pets During Lockdown
- Interview with ABC Radio Melbourne about the cat-human relationship (from 2:07:00) - https://tinyurl.com/ABCradioOz
- Fun Kids podcast Science Weekly (from 0:17:00) https://player.fm/series/2342540/428621665
Notable coverage
Interview with ABC Radio Melbourne about the cat-human relationship (from 2:07:00) - https://tinyurl.com/ABCradioOz
Fun Kids podcast Science Weekly (from 0:17:00) https://player.fm/series/2342540/428621665
Q&A video for main QUB X social-media account (@QUBelfast) https://x.com/i/status/1808438496597889357
Associated Research Centres / Projects
- The Animal Behaviour Centre https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/psy/Research/OurResearchGroups/HealthandWelfare/AnimalBehaviourCentre/
X: @QUB_ABC
- OneWelPig project https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/pigs/research/research-projects/onewelpig-project/
- Pig Tail project: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/pigs/research/research-projects/pigtail/
