Welfare science is a growing academic and applied field offering research careers that directly contribute to improving animal lives through evidence generation and knowledge translation.
Welfare science careers offer the opportunity to generate the evidence base that underpins welfare policy and practice improvement. The field has grown substantially in the past two decades and is generating increasingly rigorous evidence on animal experience, welfare indicators, and the effectiveness of interventions. Welfare scientists who can publish credible research, translate it for policy audiences, and collaborate with industry on implementation have high potential impact on the lives of large numbers of animals. The field needs people who combine scientific rigour with genuine motivation to improve animal lives.