Animal Welfare Science Transition: From Evidence to Action

Overview of the welfare science transition from generating evidence to enabling action at scale.

Key Facts

Welfare science is increasingly oriented toward implementation research as well as basic science
Implementation science asks how evidence translates into practice change
Behaviour change research is informing more effective welfare advocacy
Welfare economics is quantifying the value of welfare improvements
Science communication research is improving welfare science public engagement

Welfare Considerations

Animal welfare science is transitioning from primarily generating evidence about animal experience to actively addressing how that evidence translates into practice and policy change. Implementation science, behaviour change research, and welfare economics are complementary disciplines that complete the evidence-to-action pipeline. Science communication research is improving public engagement with welfare science. This transition toward application-oriented welfare science is essential for converting knowledge into actual welfare improvement.

What You Can Do

Support welfare science organisations that integrate research and implementation
Follow implementation science research on behaviour change for animal welfare
Engage with welfare economics research that quantifies intervention value