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Animals & Society Research Initiative (ASRI)

Lisa Warden

Lisa Warden
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Credentials:
PhD (U of Calgary)
Area(s) of expertise:
interspecies coexistence, critical perspectives on animal control

Lisa Warden holds a PhD in political philosophy and French from the University of Calgary. She has researched interspecies coexistence in cities in India, specifically between humans and free-living canines, and the parallel effects of neoliberal urban beautification schemes on street dogs and residents of “slums”.

About Lisa Warden

Publications:

  • "Jati Kutta: the street dog, the servant, and me," Between the Species: A Journal for the Study of Philosophy & Animals; Vol. 25 Issue 1, p124-167, 2022.
  • "Street Dogs, Rights, and the Pursuit of Justice in India's Dogopolis" in Dog's Best Friend?: Rethinking Canid-Human Relations, John Sorenson, Atsuko Matsuoka, Eds. (McGill-Queen's Press, 2019)
  • "Simplicity Complexity and Chaos in ABC: Obstacles to the Successful Implementation of Dog Population Management in India" in Critical Animal Studies: Thinking the Unthinkable, edited by John Sorenson (Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2014)

Lisa Warden holds a PhD in political philosophy and French from the University of Calgary. She has researched interspecies coexistence in cities in India, specifically between humans and free-living canines, and the parallel effects of neoliberal urban beautification schemes on street dogs and residents of “slums”. As an engaged scholar in Victoria, she has studied how animal control disproportionately targets dogs whose carers are homeless. Lisa has also served as a legal advocate for unhoused individuals whose dogs have been targeted by animal control. She coordinates a nonprofit project that provides supports to the unhoused in downtown Victoria.