The Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin will host Dr. Liza Rose Moscovice from Psychophysiology Working Group, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany from November 17 to November 21, 2024.

The visit is financed as part of the NAWA STER project “Actions towards the internationalization of the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (I-SDUPL)”, as part of the task “School of Excellence”, which aims to invite outstanding representatives of the world of science representing various disciplines to conduct classes with doctoral students.

Dr. Liza R. Moscovice is a specialist in psychophysiology, behaviour and animal welfare. Her research focuses on identifying behavioural and physiological indicators of prosocial behaviour and positive animal welfare. Her research interests also include the formation and maintenance of affiliative social relationships by animals, the benefits of social relationships on animal health and welfare, the role of mother-offspring social bonds and the effects of early life stress on the behavioural and neuroendocrine development of offspring, factors mediating helping behaviour in animal models, and working with non-invasive indicators of positive emotions and positive animal welfare. Dr Liza R. Moscovice is the author of numerous articles published in reputable international scientific journals.

Visiting professor bibliographic indicators (according to Web of Science):

• h-index = 16
• number of publications = 36
• number of citations = 1700

SCHEDULE OF THE VISIT

REPORT

From 17 to 21 November 2024, the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, within the invitation of the Doctoral School of our University, hosted Dr Liza Rose Moscovice representing Psychophysiology Working Group in Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf (Germany).

The visit was financed as part of the NAWA STER project “Actions towards the internationalization of the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (I-SDUPL)”, as part of the ‘School of champions’ task, which aims to invite outstanding representatives of the world of science representing various disciplines in order to conduct classes with PhD students.

The visiting professor’s hosts were Dr Wiktoria Janicka and M.Sc. Kamila Janicka from the Institute of Biological Basis of Animal Production.

The following events took place as part of the Dr Liza Moscovice visit:

• Scientific seminars with all PhD students of the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin
• Meeting with the Staff of the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin
• Scientific seminar with PhD students from the discipline of animal science and fisheries at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin
• Public lecture addressed to the community of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin

Topics covered by the visiting professor included the benefits of bringing interdisciplinary perspectives to research from conceptualisation to obtaining funding, networking, training and research opportunities through EU partnerships in positive animal welfare, problems and opportunities for studying animal emotions and expressions of empathy in the animal world.

In total, around 200 people attended the events. There was a great deal of interest in the issues presented, as evidenced by the many interesting questions asked by PhD students and Students of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin.

During her stay, Dr Liza had the opportunity to familiarise herself with the campus of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin and the animals kept at the Department of Animal Assisted Therapy and Animal Psychology and the Department of Horse Breeding and Use.