ISAE Creativity Award Winners

Creativity is defined here as the ability to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems or communicating with others.

The award is given to a candidate, who - displaying exceptional creativity - has contributed research/a theory/a concept/a method that has had a significant impact of the field of applied ethology.

Pairs or a group of people can be nominated under exceptional circumstances. This could be for a creative joint (ISAE) activity that meets the rest of the criteria.

To be eligible to receive the award, you must be an ISAE member. Information about nomination criteria is available in the members-only section of the website. The call for nominations is emailed to ISAE members annual ahead of the International Congress.

“Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought.”

Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893-1986)

Dr. Georgia Mason
(2022)

University of Guelph,
Guelph,
Canada

Dr. Daniel Weary
(2020/21)

University of British Columbia,
Vancouver,
Canada

Dr. Benjamin Hart
(2019)

University of California,
Davis,
USA

Dr. Per Jensen
(2018)

Professor,
Linköping University,
Sweden

Dr. Françoise Wemelsfelder
(2017)

Professor,
SRUC, Edinburgh,
United Kingdom

Dr. Hanno Würbel
(2015)

Professor of Animal Welfare
University of Bern,
Switzerland

Dr. Ruth Newberry
(2014)

Professor of Ethology
Norwegian University of
Life Sciences, Norway

Drs. Liz Paul and
Mike Mendl (2013)

University of Bristol,
United Kingdom

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