Sources of Information for Animal Advocacy Research
When conducting animal advocacy research projects, the sheer amount of online material can be overwhelming. Fortunately, there are several research libraries and data repositories that can help you access high-quality, relevant, detailed information. Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) has compiled a list of such sources that we have found particularly useful. We recommend considering these sources when carrying out your own research, in addition to search tools such as Google Scholar, Elicit, Consensus, Research Rabbit, or Semantic Scholar.
For more information on animal advocacy research and its benefits for animal causes, check out our blog post on the topic.
Sources of Information for Animal Advocacy Research
This is not an exhaustive list, and we are interested to hear what other sources of information you have found especially useful.
| Organization | Resource | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Charity Evaluators | Research library | A curated collection of research done by individuals, organizations, and academics in the fields of animal welfare science, psychology, social movements, and other relevant fields. |
| Animal Charity Evaluators | Research newsletter | A newsletter including all the empirical studies ACE is aware of from the last month about advocating for farmed animals or providing evidence that may be of interest to farmed animal advocates. |
| Animal Ask | Research database | In-depth, cross-comparative research to guide decision-making toward the most promising opportunities for animals. |
| Animal Welfare Library | Animal Welfare Library | A large collection of high-quality animal welfare resources. |
| Bryant Research | Insights | In-depth original research on meat reduction and alternative proteins. |
| Charity Entrepreneurship | Animal welfare reports | Reports on animal welfare published by Charity Entrepreneurship. |
| EA Forum | Animal welfare posts | Effective Altruism-focused forum with many posts on animal welfare. |
| Faunalytics | Original studies | Original studies on animal issues and animal advocacy conducted by Faunalytics. |
| Faunalytics | Research library | A large library of research about animal issues and animal advocacy. |
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | FAOSTAT | Food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories, dating from 1961. |
| Food Systems Innovation | Animal Data Project | Curated resources for topics related to wild animals and animals used for food, products, research, and entertainment. |
| Impactful Animal Advocacy | Slack community | A global online hub where advocates frequently share animal advocacy research. |
| Impactful Animal Advocacy | Newsletters | Monthly newsletter covering a range of animal advocacy updates and resources. |
| Impactful Animal Advocacy | IAA Wikis | A collection of Wiki databases on a variety of animal advocacy topics. |
| Open Philanthropy | Farm animal welfare research reports | Open Philanthropy’s research reports on farmed animal welfare. |
| Our World in Data | Animal Welfare | Data, visualizations, and writing on animal welfare. |
| Plant Based Data | Libraries | An organization providing studies and summaries on why we need a plant-based food system. |
| Rethink Priorities | Research reports | Rethink Priorities’ research reports on animal welfare. |
| Sentience Institute | Summary of evidence for foundational questions in animal advocacy | A summary of the evidence on all sides of important foundational questions in effective animal advocacy. |
| Tiny Beam Fund | Beacon | A series of key messages from academic works useful for tackling industrial animal agriculture in developing countries. |
| Tiny Beam Fund | Academic Studies Without Tears | A series that aims to turn academic research findings into accessible information for advocacy and frontline groups. |
Welfare Footprint Project (https://welfarefootprint.org/) might also be useful
It would be great to also include animal advocacy careers content on here too. There is an online course and skills profiles, not sure why it’s not linked.
Thanks Janis! We haven’t included those resources here because this post is more focussed on evidence sources for in-depth advocacy research, but agree that they are really helpful and we recently highlighted the online course in our blog post on free courses for animal advocates.