Multispecies Collective PhD Workshop

Following the success of our inaugural PhD workshop in 2025, we are delighted to present the 2nd Multispecies Collective PhD Workshop. Join this one-day interdisciplinary event bringing postgraduate and senior researchers together to explore methods, challenges, and interdisciplinary connections in multispecies approaches to research through presentations, discussion, and collaborative workshops.

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You can read our event report here.

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Theme: Talking across disciplines: methods, challenges and interdisciplinary connections in multispecies approaches to research

This one-day workshop invites PhD researchers to explore how multispecies research is shaped by different disciplinary methods, assumptions, and challenges. Bringing together scholars from across the arts, humanities, and social sciences in a supportive environment, the event aims to create an inclusive and developmental space for sharing work, exchanging ideas, and building interdisciplinary connections.

The workshop will combine short research presentations with detailed feedback and open discussion, as well as interactive workshops. Alongside sharing research findings or work in progress, participants will be invited to reflect collectively on methodological choices, disciplinary tensions, practical research challenges, and possibilities for connection across fields. The workshop is intended not only as a platform for presenting research, but also as a developmental and collaborative space for learning from one another’s processes, difficulties, and approaches.

Details

Date: Tuesday 2nd June 2026

Host: Multispecies Collective

Venue: Westmere House, University of Birmingham

Funded by: Midlands4Cities Cohort Development Fund

The workshop will take place in the beautiful Westmere House providing comfortable, relaxed space backing onto gardens providing the perfect green backdrop to discuss issues of multispecies flourishing. Vegan catering will be available for all attendees and certificates of participation will be awarded to all presenters. The venue will be fully wheelchair accessible via ramps and lifts, with an accessible bathroom on site. Please contact us if you have any accessibility needs that we can assist you with.

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Registration

Please note that while you may register your interest in attending this event, due to its nature and our limited capacity, we will respond to your interest via email confirming whether we are able to register you for the event. All potential guests are welcome to register their interest but in the event that we are oversubscribed, we will prioritise attendance for early career researchers.

Call for Papers

The call for papers for this event closed on Friday 24th April

Multispecies Flourishing Week

This is the first of three research events hosted by the Multispecies Collective taking place at the University of Birmingham campus as part of Multispecies Flourishing Week. You are welcome to register for our other events:

• The UK Animal Law Conference 2026 (co-hosted with the UK Centre for Animal Law)

• The inaugural International Aquaculture Law & Policy Symposium (presented by the Center for Animal Law Studies and co-hosted with the Aquatic Life Institute)