Research Profile
Dr Mara Miele
Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 79121
Fax:+44 (0)29 208 78485
Address:Room: 2.77, Glamorgan Building
Qualifications
Final degree (Laurea) in Agricultural Economics (Magna Cum Laude) at Pisa University (Italy), (1984).
PhD in Social Sciences (dissertation in sociology) at Wageningen University, (2001).
Research Interests
Post-humanism; Human/non-human animals’ relationships; Food consumption practices; Theories and Principles of sustainable consumption.
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Additional Information
Recent News
Food Programme on BBC Radio 4
Mara participated in the Food Programme on BBC Radio 4, broadcast on Sunday 21st February, which looked at the growing demand for halal meat in Britain. The programme can be heard again on BBC iPlayer Console - Food Programme: Halal.
Press Release of Dialrel Advisory Board Meeting
The Press Release of the Dialrel Advisory Board meeting, entitled 'Challenges and Dialogue with the religious minorities about religious slaughter', held in Brussels on 9th February 2010.
Letter to NewScientist about Religious Slaughter in Europe and the EU project Dialrel
A letter sent to NewScientist has been published in the Opinion session of the issue 2377 on November 4th, 2009 with the title 'Meat for a ritual'.
Welfare Quality Final Stakeholder Conference, Uppsala, October 2009
Welfare Quality Management Team, Uppsala, October 2009.
[l-r] Linda Keeling, Andy Butterworth, Unni Kjarnes, Bryan Jones, Mara Miele, Harry Blokhuis, Isabelle Veissier, Xavier Manteca.
- A webcast of the conference can be viewed on the Swedish Presidency of the European Union website.
- Mara Miele's presentation on "The Citizen Juries" is available to view as a pdf file.
- Further information on the conference is available on the Welfare Quality website