Attorney (Germany) 

Ralf is a German lawyer who works in his own law office in Berlin. He has pioneered the development of vegan law in Germany and regularly speaks at events, publishes on vegan legal issues, and acts for vegan clients in court. Ralf will discuss ‘the discrimination of vegans in German schools and kindergartens and the range of model cases that he brought to court in Germany’.

LLM (Distinction) BA Hons. Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Member of the Equality Commission Religion and Belief Network. Long-standing member of The Vegan Society’s Academic Research Committee.  

Jeanette is well known for her specialist work and publications in the area of veganism and law, and will oversee a workshop on the Public Sector Equality Duty and vegan-inclusive education.

Lynda is a PhD Sociology student at the University of East Anglia, Editor-in-Chief of The Student Journal of Vegan Sociology, Lecturer in Sociology at West Lothian College, and a member of both The Vegan Society’s Education Network and The Vegan Society’s Researcher Network. Lynda’s talk offers insights on the ‘hidden barriers for vegan children in education’.

Richard is a Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Centre for Human-Animal Studies (CfHAS) at Edge Hill University, and is well known globally for multiple publications and his work in critical animal studies. Richard has also been chair of the Vegan Society Research Advisory Committee since its creation nearly a decade ago. His website can be found at http://www.richardtwine.com

(Ireland) PhD (Edinburgh) LLM (Warwick), PGCHE (UWE, Bristol), BCL (UCC), DipL (UCC), BA (UCC), Lecturer (Above the Bar) at NUI Galway, Fellow Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, and Chair Vegetarian Society of Ireland 2013-9 specialising in animal rights law.

BA in Primary Education. Education Officer at The Vegan Society and Chair of The Vegan Society's Education Network. 

BSc (Hons), MBPsS

Victoria is a psychology graduate with a special research interest in school children’s attitudes towards vegan and vegetarian peers. Having found evidence of early stereotyping of male vegans as lacking in masculine traits, Victoria will discuss if ‘psychology can reveal a window of opportunity for educators to foster positive peer relations between vegan and omnivorous children’.

Ruth is the co-ordinator of the highly successful service supporting vegan inclusion in education Vegan-Inclusive Education Ltd. Ruth will talk about the ‘lived experience of vegan pupils’.

BSc (Hons), MSc, MBPsS 

Hayley is a trainee educational psychologist and has recently completed a Doctorate in Educational Psychology specialising in the identity and educational experiences of vegan young people in England. Hayley will discuss her research on ‘the educational experiences of vegan young people aged 11-18 in England’ and the relevant implications for schools, parents/carers and professionals.