“Animal Turn”: Changing Perspectives on Human-Animal Relations in Science, Society and Culture

Principle Investigator：Tobias Linne

Tobias Linné holds a PhD in Sociology, and is currently employed as senior lecturer in Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Communication and Media, Lund University, Sweden. 
Dr. Linné’s research is within critical cultural studies with a special interest in critical animal studies and human-animal studies more broadly. 
In 2016 Dr. Linné founded the Lund University Critical Animal Studies Network, a research and educational network dedicated to critical analysis of the role of animals in humans society, culture and the media. In 2013 and 2014 he also acted as project leader for the research theme Exploring the “Animal Turn”: Changing Perspectives on Human-Animal Relations in Science, Society and Culture at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University.
Dr. Linné has published extensively in the field of human-animal studies on topics such as the dairy industry marketing strategies (Linné 2016), public debates about new plant based food products (Linné et al. 2019 ) and farmers on social media (Linné 2023). He is also a frequently invited lecturer on topics related to digital media activism and animal rights.