People

A network in the making.

AHASE is being built around people working across the diverse fields, disciplines and practices that shape our understanding of humans and other animals in African contexts.

Who is involved

Founding network

  • Psychology
  • Veterinary science
  • Conservation
  • Anthropology
  • Education
  • Animal welfare
  • Public health
  • Environmental studies

The first people joining AHASE are helping us think about what an African human–animal scholarship network could be, what it might facilitate, and what would make it genuinely useful to those working across the field.

Our founding network will include people from different countries, disciplines and professional contexts. Some work explicitly within human–animal studies; others come to this space through psychology, veterinary science, conservation, anthropology, education, animal welfare, public health, environmental studies and other fields.

The diversity of these perspectives is part of what AHASE is about.

Meet some of the people helping to shape AHASE

Portrait of Dr Leigh Adams Tucker outdoors beneath trees

Dr Leigh Adams Tucker

Clinical Psychology

Cape Town, South Africa

  • Higher Education
  • Research
  • Health Services

The founder of AHASE, Leigh’s experience spans research, academia, mental health practice, and non-profit work in animal-assisted services. Her teaching and postgraduate supervision focus on building knowledge and capacity around how our relationships with other animals and the natural world shape wellbeing.

She is a member of the Effective Animal Research Network in Africa, an Associate Editor for the Journal of Human-Animal Interactions, and a Board Member for Revive, a working group within the Society for Conservation Biology dedicated to helping professionals navigate the emotional burden of their work.

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More people will appear here as the network grows.

Could you be part of the network?

AHASE is still taking shape, and we are interested in hearing from people working across human–animal scholarship and practice in African contexts.

You don't need to have a particular title or affiliation to contribute. We are interested in the different knowledge, experience and perspectives that people bring to this space.

Join the network

info@ahase.org