INRA, UMR Innovation, Montpellier.  Sociologist. Team leader.

Jocelyne Porcher is director of research at INRA. Her research concerns work relations between humans and animals. She is the author of various books and articles on the subject of affective relations between farmers and animals, suffering at work, animal husbandry and animal production, particularly relating to the industrial pork business. Her research also concerns the contrasting changes in our relations with animals, such as “animal liberation”, food biotechnology and organic animal husbandry.

Contact: jocelyne.porcher[a]supagro.inra.fr