Maneesha Deckha, University of Victoria

Research

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Animal law and ethics feminist jurisprudence administrative law rule of law socio-legal analysis

Latest papers

Accelerating Animal Replacement: How Universities Can Lead - Results of a One-Day Expert Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland.
Alternatives to laboratory animals : ATLA · 2025 · first author
The gendered politics of embryonic stem cell research in the USA and Canada: an American overlap and Canadian disconnect.
Medical law review · 2008 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Animal Families and Interspecies Justice
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$168,020
The Rule of Law and Animal Vulnerability in Animal Agriculture
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$82,495
Animals, culture and horizons of justice: a postcolonial feminist approach to the legal status of non human animals
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$68,026

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Accelerating Animal Replacement: How Universities Can Lead - Results of a One-Day Expert Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland.

Deckha M, Michel M, Azilagbetor D, Blattner C, Cajiga Morales RM, Davies G, Elger B, Faizee S, Fox M, Gerritsen V, Heuss A, Kämpfen L, Louis-Maerten E, Lüthi N, Milford A, Müller ND, Persson K, Ritskes-Hoitinga M, Rothen-Rutishauser B, Rüttimann A, Stoykova K, Stucki S, Zemanova MA

Alternatives to laboratory animals : ATLA2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/02611929251317434 PMID: 40091303

02

The gendered politics of embryonic stem cell research in the USA and Canada: an American overlap and Canadian disconnect.

Deckha M

Medical law review2008First author

DOI: 10.1093/medlaw/fwm021 PMID: 18182445

Animal Families and Interspecies Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Deckha, Maneesha

$168,020

The Rule of Law and Animal Vulnerability in Animal Agriculture

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Deckha, Maneesha

Keywords: animals; farmed animals; vulnerability; ethics; rule of law; legality; public law; regulation; administrative law; governance; violence; suffering; property

$82,495

Animals, culture and horizons of justice: a postcolonial feminist approach to the legal status of non human animals

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Deckha, Maneesha

Keywords: posthumanist studies; animals; feminist theory; postcolonial theory; law; culture; species; difference; gender; race; cultural pluralism; indigenous; rights; social justice

$68,026

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Animal law and ethics Dear Professor Deckha, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Accelerating Animal Replacement: How Universities Can Lead - Results of a One-Day Expert Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Animal Families and Interspecies Justice" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]