Researchers

Research & Academia

Interspecies Internet is at its core a community of scientists and scholars exploring animal communication, cognition, and technologically mediated understanding across species.

We exist so research moves beyond silos into shared frameworks, ethical foundations, and real-world applications.

This is a space to advance the science, shape the ethics, and ensure the research benefits non-human life.

A community where they can platform and discuss their work, connect with organisations and companies for real-world applications and impact. A place where they can grow their thought leadership – events (in-person/online)

Our Approach

Interspecies Internet operates as a neutral convenor, supporting collaboration and shared understanding while respecting academic independence and animal wellbeing.

• A place where research can influence practice, policy, and technology

• A platform for visible thought leadership

• A shared effort to define how interspecies communication is studied, deployed, and governed.

What we offer researchers

A platform for thought leadership

• A curated lecture series highlighting emerging research, methods, and theoretical frameworks
  Opportunities to present work in both academic and public-facing contexts

• In-person and online events designed for deep interdisciplinary exchange
  
  

A global, interdisciplinary research network

• Connections across biology, animal cognition, AI, engineering, philosophy, conservation, design, and the arts

• Working groups focused on shared challenges such as ethics, interpretation, validation, and deployment

• A Slack community to exchange insights, seek collaborators, and surface opportunities, and gather feedback.
  
  

Ethical infrastructure for a new scientific frontier

• Co-developed ethical principles for animal data, AI, and interspecies research

• A space to actively contribute to the norms and standards guiding responsible innovation

• Alignment with animal wellbeing, scientific integrity, and long-term ecological responsibility
  
  

From research to real-world impact

• Access to organisations, conservation initiatives, and companies seeking research-led collaboration

• Careful pathways for translating models, methods, and insights into applied tools and field deployments

• Opportunities to test, validate, and iterate research in applied settings without compromising academic independence
  
  

Shared data, methods, and reproducibility

• The Interspecies Data Exchange: a standardised, ethically aligned framework for sharing datasets, methods, and interfaces

• Support for reproducibility, transparency, and cross-lab collaboration

• Increased visibility for shared resources and contributors

Who this is for

Researchers and scholars working across:

• Animal behaviour, bioacoustics, cognition, and communication

• Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational modelling

• Conservation, ecology, welfare, and field research

• Philosophy, ethics, and related humanities

• Interdisciplinary and experimental approaches at the edges of established fields

Research Programs

Researchers can engage in multiple ways:

• Join the research community and share ongoing work

• Submit talks or workshops to the lecture series

• Contribute to ethical frameworks and shared research protocols

• Upload datasets, methods, or interface designs to shared repositories

• Collaborate with industry or conservation partners on applied research

• Participate in interdisciplinary working groups