Silvia Panizza is teaching and research fellow in ethics at University College Dublin, School of Philosophy. Her research addresses questions in moral philosophy and how these questions help us understand how we live with and think about other animals. Her work on these questions is inspired mostly by philosophers Iris Murdoch and Simone Weil. She is involved in outreach and public engagement activities and coordinates the Vegan Studies Network, an academic network devoted to research, teaching and sharing information and ideas about the possibility of a world without animal exploitation.