Amelia Lewis

Independent Researcher;

Amelia is a zoologist, interested in animal behaviour and cognition. She works at the intersect of behavioural physiology, ethology, and biosemiotics, with an emphasis on teleology and agency as being key evolutionary processes.

Amelia holds a BSc (hons) in Zoology from The University of Sheffield, a master’s degree in Clinical Animal Behaviour from The University of Lincoln, and a master’s degree in Animal Behaviour and Welfare from The Queen’s University of Belfast (with distinction). Her research interests are in cognitive ethology and zoosemiotics, specifically animal social behaviour, communication, and sensory perception. Amelia has a particular interest in domestic companion animal behaviour and human-animal interaction, and her publications include articles on sensory perception and communication, animal group behaviour, and human-animal interaction. She has also presented at international academic conferences, including Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2021 and 2022, the Animal Welfare Research Network 6 th. Annual meeting, 2021, and NASS XII, Vilnius, 2021. Previously, she has held a post as Intern Associate Editor for the Springer Nature journal, Biosemiotics, and is a member of the Royal Society of Biology, the International Society for the study of Biosemiotics, and the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.

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"Whilst Charles Darwin’s ideas were brilliant and are still relevant today, robust scientific studies have revealed the assumptions of the Modern Synthesis no longer hold. The interpretation of evolution as being driven by unseen selective ‘forces’ rolling the dice, and dictating the fate of passive organisms who are entirely at their mercy, speaks loudly of Darwin’s theological and religious training."

Selected Publications

Lewis, A. (2020). In Search of a Unified Theory of Sensory Perception: Possible Links between the Vibrational Mechanism of Olfaction and the Evolution of Language. Biosemiotics, 1-10.

Lewis, A. (2020). Infantilizing Companion Animals through Attachment Theory: Why Shift to Behavioral Ecology-Based Paradigms for Welfare. Society & Animals, 1(aop),1-18.

Lewis, A. (2020). Total Umwelten Create Shared Meaning the Emergent Properties of Animal Groups as a Result of Social Signalling. Biosemiotics, 1-11.

Lewis, A.(2021).Chemiosemiosis and Complex Patterned Signals: A Chemosemiotic Hypothesis of Language Evolution. Linguistic Frontiers,4(1) 10-24.

Lewis, A. (2021). A Semiotic Modern Synthesis: Conducting Quantitative Studies in Zoosemiotics and Interpreting Existing Ethological Studies through a Semiotic Framework. Biosemiotics, 1-33.

Lewis, A. (2021) A Biosemiotic Perspective on Reward-Based Animal Training Techniques. Biosemiotics. 14(1).
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Amelia Lewis

Independent Researcher;

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