Australasian Animal Studies Association

The Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) is an Australian association of animal studies scholars, scientists, creative artists, and animal advocates. The association was founded by Siobhan O’Sullivan, a professor from the School of Social Sciences of the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

The association started publishing in 2008 the AASA News Bulletin as a quarterly electronic publication. The publication is presently the publication Animail. The online scholarly publication for human-animal studies for the association is the Animal Studies Journal.

The association also hosts a variety of conferences on animal studies. The 2023 conference was titled Animal Cultures and discussed the "emerging scientific and philosophical considerations of culture in non-human animal communities". As part of its efforts to support creative artists in the realm of animal studies, the association maintains an online art gallery. The association also hosts the Val Plumwood Lecture Series. Starting in 2021, the association began awarding the AASA Animal Studies Awards.

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