Per Jensen

Per Jensen is professor of Ethology at Linkoping University in Sweden since 2002. He obtained his PhD on the behaviour of pigs in 1983 at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, where he stayed as a researcher and professor until he moved to the present position. He has conducted extensive research on the natural behaviour of pigs kept in large, outdoor enclosures. Since 1997, his main research topic is behaviour genetics of domestication, using chickens as study subjects. He is the...See more

Per Jensen is professor of Ethology at Linkoping University in Sweden since 2002. He obtained his PhD on the behaviour of pigs in 1983 at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, where he stayed as a researcher and professor until he moved to the present position. He has conducted extensive research on the natural behaviour of pigs kept in large, outdoor enclosures. Since 1997, his main research topic is behaviour genetics of domestication, using chickens as study subjects. He is the head of a research group in applied ethology, with about ten people in total. Per Jensen is also heavily involved in teaching of ethology and genetics on all levels, from introductory courses, via advanced level and masters courses to PhD-training. For ten years, he was a member (and chairman) of the Scientific Committee of Animal Welfare of the EU-commission, and he is an editor-in-chief for Applied Animal Behaviour Science. . " See less