Dr. agr. Christian Nawroth
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Working group Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Working group Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Research interests
I am interested in how animals perceive and interact with their physical and social environment. In particular, my research focuses on the cognitive capacities of farm (goats, horses, pigs, sheep) and zoo animals (great apes, penguins) and how this knowledge can ultimately be used to improve their management conditions and human-animal interactions.
- Animal Cognition
- Human-Animal Interactions
- Animal Welfare Science
- Animal Ethics
Curriculum Vitae
- 2017-present: Post Doc, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf
- 2015-2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen Mary University London
- 2010-2015: Doctoral student, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg; Doctoral thesis 'Farm Animal Cognition - Physico- and Socio-cognitive Capabilities of Ungulate Livestock.'
- 2009: Diploma in Biology, University of Würzburg
Publications
Stuhlträger, J.; von Borell, E.; Langbein, J.; Nawroth, C.; Rorvang, M. V.; Raoult, C. M. C. (2025):
Visual perception in farmed ungulates and implications for their welfare
Frontiers in Animal Science 5: 1433181, 1-17
https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2024.1433181
Williams, E.; Sandler, J.; Rutter, S. M.; Mancini, C.; Nawroth, C.; Neary, J. M.; Ward, S. J.; Charlton, G.; Beaver, A. (2024):
Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions
Animal Welfare 33: e27, 1-10
https://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2024.23
Deutsch, J.; Lebing, S.; Eggert, A.; Nawroth, C. (2024):
Goats who stare at video screens – assessing behavioural responses of goats towards images of familiar and unfamiliar con- and heterospecifics
Peer Community Journal 4: e94, 1-18
https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.473
Alessandroni, N.; Altschul, D.; Baumgartner, H. A.; Bazhydai, M.; Brosnan, S. F.; Byers-Heinlein, K.; Call, J.; Chittka, L.; Elsherif, M.; Espinosa, J.; Freeman, M. S.; Gjoneska, B.; Güntürkün, O.; Huber, L.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Mazza, V.; Miller, R.; Moreau, D.; Nawroth, C.; Pronizius, E.; Ruiz-Fernández, S.; Schwing, R.; Šlipogor, V.; Visser, I.; Vonk, J.; Yeager, J.; Zettersten, M.; Prétôt, L. (2024):
Challenges and Promises of Big Team Comparative Cognition
Nature Human Behaviour 9: 240-242
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5nykg
Baciadonna, L.; Castellano Bueno, J.; Elliott, V.; Nawroth, C. (2024):
Welfare impacts cognition: Taking individual welfare into account in comparative cognition research
Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews 19: 3-7
https://doi.org/10.3819/CCBR.2024.190016
Alessandroni, N.; Altschul, D.; Bazhydai, M.; Byers-Heinlein, K.; Elsherif, M.; Gjoneska, B.; Huber, L.; Mazza, V.; Miller, R.; Nawroth, C.; Pronizius, E.; Qadri, M. A. J.; Šlipogor, V.; Soderstrom, M.; Stevens, J. R.; Visser, I.; Williams, M.; Zettersten, M.; Prétôt, L. (2024):
Comparative Cognition Needs Big Team Science: How Large-Scale Collaborations Will Unlock the Future of the Field
Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews 19: 67-72
https://doi.org/10.3819/CCBR.2024.190001
Nawroth, C.; Wiesmann, K.; Schlup, P.; Keil, N.; Langbein, J. (2023):
Domestication and breeding objective did not shape the interpretation of physical and social cues in goats (Capra hircus)
Sci Rep 13: 19098, 1-10
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46373-9
Wilson, V. A. D.; Bethell, E. J.; Nawroth, C. (2023):
Editorial: Using gaze to study social knowledge: current challenges and future directions. Front Psychol 14: 1225626, 1-2
Wilson, V.A.D.; Bethell, E.; Nawroth, C. (2023):
The use of gaze to study cognition: limitations, solutions, and applications to animal welfare. Front Psychol 14: 1147278, 1-10
Tajanor, K.; Gonzalez-Ronquillo, M.; Relling, A.; Nordquist, R. E.; Nawroth, C.; Vargas-Bello-Perez, E. (2023):
Toward assessing the role of dietary fatty acids in lamb's neurological and cognitive development. Front Vet Sci 10: 1081141, 1-11
Langbein, J.; Nawroth, C. (2023):
Captive aninmal behavior: Individual differences in learning and cognition and implications on animal welfare Frontiers Media SA, Lausanne (978-2-83251-080-3): 1-105
Pahl, A.; Rault, J.; Nawroth, C.; McGetrick, J.; Langbein, J. (2022):
Zwergziegen (Capra hircus) zeigen nicht-egoistisches Verhalten in einem neuartigen Fütterungsparadigma. In: Aktuelle Arbeiten zur artgemäßen Tierhaltung 2022 (Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e.V., Hrsg.) KTBL, Darmstadt (978-3-945088-94-4): 170-179
Langbein, J.; Nawroth, C. (2022):
Editorial: Captive animal behavior: Individual differences in learning and cognition, and implications on animal welfare. Front Vet Sci 9: 1102122, 1-3
Nawroth, C.; Rorvang, M. V. (2022):
Opportunities (and challenges) in dairy cattle cognition research: A key area needed to design future high welfare housing systems. Appl Anim Behav Sci 255: 105727, 1-8
Muñoz-Tamayo, R.; Nielsen, B.; Gagaoua, M.; Gondret, F.; Krause, E.T.; Morgavi, D. P.; Olsson, A.; Pastell, M.; Taghipoor, M.; Tedeschi, L.; Veissier, I.; Nawroth, C. (2022):
Seven steps to enhance Open Science practices in animal science. PNAS Nexus 1 (3): pgac106, 1-6
Nawroth, C.; Langbein, J.; Puppe, B. (2022):
Swine Cognition. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (Vonk J., Shackelford T. K., Hrsg.) Springer, 20.05.2022 (978-3-319-55064-0): 1461
Rosenberger, K.; Simmler, M.; Langbein, J.; Nawroth, C.; Keil, N. (2022):
Responsiveness of domesticated goats towards various stressors following long-term cognitive test exposure. PeerJ 10: e12893, 1-25
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12893
Nawroth, C.; Krause, E.T. (2022):
The Academic, Societal and Animal Welfare Benefits of Open Science for Animal Science. Front Vet Sci 9: 810989, 1-6
https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.810989
Nawroth, C.; Rosenberger, K.; Keil, N.; Langbein, J. (2022):
Goats (Capra hircus) From Different Selection Lines Differ in Their Behavioural Flexibility. Front Psychol 12: 796464, 1-7
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.796464
Rosenberger, K.; Simmler, M.; Langbein, J.; Keil, N.; Nawroth, C. (2021):
Performance of goats in a detour and problem-solvins test following long-term cognitive test exposure. Roy Soc Open Sci 8 (10): 210656, 1-15
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210656