Welcome to our new Director of EURCAW Ruminants & Equines, Professor Jens Malmkvist.

Jens has studied animal behaviour, stress, and welfare for more than 25 years. He has published research papers across multiple domestic species and has substantial experience with project coordination and the Welfare Quality framework. His main role includes academic leadership of the Applied Ethology group at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), alongside supervision, teaching and science-based consultancy to competent authorities in several countries.

He graduated with a PhD in Ethology from the University of Copenhagen in 2001. His doctoral research focused on the potential for breeding confident, less fearful farm mink and the associated changes in behaviour and stress responses during the domestication process. Following the PhD, he continued experimental research of farm animal behaviour, stress, and welfare on a range of species, including pigs, mink, cattle and horses, at Aarhus University, Denmark, advancing from scientist (2001) to senior researcher (2006).  In April 2024, Malmkvist joined SLU as Professor in Applied Ethology.