Books, journal articles, book chapters, and working papers by Dr. Michelle Szydlowski, PhD.
Szydlowski, M. 2026. Seeking Assent in Multispecies Research is Ethical Practice, But is it Possible? A Case Study of Asian Elephants in Nepal. Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases, online. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. https://doi.org/10.1079/abwcases.2026.0015
Szydlowski, M., Hill, K., Oxley Heaney, S. and Hooper, J. 2026. The Ethics of Privacy in Anthrozoological Investigations. Privacy Studies Journal. Special Issue: Animal Privacy, 36-59. https://doi.org/10.7146/psj.v.166782
Hill, K., Oxley Heaney, S., Hooper, J., Szydlowski, M. and Aiello, T. 2025. From Dogs to Frogs: A Summative Content Analysis Spanning Four Decades of Scholarly Contributions to Anthrozoology. Anthrozoos 38(
Szydlowski, M. 2024. Is Your Elephant Happy? Mahout Identification and Description of Elephant Affective States in Nepal. Anthrozoös 38(1), 17-37. https://doi.org/10.
Szydlowski, M. 2024. Elephant Tourism in Nepal: Historical Perspectives, Current Health and Welfare Challenges, and Future Directions. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
Szydlowski, M. 2024. Elephants and NGOs: the complex intersection of advocacy and tourism in Nepal. In Emerging Voices for Animals in Tourism, J. Hooper and C. Kline (eds.) CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
Fennell, D., Kline, C., Mkono, M., Grimwood, B.S.R., Sheppard,V.A., Dashper, K., Rickly, J., Burns, G.L., Bertella, G., von Essen, E., García-Rosell, J., Guo, Y., Hoarau-Heemstra, H., Lopez Lopez, A., Quintero Venegas, G.J., Holladay, P.J., Cavaliere, C.C, Copeland, K., Danley, B., Rizzolo, J.B., Hurst, C.E., Usui, R., Äijälä, M., Crossley, E., Hill, K., Szydlowski, M., Bisgrove, D. Blythe, S., Fennell, S.R., Oxley Heaney, S. Schuhmacher, C., Tully, P., Coose, S., Hooper, J., Madrid, R. 2024. Tourism, animals & the vacant niche: a scoping review and pedagogical agenda. Current Issues in Tourism. 27(22): 3820-3848. https://doi.org/10.
Szydlowski, M. 2024. Elephant-Based Tourism in Nepal: The Key to Reducing Human Poverty or a Tool to Commodify Endangered Species? Tourism Cases, online. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. https://doi.org/10.1079/tourism.2024.0003
Szydlowski, M. 2024. Wicked Problems, Novel Solutions: Nepalese Elephant Tourism and Conservation. Animals. 14(1):
Szydlowski, M. 2023. Conserving Asian Elephants in Nepal. Journal of the Elephant Manager’s Association(JEMA). 34 (2): 47-54
Hooper, J., Aiello, T., Hill, K., Szydlowski, M., and Oxley Heaney, S. 2023. Nothing More than ‘Anti-Cull Activists’: Accusations of Bias and the Politics of Research that Advocates for Non-Human Animals. Animal Studies Journal. 12(1): 70-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.14453/
Szydlowski, M. 2023. Liminal Beings: On Anthrozoologist and Elephants. University of Exeter/EASE working paper series. University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom. Anthrozoology as International Practice Issue. 1: 269-289. Available at: https://
Szydlowski, M. 2023. One Stable’s Novel Approach to Mitigating Human-Elephant Conflict Near Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Gajah. 56: 23-29
Szydlowski, M. 2022. Renegotiating citizenship: stories of young rhinos in Nepal. Journal of Ecotourism. 21 (aop) https://doi.org/10.1080/
Szydlowski, M. 2022. Asking Consent from Pachyderm Persons: Facing Ethical Complexities in Multispecies Research. In Animal Life and Human Culture: Anthrozoology Studies. I. Frasin, G. Bodi, S. Bulei, C.D. Vasiliu (eds.). Cluj-Napoca: Presa Unviersitara Clujeana (Cluj University Press).
Szydlowski, M., Hill, K., Oxley Heaney, S., Hooper, J. 2022. Domestication and domination: human terminology as a tool for controlling otherthanhuman animal bodies. TRACE: Journal for Human-Animal Studies. 8(1). https://doi.
Oxley-Heaney, S., Szydlowski, M., Hill, K. 2022. Members only? A posthuman view of otherthanhuman-animal immigrants across human-defined borders. TRACE: Journal for Human-Animal Studies. 8(1). https://doi.
Bhandari, S., Adhikari, B., Baral, K. Panthi, S., Kunwar, R.M., Thapamagar, T., Szydlowski, M., Psaralexi, M., Bhusal, D.R., Youlatos, D. 2022. Climate change threatens striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) distribution in Nepal. Mammal Research. 67:433–443 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-022-00638-2
Szydlowski, M. 2022. Elephants in Nepal: correlating disease, tourism, and welfare. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 25 (2): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/
Adhikari, B., Baral, K., Bhandari, S., Szydlowski, M., Kunwar, R.M., Xanthi, S., Neupane, B., Koirala, R.K. 2022. Potential risk zone for anthropogenic mortality of carnivores in Gandaki Province, Nepal. Ecology and Evolution. 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8491
Szydlowski, M. 2021. Framing Conservation, Colonialism and Care: Captive Endangered Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Nepal. PhD Thesis. United Kingdom: University of Exeter. Available via: Open Research Exeter at http://hdl.handle.net/
Szydlowski, M. 2021. Framing Conservation, Colonialism and Care: Captive Endangered Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Nepal. PhD Thesis. United Kingdom: University of Exeter. Available via: Open Research Exeter at http://hdl.handle.net/
Hurn, S., Stone, E., Eason, F., Groling, J., Badman-King, A., Nardone, M., Hooper, J., Hill, K., Szydlowski, M.,Warda, T. and Fiore, R., 2020. A preliminary assessment of the impacts of C-19 on animal welfare and human-animal interactions in the UK and beyond. https://papers.ssrn.
Szydlowski, M. 2018. Literary Anthrozoology. Animalia. 4 (1)
Oxley Heaney, S., Szydlowski, M., Hill, K., Hooper, J. 2025 Rethinking Animal Welfare in a Globalised World: Cultural Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Directions. Introduction to the special issue. Animals, 15 (6): 891. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15060891
Szydlowski, M. 2024. April 11. Elephant tourism often involves cruelty — here are steps toward more humane, animal-friendly excursions. The Conversation. 10.64628/AAI.
Szydlowski, M. 2023. Joint Elephant Health Camp in Sauraha, Nepal. Gajah. 56: 44-45
Oxley Heaney, S., Hill, K., Szydlowski, M., Hooper, J. (2023) Snap Judgements: Ethical Complexities in Photographing More-Than-Human Animals. Part of the Mastery Toolkit: Managing Sensitive Topics in Teaching and Research Confidently. University of Birmingham. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/
Szydlowski, M. 2023. Happy (m)Other’s Day: Raising Hybrid Kids in a Modern World. Society & Animals. Film Review. 31(3): 427-430. https://doi.org/10.
Szydlowski, M. 2020, November 21. Set the elephants free. The Nepali Times. (not the original title, title changed by editor without consent). https://www.
Szydlowski, M. 2020. My Experience Conducting Elephant Research in Nepal. International Society for Anthrozoology. Student Blog. https://isazstudent.
Szydlowski, M. 2020. Human-pachyderm relations. Featured as one of the ‘20 in 2020’ Postgraduate Researchers to Watch. University of Exeter Research and Innovation Blog. https://