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Tuesday 3rd to Thursday 5th June 2025

The friendly international conference to share research into our relationships and practices with horses, donkeys and mules. Since 2016, the Equine Cultures in Transition Conference has presented an opportunity for interested researchers to come together and share insights and experiences from across this exciting and emerging field of study. As always, we welcome academics and practitioners from all geographic contexts and disciplines across the social sciences, humanities and beyond to share their research on human-equid interactions, relationships and practices.

Hosted by the Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Met, the 2025 conference will be organised around four overlapping streams, which will consider the various ways in which people, horses, donkeys and mules work, play and live together:

- Interspecies decent work (including equine-assisted therapy and organisational perspectives)

- People, equids, places (including historical, philosophical, aesthetic and ethical perspectives)

- Equestrian sport and policy

- Open stream

Tuesday 3rd June - There will be a social evening taking place on the first evening. The venue is TBC and tickets are not available yet, however you can express your interest to attend when registering for the conference.

Wednesday 4th June - There will be a seated conference dinner at Manchester Metropolitan University on the second evening. The meal will include 3 courses and half a bottle of wine per person.