WELCOME!

Hello. We are three academics who research on various aspects of horse-human relationships.  We are just starting two new projects, under the broad title Human-Horse Relationships: beginnings and endings  - and we are asking for your help! 

Who are we? And what do we do?

We are Jo Hockenhull, Lynda Birke, and Nora Schuurman.  We have for a long time been doing research on human-horse relationships, at universities in both the UK and in Finland. We are all lifelong horsewomen, too!

There is a link HERE to our biographies, some of our recent work, and to published papers.

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Below we describe the two parts of our study and how you can help us. Further information can be found in the links provided. In Part 1 of our research, we are interested in how horses and their people interact, work together and how new relationships develop over time.  JOIN PART 1.

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In Part 2, we are asking you to share your experiences of grief and/or loss either within a horse-human relationship, or from the perspective of your horse who may have lost a friend or companion. JOIN PART 2.