PhD (Philosophy), University of Otago
Under the supervision of Mike King, Andrew Moore, and Phillip Sedon
2019 - 2025
Visiting Doctoral Student, University of Oxford
2022
MA (Philosophy), University of Amsterdam
Under the supervision of Marc Davidson
2017 - 2018
University Exchange, University of British Columbia
2016
BSc (Philosophy), University of Canterbury
2015 - 2017
Researcher, Qualitative Research Project with Chris Percy
2025
Scientific Lead, More Lucid
2024
Mentor and Facilitator, LEAF Changemakers Fellowship
2023
Editor & Proofreader (freelance)
2019 - 2023
Tutor and Demonstrator
ELM2 & ELM3 - 'Medical Ethics' (2019 - 2021)
PHIL103 - 'Ethical Issues' (2021)
PHIL101 - 'Mind and Reality' (2021)
Marker (essays & tests)
PHIL103 - 'Ethical Issues' (2021)
PHIL101 - 'Mind and Reality' (2021)
BITC201 - 'Bioethics and the Life Sciences' (2021 - 2023)
BITC202 - 'Animal Ethics' (2021)
Researcher and Outreach Coordinator, Animal Ethics
2018 - 2019
Hummus Chef and Kitchen Hand, Sir Hummus
2017 - 2018
Rock Climbing Safety Supervisor, Clip 'N Climb YMCA
2015 - 2016
Checkout Employee, The Warehouse Northlands
2012 - 2015
To Seed or Not to Seed: The Expected Value of Directed Panspermia
09/09/24 - Science, Technology, & Future
18/06/24 - Workshop on Animals, Space, and Long-Term Well-Being (MIMIR Centre)
16/04/24 - Foresight Institute - Paths to Progress in Space
15/12/23 - Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference
22/06/23 - Effective Altruism Oxford Summit
14/04/23 - University of Otago Bioethics Centre
14/03/23 - Effective Altruism Wellington
Phenomenology Research at the Qualia Research Institute
12/08/24 - Qualia Research Institute Meetup: London
01/08/24 - Qualia Research Institute Meetup: Berlin
23/07/24 - The Borderland SE
The 'Hard Problem' of Valence: Efforts to Date and Why More is Needed
05/05/24 - Qualia Research Institute Meetup: London
24/04/24 - The Science of Consciousness Conference
Tax Animal Suffering
04/02/24 - Effective Altruism New Zealand Retreat
08/11/23 - Sheffield Animal Studies Research Centre - Ethics & Politics Seminar
Introduction to Animal Advocacy w/ Jamie Harris
25/08/23 - LEAF Changemakers Fellowship
Do animals matter morally? If so, how much, and which ones?
18/06/22 - Festival of Arguments (Oxford Uehiro Centre)
The Myth of Bambi: The Idyllic View of Nature and Wild Animal Suffering
24/11/24 - Effective Altruism Global X: Australasia 2024
15/06/24 - Science, Technology, and Future
01/02/23 - Effective Altruism New Zealand Connections Retreat
19/06/22 - Effective Altruism Oxford Summit
13/06/22 - Oxford Uehiro Centre - Festival of Arguments
08/12/20 - New Zealand Association of Philosophy Conference
07/12/19 - Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference
22/11/19 - Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law / New Zealand Bioethics Conference
The Ethics of Pest Control: Balancing Animal Welfare, Conservation, and Indigenous Values
09/02/23 - Animals, Compassion and Conservation: Ethics and Scientific Methods Relating to Wild Animals, Their Welfare and Conservation
25/05/22 - ELSI in epigenetics: Indigenous, national and global perspectives
Making Sense of Animal Welfare: A Taxonomy of Concepts
19/09/20 - Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference
Panelist: 'Competing animal welfare concerns - a case study on pest control'
28/09/19 - New Zealand Animal Law Conference
PhD research presentations
17/05/19 - Akonga Korero - University of Otago
14/03/19 - Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series, Victoria University of Wellington
Animal Ethics and Welfare Biology
13/03/19 - Effective Altruism Wellington
28/10/18 - Christchurch Vegan Expo
26/10/18 - Effective Altruism Sydney
23/10/18 - Effective Altruism London
17/10/18 - Effective Altruism Amsterdam
10/10/18 - Effective Altruism York
The Ethics of Spreading Life in the Cosmos (Read)
2025. Centauri Dreams
Consciousness, Suffering, and Ethics (Watch)
2024. Natural Awakening, WystanTBS
The ethics and costs of saving wild animals (Read)
2021. Newshub
The ethics and costs of saving wild animals (Read)
2021. The Detail, RNZ
Welzijn van het wilde dier (Read)
2018. bionieuws, vol. 28, p.10
British & New Zealand Citizen (dual)
Comprehensive training in First Aid
New Zealand Full Driver's Licence
A Requirement on Which Entities Have a Well-being
Soryl, A.
Unpublished. Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Well-being in Nature: An Inquiry into the Natural Dynamics and Scope of Prudential Value
Soryl, A.
2025. University of Otago
To Seed or Not to Seed: The Expected Value of Directed Panspermia (Read)
Soryl, A., Sandberg, A.
2025. Acta Astronautica, 232
The Case for Welfare Biology (Read)
Soryl, A., King, M., Moore, A., Seddon, P.
2021. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 5 (7)
Establishing a research field in natural sciences (Read)
Animal Ethics
2020
Invertebrate welfare in the wild (Read)
Soryl, A.
2020. Animal Sentience, 5 (29)
Establishing the Moral Significance of Wild Animal Welfare and Considering Practical Methods of Intervention (Read)
Soryl, A.
2018. University of Amsterdam
Structured Phenomenology: Three Research Directions for Constraining Theories of Consciousness
Percy, C., Soryl, A., Gomez Emilsson, A.
FORTHCOMING
The 'Hard Problem' of Valence: Efforts to Date and Why More is Needed
Percy, C., Soryl, A., Gomez Emilsson, A.
FORTHCOMING
Tax Animal Suffering
Soryl, A., Sterri, A.
FORTHCOMING
The Emerging Field of Wild Animal Welfare Science
Elliott, V., Beausoleil, N., Browning, H., Diez-Leon, M., Goddard, P., Graham, M., Ramp, D., Sebo, J., Soryl, A., Zemanova, M. A.
FORTHCOMING
Grant Recipient - EA Animal Welfare Fund
2023
Grant Recipient - Center on Long-Term Risk Fund
2022
University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship
2019 - 2022
Campbell Bioethics Teaching Fellowship
2019
University of Canterbury Outbound Exchange Award
2016
Certificate of Excellence in Philosophy across the 13th grade, Hagley Community College
2014
Volunteer for the Christchurch Vegan Society
2003 - 2023
Christchurch Vegan Expo Committee Member
2020 - 2023
Executive Member of the Australasian Association of Philosophy Postgraduate Committee
2019 - 2020
University of Canterbury Student Class Representative
PHIL139, PHIL240, PHIL249, PHIL208, PHIL229, PHIL235, PHIL343
2015 - 2017
Vice President of VCUC
2015 - 2016
Volunteer for SAFE
2003 - 2015
Effective Altruism Global X: Australasia 2024; Invited
22/11/24 - 24/11/24
Effective Altruism Global: London 2024
31/05/23 - 02/06/23
The Science of Consciousness Conference
Tucson, AZ
22/04/24 - 27/04/24
Effective Altruism Global: London 2023
19/05/23 - 21/05/23
Animals, Compassion and Conservation: Ethics and Scientific Methods Relating to Wild Animals, Their Welfare and Conservation
University of Fribourg; Online; Invited
07/02/23 - 09/02/23
RESILIENCER Workshop: SRM and Global Catastrophic Risk
Utrecht University
12/09/22
Postgraduate Bioethics Conference: Building Bridges in Bioethics
University of Bristol
14/07/22 - 15/22
ELSI in epigenetics: Indigenous, national and global perspectives
Brocher Foundation
23/05/22 - 25/05/22
Interspecies Comparisons of Welfare
London School of Economics and Political Science & Rethink Priorities
28/04/22 - 29/04/22
Effective Altruism Global: London 2022
15/04/22 - 17/04/22
Inaugural Conference on Artificial Intelligence
University of Canterbury
09/12/20 - 10/12/20
New Zealand Association of Philosophy Conference
University of Canterbury
07/12/20 - 09/12/20
Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference
Online; Organised
19/09/20 - 20/09/20
Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference
Victoria University of Wellington
06/12/19 - 08/12/19
Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law / New Zealand Bioethics Conference
University of Otago
21/11/19 - 23/09/19
New Zealand Animal Law Conference
New Zealand Animal Law Association; Invited
28/09/19
Scanned copies of any listed items can be sent upon email request.