website awards name article_title education birth_name occupation
-lsb- http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/staff/danlyons dan lyons -rsb- university of sheffield . political and public administration , 2007 studies association 's walter bagehot prize for government dan lyons dan lyons
 social 1990 -- 1993 phd , politics , university of sheffield and , 2006 political studies , university of sheffield , daniel louis lyons ceo , centre for animals and social justice
dan lyons

dan lyons is the chief executive officer of the centre for animals and social justice , a british animal protection charity .
he is an honorary research fellow at the university of sheffield and the author of `` the politics of animal experimentation '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- .
lyons specializes in the study of animal research , the philosophy of animal rights , and the political representation of animals ' interests .
he is the former campaigns director of uncaged campaigns -lrb- 1993 -- 2012 -rrb- , a group that opposed animal experiments in the uk , in particular xenotransplantation .
during his time with uncaged , lyons became known as the author of `` diaries of despair '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , a report that reproduced and analysed leaked documents about pig-to-primate organ transplants .
