Ambassador Emeritus for Compassion in World Farming

Joyce has an MA from Trinity College Dublin and Honorary degrees from the universities of Winchester and Keele. 

She has worked for Compassion in World Farming since 1985, including fourteen years as Chief Executive. Joyce played a key role in getting recognition of animal sentience enshrined in the European Union Treaties.

Joyce received an RSPCA Award for a “very important contribution in the field of animal welfare”. She has given evidence to the UK and New Zealand governments, the European Commission and the United Nations on issues ranging from genetic engineering and cloning of farm animals to meat reduction and regenerative agriculture.

She has been vegan for 51 years.

Joyce co-edited, with Professor John Webster, the book The Meat Crisis: Developing more sustainable and ethical production and consumption, Earthscan, 2017.

Joyce’s book Animal Welfare in World Religion: Teaching and Practice (Routledge 2023) has been very well reviewed.