Our Team

A small team, an unbounded mandate.

The Rock Welfare Project was founded in 2026 after its director, following a career spent expanding the moral circle outward, concluded that the circle's underlying logic did not obviously terminate at biology.

Founder & Exec. Director
R. Calder
Previously in invertebrate welfare. Followed the argument to its conclusion, and now cannot un-follow it.
Director of Lithic Research
M. Feldspar
Develops candidate welfare indicators and maintains the Rock-Distress Unit methodology.
Head of Igneous & Metamorphic Outreach
A. Tuff
Leads operator partnerships and the Certified Gentle Stone programme.
Sedimentary Welfare Lead
J. Marl
Focuses on erosion weighting and chronic-harm estimation across geological time.

Advisory Board

Our advisory board comprises four practising geologists who are supportive of our methods while remaining personally unconvinced of the premise.

We consider this the healthiest possible relationship between an organisation and its advisors. They keep our geology honest; we keep their moral circle uncomfortable. We are grateful for their time and their scepticism in equal measure.

Want to join the team?

We are a small organisation and hire rarely, but we are always glad to hear from people who find the argument hard to dismiss.

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