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Sustainability and Thoroughbred Racing – An Oxymoron?

03 November 2020

Iris Bergmann asks whether the thoroughbred industry is equipped to transition to a more just and humane model, and what…

News

Call for Applications: SEI’s 2021 Honours Research Fellowship

02 November 2020

The Sydney Environment Institute invites applications for our 2021 Honours Research Fellowship Program from University of Sydney students interested in…

Q&A

Governance and Green Transformation: Understanding the Role of Law with Kate Owens

30 October 2020

The Institute’s Gemma Viney sits down with SEI Researcher, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney Law School, Dr…

Opinion

Community Energy in a Rapid Transition to Renewables

27 October 2020

Jan Kucic-Riker considers whether a community-led transition to renewable energy is possible in Australia to better support environmental and social justice, and to…

Opinion

Storytelling Through Culinary Experience

26 October 2020

FoodLab Sydney’s Eva Perroni explores the idea of storytelling as something absolutely central to our food practices, bringing us together…

Opinion

The Unexpected Impact of COVID-19 on Social Impact Assessment

22 October 2020

COVID-19 brought unexpected benefit for social impact assessment, but does it make a difference to the outcome? Alison Ziller, Gemma…

Q&A

Rethinking Justice with Danielle Celermajer and David Schlosberg

20 October 2020

Marc Hudson, social media editor for the journal Environmental Politics (Twitter: @Env_Pol), speaks with Danielle Celermajer and David Schlosberg following…

Opinion

Can We Uphold Environmental Rights in International Development?

20 October 2020

SEI researcher Professor Susan Park’s new book explores the issues with international development financing and the alternative options that better…

Opinion

Food System Resilience in a Time of Change

15 October 2020

Master of Sustainability candidate Xavier Calluaud’s capstone project, the One Bite Podcast, explores Australia’s food systems, and in this time…

Opinion

World Food Day 2020: Orange Trees and Slow Solutions

15 October 2020

As we celebrate World Food Day this Friday 16 October, Jamie Loveday from FoodLab Sydney asks us to pause and…

Opinion

Water Scarcity: Is a Global Water Market the Solution?

14 October 2020

Davina Nair considers the market response to a global water crisis, and whether regulated and innovative international cooperation would be…

News

Introducing the Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellowship Lecture: ‘An Encrusting Ocean’

09 October 2020

Join us to celebrate the SEI career of Dr Killian Quigley, one that has delved into the depths of the…

Opinion

Sites of Violence: Music, Trauma and the Non-Verbal Voice

08 October 2020

Composer Damien Ricketson reflects on the medium and metaphor of voice for communicating through sound and through silence. Charlotte Wood’s…

Opinion

Objects of Science and Culture: Rethinking The Museum

07 October 2020

Ahead of her Critical Companions talk next week, Christine Hansen dives into the archival collections of colonial museums, questioning the past…

News

Welcome Back Eloise Fetterplace and Kate Johnston

06 October 2020

We catch up with our Project and Communications Officer Eloise Fetterplace and SEI researcher Dr Kate Johnston as they both return to…

Opinion

Environmental Injustice: Social Impacts of the Narrabri Gas Project

29 September 2020

Following on from July’s IPC hearing, Gemma Viney outlines some of the heartbreaking social costs of the controversial Narrabri Gas…

News

Dr Dalia Nassar Presents The Iain McCalman Lecture 2021

28 September 2020

The Sydney Environment Institute is thrilled to announce Dr Dalia Nassar as our keynote speaker for the 2021 Iain McCalman…

Reflection

Reimagining Policy in Wild Times

22 September 2020

Jamie Wang reflects on the launch of Wild Policy: Indigeneity and the Unruly Logics of Intervention, by Tess Lea. Wild.…

Opinion

Rings, Dance & Earwax: What Can Multispecies Data Teach Humans?

21 September 2020

Between the Sixth Extinction and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there has never been a more urgent time for humans to…

Reflection

Cultivating Space For Listening

14 September 2020

Cara Jeffrey reflects on the themes of trust, ethics and understanding that emerged from the second Interdisciplinarity in a More-Than-Human World…

Opinion

Money Talks: Making Sense of Divestment

09 September 2020

Following the Money Talks event which brought together industry, activists and researchers, Tanya Fiedler, Alastair Fraser, Lisa Heinze and David…

Opinion

Sustainability in the Time of COVID: Investing in the Future to Address Culture, Inclusion, and Practice at Universities

08 September 2020

Sydney University’s new Sustainability Strategy confronts sustainability through an intersectional lens of Caring for Country, championing a dialogue between research,…

Opinion

Going Down Together: Revisiting the Use of Human Reason on Extinction Day

07 September 2020

September 7 marks National Threatened Species Day, commemorating the countless species that are driven to extinction each year. However, Anik…

News

Introducing SEI’s Event Programme for Semester 2

07 September 2020

As we slowly return to campus, SEI will be entertaining and informing you from the comfort of your home with…