We need to talk about Australia’s ‘UnNatural’ disasters
Viewing human-induced climate disasters such as the recent Australian floods as ‘UnNatural’ is necessary to demand greater government accountability, writes…
The Role of Environmental Human Rights in the Warragamba Dam Wall Raising Proposal
How does access to information around environmental decision-making impact communities? We hear from 2022 Honours Fellow Olivia Mulligan about her…
News
13 December 2021
The Sydney Environment Institute welcomes applications from undergraduate students interested in engaging with a natural museum collection to explore environmental…
09 December 2021
The first publication from collaborative research project on community-driven, already-existing transformative action on climate change has arrived, examining work underway…
Opinion
07 December 2021
Drawing upon personal experiences of Sydney’s 2021 Covid-19 lockdown, Robyn Backen traces elegant lines between vanished plans, future possibilities and…
Q&A
02 December 2021
SEI Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Christine Winter has recently published her PhD research in a new book, ‘Subjects of Intergenerational Justice:…
Reflection
29 November 2021
The facilitators of the recent Pacific Forum on Renewable Energy consider some of the key themes that arose from the…
25 November 2021
In this time of disruption, we take a pause to highlight the work of SEI Member Dr Jude Philp connecting…
17 November 2021
The Sydney Environment Institute invites applications for our 2022 Honours Research Fellowship Program from University of Sydney students interested in…
15 November 2021
New SEI Member Dr Gareth Bryant discusses his research into the changing roles of public power and finance in our…
In an increasingly climate devastated world, the sources of hope and inspiration for liveable futures can appear fleeting and sparse.…
11 November 2021
SEI is delighted to congratulate Visiting Fellow Dr Gareth Edwards, SEI Acting Deputy-Director Professor Susan Park and Dr Robert MacNeil,…
01 November 2021
Drawing on themes presented at the recent Pacific Forum held at the University of Sydney, Edward Cavanough identifies enduring barriers…
28 October 2021
The first round of SEI’s Collaborative Research Fellowships have been awarded to three outstanding research duos, for projects contemplating young…
26 October 2021
The contours of the contemporary environmental justice movement are being mapped as part of an exciting ARC-funded project. Here, Research…
20 October 2021
Despite the increasing attractiveness of non-traditional career paths for researchers, the paths from academia to working in other sectors are…
18 October 2021
In this companion piece to Jay Johnston’s recent introduction of sensory ecology, Ruth Barcan reflects on the thronged multitudes who…
15 October 2021
The Sydney Environment Institute welcomes expressions of interest from SEI members for our newly created Deputy Director roles. As part…
In this evocative piece Michelle St Anne responds to scholar Gemma Viney, drawing the lines between the birth of an…
13 October 2021
In this reflective piece, Jay Johnston considers how sensory ecology may open up creative space for humans to better-know our…
08 October 2021
In the fourth part of the Interweaving Voices series, musicologist Genevieve Campbell shares the story of the Wayai, and the…
06 October 2021
In this collaborative piece a geographer, an anthropologist and a historian unspool reflections on and excerpts of writing from the…
28 September 2021
An active and unacceptable agenda in our food systems should be named, shamed, and taken seriously if we want to…
23 September 2021
Drawing on memories of its live performance and recorded representations, SEI Doctoral Fellow Hannah Della Bosca contemplates the sensory impacts…
15 September 2021
SEI Postdoctoral Fellow Dr June Rubis considers the contours of a leadership paradigm fit for transforming our systems. I was…
09 September 2021
Samuel Naylor explores some of the legal and philosophical limits to environmental justice in Australia. ‘Never Again’ is the title…
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