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New Philsoc Student Journal Ergo Sum Issues First Call for Papers

09 August 2021

Ergo Sum is a Journal of Philosophy that is produced biannually by the University of Sydney Philosophy Society. The journal publishes…

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Investigating the Potentials and Pitfalls of Nanotechnology with Catalyst funding from Sydney Nano

04 August 2021

Professor Susan Park is part of an all-star team that is investigating the potential and pitfalls of commercialising nanotechnology according…

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Understanding Experiences of Renewable Energy in Rural NSW

29 July 2021

We sit down with 2021 Honours Fellow Bart Shteinman to learn about his research on community experiences of local renewable…

Opinion

New Zealand Farmers’ Demands Are Unrealistic – But They Are Suffering and Deserve Support

26 July 2021

In his recently published article for the Guardian, Doctoral Fellow Philip McKibbin discusses the recent protest action from farmers in…

Opinion

COVID-19 as Catalyst? Contradictions and Opportunities

22 July 2021

SEI Doctoral Fellow Anna Sturman draws upon themes from her thesis to ask: what might we learn from the present…

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Associate Professor Thom van Dooren awarded Fleck Prize 2021

21 July 2021

Congratulations to SEI researcher, Associate Professor Thom van Dooren for being awarded the prestigious Fleck Prize for his latest book…

Opinion

Renewable Energy And Opportunities For Indigenous Empowerment

14 July 2021

Reflecting on her experiences working alongside community leaders in the Torres Strait, Honours Fellow Phoebe Evans underscores the value of…

Opinion

Interweaving Voices: Ampiji the Rainbow Serpent

07 July 2021

In the third part of the Interweaving Voices series, musicologist Genevieve Campbell shares a conversation with Calista Kantilla, Tiwi Elder…

Opinion

Sydney Initiatives Inspiring Groups to Work Together to Heal Country

05 July 2021

In NAIDOC Week, Professor of Practice in Environmental Wellbeing Melissa Haswell and SEI Director David Schlosberg reflect on the strategic…

Opinion

Pests or Pets? Why Some New Zealanders Are Raising Possums

21 June 2021

Australian possums have attracted plenty of negative press since they were introduced to Aotearoa, but multispecies justice scholar Philip McKibbin…

Opinion

Imagining Otherwise: Writing the Future

18 June 2021

Dany Celermajer and James Bradley muse on the critical role of writers in imagining futures beyond the climate crisis, beyond…

Opinion

Designing A Multispecies Future

08 June 2021

How do we decide which species deserve to be valued and included in human spaces? Following the Architecture of Multispecies…

Reflection

How Do I Care For Country?

03 June 2021

“How I care for Country differs from how I care for whenua – for the lands of my birth.” Dr…

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Is Indigenous Sovereignty the Key to a Sustainable Future?

27 May 2021

We sit down with international relations scholar Robert MacNeil, discussing his work in climate policy and whether today’s intersecting crises…

Opinion

Unpacking Australia’s Extinction Crisis

24 May 2021

International relations scholar Ana Maria Ulloa explores the history of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the role that NGOs…

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Revolutionising Anthropocentrism Through a Multispecies Political System

05 May 2021

2021 Honours Fellow Sam Norman is revolutionising Western political paradigms in his research with an ontological turn towards the more-than-human…

Opinion

An Endangered Menagerie: Remembering Our Vanishing Species

03 May 2021

The mountain ash eucalypt, regent honeyeaters and potoroos are all vanishing at an astonishing rate, alongside countless others. Here, we…

Opinion

Is It Time to Design a New Food Paradigm?

29 April 2021

To ensure resilient food systems, we don’t need new products – what we need is an entirely new paradigm, argues…

Opinion

Embodied Imagining: Exploring Climate Through Literature

26 April 2021

Nanda Jarosz explores deep collaboration and the power of literature as a mode of climate communication, exemplified in Shubhangi Swarup’s prizewinning novel Latitudes…

Opinion

What Does It Mean to Restore the Earth?

22 April 2021

April 22 is Earth Day, and artist Ann Jyothis Raj explores this year’s theme of ‘restoring our earth’ through the…

Opinion

How Can We Re-Learn the Art of Multispecies Cohabitation?

22 April 2021

Humans have been designing spaces for and with animals and plants for thousands of years, so what has changed? A…

Opinion

A Real Utopia: The Case for a Community Kitchen on Campus

19 April 2021

1 in 4 university students experience food insecurity – but they don’t have to. Kate Johnston explores why a community kitchen…

Reflection

The Art and Science of Deep Collaboration

14 April 2021

Philosophy student Daniel Maher calls on the importance of indigenous knowledge and why it’s critical that we tear down the…

Reflection

Grief, Mourning, Hope: Reflections on Dany Celermajer’s Summertime

12 April 2021

A year after the ash settled following Australia’s Black Summer, scholars from University of Edinburgh Centre for Ethics and Critical…