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SEI Welcomes Professor Danielle Celermajer As Our New Deputy Director – Academic

15 December 2020

SEI is thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Danielle Celermajer as our new Deputy Director – Academic, to start…

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Professor Danielle Celermajer Awarded Prestigious Grant

14 December 2020

We are thrilled to announce that a team of SEI researchers, headed up by Professor Danielle Celermajer, have been awarded…

Reflection

What are the Implications of NSW’s Updated Social Impact Assessment Guideline?

11 December 2020

PhD candidate Gemma Viney reflects on the recent SEI panel on NSW’s Social Impact Assessment Guideline, highlighting three key takeaways…

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Dr Katherine Owens Awarded Brown Equity Prize

10 December 2020

Congratulations to SEI researcher Katherine Owens for being awarded a Brown Equity Prize for her research on the role of…

Opinion

Interweaving Voices: Mary Elizabeth’s song – Kuwiyini Mirri Yilityipiti. My father’s song, my song.

08 December 2020

In the second part of our Interweaving Voices series, musicologist Genevieve Campbell reflects on the discovery of a recording that…

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Understanding Nature with Dr Dalia Nassar

02 December 2020

SEI editor Liberty Lawson sits down with the 2021 Iain McCalman Lecture keynote speaker Dr Dalia Nassar to talk about…

Opinion

Architects Declare: What We Think, We Become

27 November 2020

Architect and researcher Hugo Chan asks how do you begin to remould an industry whose entire structure has become so…

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An Appreciation and Farewell to Dr Killian Quigley

26 November 2020

SEI’s founding Co-Director, Professor Iain McCalman and Director Professor David Schlosberg reflect on the research and impact of the Institute’s…

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Introducing the Environmental Justice Project: RMIT Research Team Lauren Rickards and Oli Moraes

19 November 2020

SEI researcher Hannah Della Bosca introduces our RMIT partners on the new ARC-funded Environmental Justice research project. In October 2020,…

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Developing Just Outcomes in Australian Environmental Policies

18 November 2020

One of the key challenges of academic work lies in merging the theoretical with the practical, in order to engage…

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PhD Scholarship Opportunity in Multispecies Justice

17 November 2020

The Sydney Environment Institute is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to join our Multispecies Justice research collective. The Sydney…

Opinion

Social Impact Assessment Guidelines: The Devil is in The Implementation

13 November 2020

The NSW Government has recently updated its guidelines for major developments like the Narrabri Gas Project. Ahead of the online…

Opinion

Interweaving Voices: Recording Through Ayipa Songs

10 November 2020

In the first part of our Interweaving Voices series, musicologist Genevieve Campbell reflects on a trip to Canberra to unearth…

Opinion

Indigenous Justice in Times of Climate Crisis

09 November 2020

The 2019/2020 fires that tore down Australia’s east coast took with them sites of incalculable importance to Indigenous communities. Here,…

Reflection

Environmental Ethics in a Changing Climate

06 November 2020

Members of the University of Sydney Philosophy Society reflect on the recent event, Philosophy on the Ground: Changing Values in…

Opinion

Toward an Encrusting Ocean

05 November 2020

Ahead of his presentation, An Encrusting Ocean: Fouling and Other Forms of Life for the inaugural Postdoctoral Fellowship Lecture, Killian…

Opinion

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…