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Undermining Impacts: The Social Costs of The Vickery Extension

01 September 2020

An extension on the Whitehaven coal mine has been approved on the basis of social benefits, however, social impact experts…

Opinion

Post-Pandemic Development: Lessons from Indigenous Philosophies

24 August 2020

A social philosophy emerging from the Quechua peoples of the Andes, the Buen Vivir movement imagines and practices an alternative, community-oriented…

Reflection

Emergent Practice for Urgent Times

24 August 2020

Zsuzsanna Ihar and Hayley Singer reflect on the recent Multispecies Justice workshop series, Interdisciplinarity in a More-Than-Human World. It was…

Opinion

Digital Traces of Gumbramorra Swamp

20 August 2020

Natural waterways are continually being redirected, drained, passed over and forgotten to make way for city developments — so how…

News

Farewelling Professor Megan Mackenzie

18 August 2020

We farewell SEI Researcher Megan Mackenzie as she sets sail for Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, where she has been appointed Professor and…

Opinion

Darwin’s ‘Smart City’ Project: The Intersection of BLM, Big Data Tech and Climate Change

17 August 2020

Darwin’s expansive new digital sensors will aggregate climate data in a boon for environmental science and sustainable planning, but will…

Opinion

Salt in the Wound: Social Impacts, Public Health and the Narrabri Gas Project

14 August 2020

The proposed Narrabri Gas Project flouts dire climate predictions and as Dr. Alison Ziller argues, the negative, but lesser publicised,…

Opinion

Communicating Culture: Exploring the Common Grounds Between North and South

09 August 2020

Following last month’s release of the short documentary film Common Ground, Marnie Graham and Uncle Lex Dadd reflect on the…

Opinion

The White Face of Australian Politics

07 August 2020

Claudia Connelly explores the links between a lack of Indigenous parliamentary representation, disrespect for Aboriginal culture and environmental violence in…

Opinion

What’s at Stake in Approving the Narrabri Gas Project?

06 August 2020

Following on from an expert report submitted to the IPC last month, SEI researchers explore the social, economic and environmental…

Opinion

Ecocriticism and Non-Human Languages 

05 August 2020

Nanda Jarosz reflects on the pedagogical challenges and rewards of teaching a multidisciplinary unit exploring literary representations of love between…

News

Dr Sophie Chao Awarded 2020 John Legge Prize

30 July 2020

Congratulations to SEI researcher Sophie Chao for winning the 2020 John Legge Prize for Best Thesis in Asian Studies for…

Opinion

The Urban Field Naturalist Project: An Invitation

30 July 2020

A new initiative co-led by researchers including SEI’s Thom van Dooren and Dieter Hochuli aims to kindle a sense of…

Opinion

Decentring the Woolly Mammoth: Cyborg Celebrity and Bacterial Constellations

29 July 2020

Charismatic megafauna have long been the muse of scientists pursuing de-extinction, but what of the complex webs of microscopic relations…

Opinion

Multispecies Justice: Challenging the Institutions of Political Theory

24 July 2020

Understanding justice through the multispecies lens does not simply mean expanding our circle of care, says Danielle Celermajer, it means…

Opinion

Plastic Over People: Coronavirus War Profiteering

22 July 2020

The plastics industry is notorious for manipulating consumer behaviour by tapping into our most fundamental desires and fears, writes India…

Opinion

Digital Food: Recipes for Connection

17 July 2020

COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of food supply chains and forced us to rely more on digital technologies to work,…

Opinion

Sites of Violence: The Australian Landscape Image as Witness

16 July 2020

Bruce Isaacs considers how the spatial expression of Hollywood’s film noir infuses cinematic portrayals of Australian landscapes in films like Picnic…

News

Common Ground: The Power of Coming Together, Sápmi to Country

13 July 2020

A new documentary that unites Swedish Sami and Indigenous Australian voices under a common mission to protect Country and share…

Opinion

Corona and Climate: Mental Health in an Age of Uncertainty

12 July 2020

Jo Longman and Maddy Braddon find stark parallels between their work on the mental health and wellbeing impacts of climate…

Opinion

Sites of Violence: Submerged Voices and Embodied Trauma

10 July 2020

Michelle St Anne, Hannah Della Bosca, Elizabeth Duncan, Bruce Isaacs and Rebecca Lawrence entwine their research, recognising silenced voices within…

Opinion

Sustaining Seas: Beauty and Urgency Beneath the Waves

09 July 2020

Reflecting on the launch of the new edited volume, Sustaining Seas: Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care, edited by…

Opinion

Nature in Culture: Learning to Value Empirical but Intangible Truths

09 July 2020

Reflecting on Niuean scholar Dr Jess Pasisi’s work in Episode 4 of Re-(E)mergence of Nature in Culture Multimedia Series, Genevieve…

Opinion

The Sounds of Our Country Are in Our Voices

06 July 2020

Dr Genevieve Campbell and Jacinta Tipungwuti reflect on the unique vocal sound of the Tiwi Strong Women’s group. Their songs…