Writing in the Midst of a World in Peril
In the lead up to the publication of her new book Summertime, Deputy Director Danielle Celermajer reflects on the process of…
Understanding Nature with Dr Dalia Nassar
SEI editor Liberty Lawson sits down with the 2021 Iain McCalman Lecture keynote speaker Dr Dalia Nassar to talk about…
Storying Extinction: A Reflection on Loss, Crisis, and Co-existence
Sophie Chao meditates on the power of storytelling as a means of remembering and repairing multispecies connections in times of…
Opinion
01 September 2020
An extension on the Whitehaven coal mine has been approved on the basis of social benefits, however, social impact experts…
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
Zsuzsanna Ihar and Hayley Singer reflect on the recent Multispecies Justice workshop series, Interdisciplinarity in a More-Than-Human World. It was…
20 August 2020
Natural waterways are continually being redirected, drained, passed over and forgotten to make way for city developments — so how…
News
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…
17 August 2020
Darwin’s expansive new digital sensors will aggregate climate data in a boon for environmental science and sustainable planning, but will…
14 August 2020
The proposed Narrabri Gas Project flouts dire climate predictions and as Dr. Alison Ziller argues, the negative, but lesser publicised,…
09 August 2020
Following last month’s release of the short documentary film Common Ground, Marnie Graham and Uncle Lex Dadd reflect on the…
07 August 2020
Claudia Connelly explores the links between a lack of Indigenous parliamentary representation, disrespect for Aboriginal culture and environmental violence in…
06 August 2020
Following on from an expert report submitted to the IPC last month, SEI researchers explore the social, economic and environmental…
05 August 2020
Nanda Jarosz reflects on the pedagogical challenges and rewards of teaching a multidisciplinary unit exploring literary representations of love between…
30 July 2020
Congratulations to SEI researcher Sophie Chao for winning the 2020 John Legge Prize for Best Thesis in Asian Studies for…
A new initiative co-led by researchers including SEI’s Thom van Dooren and Dieter Hochuli aims to kindle a sense of…
29 July 2020
Charismatic megafauna have long been the muse of scientists pursuing de-extinction, but what of the complex webs of microscopic relations…
24 July 2020
Understanding justice through the multispecies lens does not simply mean expanding our circle of care, says Danielle Celermajer, it means…
22 July 2020
The plastics industry is notorious for manipulating consumer behaviour by tapping into our most fundamental desires and fears, writes India…
17 July 2020
COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of food supply chains and forced us to rely more on digital technologies to work,…
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…
13 July 2020
A new documentary that unites Swedish Sami and Indigenous Australian voices under a common mission to protect Country and share…
12 July 2020
Jo Longman and Maddy Braddon find stark parallels between their work on the mental health and wellbeing impacts of climate…
10 July 2020
Michelle St Anne, Hannah Della Bosca, Elizabeth Duncan, Bruce Isaacs and Rebecca Lawrence entwine their research, recognising silenced voices within…
09 July 2020
Reflecting on the launch of the new edited volume, Sustaining Seas: Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care, edited by…
Reflecting on Niuean scholar Dr Jess Pasisi’s work in Episode 4 of Re-(E)mergence of Nature in Culture Multimedia Series, Genevieve…
06 July 2020
Dr Genevieve Campbell and Jacinta Tipungwuti reflect on the unique vocal sound of the Tiwi Strong Women’s group. Their songs…
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