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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…

Q&A

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,…

News

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…

News

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…

News

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…

Q&A

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…

Q&A

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…

Opinion

Food System Resilience in a Time of Change

15 October 2020

Master of Sustainability candidate Xavier Calluaud’s capstone project, the One Bite Podcast, explores Australia’s food systems, and in this time…

Opinion

World Food Day 2020: Orange Trees and Slow Solutions

15 October 2020

As we celebrate World Food Day this Friday 16 October, Jamie Loveday from FoodLab Sydney asks us to pause and…

Opinion

Water Scarcity: Is a Global Water Market the Solution?

14 October 2020

Davina Nair considers the market response to a global water crisis, and whether regulated and innovative international cooperation would be…

News

Introducing the Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellowship Lecture: ‘An Encrusting Ocean’

09 October 2020

Join us to celebrate the SEI career of Dr Killian Quigley, one that has delved into the depths of the…

Opinion

Sites of Violence: Music, Trauma and the Non-Verbal Voice

08 October 2020

Composer Damien Ricketson reflects on the medium and metaphor of voice for communicating through sound and through silence. Charlotte Wood’s…

Opinion

Objects of Science and Culture: Rethinking The Museum

07 October 2020

Ahead of her Critical Companions talk next week, Christine Hansen dives into the archival collections of colonial museums, questioning the past…