We need to talk about Australia’s ‘UnNatural’ disasters
Viewing human-induced climate disasters such as the recent Australian floods as ‘UnNatural’ is necessary to demand greater government accountability, writes…
The Role of Environmental Human Rights in the Warragamba Dam Wall Raising Proposal
How does access to information around environmental decision-making impact communities? We hear from 2022 Honours Fellow Olivia Mulligan about her…
Opinion
11 January 2021
Environmentalist and artist Ann Jyothis Raj and sound studies scholar and artist Dr. Diana Chester reflect on the challenges to their…
16 December 2020
Rebecca Lawrence and Dave Sweeney report on growing concerns over the potential failures of the rehabilitation plan for the Ranger…
News
15 December 2020
SEI is thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Danielle Celermajer as our new Deputy Director – Academic, to start…
14 December 2020
We are thrilled to announce that a team of SEI researchers, headed up by Professor Danielle Celermajer, have been awarded…
Reflection
11 December 2020
PhD candidate Gemma Viney reflects on the recent SEI panel on NSW’s Social Impact Assessment Guideline, highlighting three key takeaways…
10 December 2020
Congratulations to SEI researcher Katherine Owens for being awarded a Brown Equity Prize for her research on the role of…
08 December 2020
In the second part of our Interweaving Voices series, musicologist Genevieve Campbell reflects on the discovery of a recording that…
Q&A
02 December 2020
SEI editor Liberty Lawson sits down with the 2021 Iain McCalman Lecture keynote speaker Dr Dalia Nassar to talk about…
27 November 2020
Architect and researcher Hugo Chan asks how do you begin to remould an industry whose entire structure has become so…
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…
19 November 2020
SEI researcher Hannah Della Bosca introduces our RMIT partners on the new ARC-funded Environmental Justice research project. In October 2020,…
18 November 2020
One of the key challenges of academic work lies in merging the theoretical with the practical, in order to engage…
17 November 2020
The Sydney Environment Institute is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to join our Multispecies Justice research collective. The Sydney…
13 November 2020
The NSW Government has recently updated its guidelines for major developments like the Narrabri Gas Project. Ahead of the online…
10 November 2020
In the first part of our Interweaving Voices series, musicologist Genevieve Campbell reflects on a trip to Canberra to unearth…
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,…
06 November 2020
Members of the University of Sydney Philosophy Society reflect on the recent event, Philosophy on the Ground: Changing Values in…
05 November 2020
Ahead of his presentation, An Encrusting Ocean: Fouling and Other Forms of Life for the inaugural Postdoctoral Fellowship Lecture, Killian…
03 November 2020
Iris Bergmann asks whether the thoroughbred industry is equipped to transition to a more just and humane model, and what…
02 November 2020
The Sydney Environment Institute invites applications for our 2021 Honours Research Fellowship Program from University of Sydney students interested in…
30 October 2020
The Institute’s Gemma Viney sits down with SEI Researcher, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney Law School, Dr…
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…
26 October 2020
FoodLab Sydney’s Eva Perroni explores the idea of storytelling as something absolutely central to our food practices, bringing us together…
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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