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Sites of Violence: Threads of Home and Compositional Thinking

28 May 2020

Illuminating landscapes of violence in plain sight, theatre director Michelle St Anne traces the threads of home, solastagia and the sunlit…

Opinion

Nature in Culture: Being and Beings Beyond the Human

27 May 2020

Dr Christine Winter reflects on themes of representation and justice in Marind philosophy, as presented by anthropologist Dr Sophie Chao…

Opinion

Corona and Climate: Governing Global Health Versus Climate Health

26 May 2020

Following on from last week’s World Health Assembly, Charlotte Owens considers the role of politically convenient science in comparing the…

Opinion

Corona and Climate: The Pandemic Has Changed Everything and Nothing

15 May 2020

As the ash has settled and a nation bunkers down, Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter reflects on the shift…

Opinion

A World of Vibrations: Storytelling Through Composition and Soundscape

13 May 2020

Multimedia artist and interdisciplinary scholar Diana Chester takes us through her background working with sonic landscapes around the world, from…

News

The Re-(E)mergence of Nature in Culture Multimedia Series

12 May 2020

Lead by Dr Christine Winter, this series of podcasts and articles brings together leading Indigenous scholars across a range of…

Opinion

Taking out the Trash in a Pandemic

04 May 2020

PhD researcher Babet de Groot reports on the increasing demand for personal protective equipment in Australia and why incorrect waste…

Opinion

A Typology of Avoidance: The Race to Renewable Energy

30 April 2020

Ainsley Elbra reports on the increasing use of legal and financial loopholes by mining firms and the dark side of…

Opinion

Sustaining Sustainability in the Wake of Disruption

27 April 2020

Sustainability Strategy Project Lead, Lisa Heinze, reflects on the dramatic changes in university life over the past weeks and how…

News

SEI’s Research Contributes to the University of Sydney’s #2 THE Global Ranking

22 April 2020

The University of Sydney has placed first in Australia and second globally in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which…

Opinion

Corona and Climate: COVID-19 Kills, but Inequality Does Too

22 April 2020

Rebecca Lawrence and Alison Ziller compare the laissez faire COVID-19 management of the Swedish Government with Australia’s approach to explain why decades of…

Opinion

Corona and Climate: Virus Time

20 April 2020

As lockdowns and a desperately uncertain future keep us oscillating between the poles of urgency and stasis, Killian Quigley considers…

Reflection

Business as Usual in an Unusual World: Understanding Climate Data and Risk

15 April 2020

In the first half of this two-part essay, Genevieve Wright reflects on last month’s Climate Change, Business and Finance event, where…

Reflection

Business as Usual in an Unusual World: Planning For The Future

15 April 2020

In the second instalment of this two-part essay, Genevieve Wright reflects on last month’s event Climate Change, Business and Finance,…

News

Confronting Crises: Corona and Climate Series

09 April 2020

We’re curating a new series of opinion pieces from the Institute’s community that explores the intersections between ecological and epidemiological…

News

Coming Together To Address (Another) Global Crisis

08 April 2020

Director David Schlosberg on the importance of the Institute’s work and the fight for justice in a time of unprecedented…

Opinion

Grieving With Plants, Dancing in the Leaves

06 April 2020

Working with plants for the entirety of her career, Rosanne Quinnell from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences reflects…

News

Launching Our New Longform Series With Dr Dinesh Wadiwel

03 April 2020

We are delighted to bring you the first article in our new Longform Series, an opportunity for our readers and…

Opinion

Cooling Bodies, Cooling Communities: Building Holistic Resilience to Heat Stress

27 March 2020

“Heat is such a difficult threat to grapple with because it engages with and exacerbates multiple forms of pre-existing vulnerability…

Opinion

Food as a Tool for Change in Troubled Times

23 March 2020

We sit down with the FoodLab Sydney community to talk about connection, collaboration and how “the simple act of eating…

Opinion

Re-Inventing the Social: Eco-Design, Care and Climate Justice

20 March 2020

At our SEI Amplified event last week on Reducing the Impact of Heatwaves, Associate Professor Tess Lea explored the intersections between…

Q&A

Q&A With 2020 Honours Fellow Zoe Stojanovic-Hil

18 March 2020

Welcome to Zoe Stojanovic-Hill, who is joining the Institute from the Department of Government and International Relations. What are you…

News

Sydney Environment Institute Suspends Events Until Further Notice

13 March 2020

In view of the latest developments concerning the spread of COVID-19, Sydney Environment Institute has decided to suspended all events…

Opinion

Who Is the Law For? Drinking Water Governance and Climate Justice in Northern Australia

12 March 2020

Many remote Australian communities regularly experience water contamination and supply failures, shortfalls which are often excused with localised factors like…