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
18 June 2020
Danielle Celemajer, Megan Mackenzie and Damien Ricketson interweave their thoughts on research and the role of the artist in creating…
16 June 2020
How can we excuse mining giant Rio Tinto’s unconscionable destruction of a 46,000 year old Pilbara Aboriginal Heritage site on…
15 June 2020
Recognising the complex interconnections between environmental, human and non-human health, Irus Braverman explores One Health, an integrative, multidisciplinary approach to understanding…
10 June 2020
FoodLab Sydney doctoral student Eva Perroni finds businesses, individuals and community organisations rising to meet compounding environmental, public health and…
Exploring oyster farming, dugong hunting and Indigenous sustainability, June Rubis reflects on Mitchell Gibbs’ conversation with Dr Christine Winter in…
Q&A
09 June 2020
SEI editor Liberty Lawson speaks with epidemiologist Dr Geoff Morgan about his research on the impacts of smoke exposure from…
04 June 2020
From droughts in the Fertile Crescent to the Arab Spring, Michael Lotsaris tracks political turbulence in response to environmental crises as…
02 June 2020
SEI editor Liberty Lawson sits down with the Institute’s new Honorary Affiliate, Australian author and critic James Bradley, to talk…
28 May 2020
Illuminating landscapes of violence in plain sight, theatre director Michelle St Anne traces the threads of home, solastagia and the sunlit…
27 May 2020
Dr Christine Winter reflects on themes of representation and justice in Marind philosophy, as presented by anthropologist Dr Sophie Chao…
26 May 2020
Following on from last week’s World Health Assembly, Charlotte Owens considers the role of politically convenient science in comparing the…
15 May 2020
As the ash has settled and a nation bunkers down, Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter reflects on the shift…
13 May 2020
Multimedia artist and interdisciplinary scholar Diana Chester takes us through her background working with sonic landscapes around the world, from…
News
12 May 2020
Lead by Dr Christine Winter, this series of podcasts and articles brings together leading Indigenous scholars across a range of…
04 May 2020
PhD researcher Babet de Groot reports on the increasing demand for personal protective equipment in Australia and why incorrect waste…
30 April 2020
Ainsley Elbra reports on the increasing use of legal and financial loopholes by mining firms and the dark side of…
27 April 2020
Sustainability Strategy Project Lead, Lisa Heinze, reflects on the dramatic changes in university life over the past weeks and how…
22 April 2020
The University of Sydney has placed first in Australia and second globally in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which…
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…
20 April 2020
As lockdowns and a desperately uncertain future keep us oscillating between the poles of urgency and stasis, Killian Quigley considers…
Reflection
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…
In the second instalment of this two-part essay, Genevieve Wright reflects on last month’s event Climate Change, Business and Finance,…
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…
08 April 2020
Director David Schlosberg on the importance of the Institute’s work and the fight for justice in a time of unprecedented…
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