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2024 events
Public panels, seminars, and more
2024 Events
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Listening to earth
Created by sound artist Diana Chester, composer Damien Ricketson and artist Fausto Brusamolino, Listening to Earth explores the vibrational interplay between the sea and the land. Recordings of NSW coastal environments captured with microphones, hydrophones, geophones as well as custom-built listening instruments have been recomposed and configured for a specially designed listening room.Explore -
The 2024 Iain McCalman Lecture
As climate change intensifies and resource extraction erodes complex ecosystems, many people are experiencing profound grief over the loss of species, landscapes and their cultural connections. Environmental anthropologist, Dr Sophie Chao, presents the 2024 Iain McCalman Lecture exploring the Indigenous Marind People’s practice of ‘multispecies mourning’ in West Papua. Join us in exploring how commemorating lives lost and forging multispecies solidarities can be an act of resistance to the ongoing ecological upheaval.Explore -
Shark collaborative research workshop
If your research involves sharks, you are invited to attend a shark collaborative research workshop, led by Dr Chris Pepin-Neff.Explore -
Environmental justices: developing multidisciplinary research meet and greet
This “meet and greet” session aims to foster multidisciplinary understanding and collaboration among researchers working on environmental, climate and multi species justice at the University of Sydney.Explore -
We can’t save the climate by destroying nature
Hear from leading voices as they explore the intersection of the climate and biodiversity crises and share how we can achieve a unified approach to planetary challenges.Explore -
The radical work of mourning: the power of grief in a time of extinction
Learn how taking time to dwell on loss can cultivate a richer sense of our planet and our place on it.Explore -
Oceanic narratives: interweaving past, present and future
Explore the history, science, and beauty of the natural world with Australian author James Bradley.Explore -
Biodiversity, conservation, and culture: meet and greet
Please join the Sydney Environment Institute for a meet and greet among biodiversity researchers.Explore -
Measuring Energy Insecurity workshop
The workshop aims to convene stakeholders from academia, government, and community sectors to explore more effective methods of measuring energy accessibility and insecurity, fostering discussions to enhance policymaking and support for underserved populations in energy transition efforts.Explore -
Re-imagining the laws of nature
In this seminar, Dr Michelle Lim, Sydney Law School's George Flannery Fellow, argues that rewriting legal systems to include more-than-human perspectives and employing creative writing in legal scholarship can help address global biodiversity loss, reimagine law, and foster hopeful, normalised human-nature relationships.Explore -
University of Sydney Climate Research Forum
The Climate Research Forum is an opportunity to bring together researchers working on climate change research at the University of Sydney for a day of inspiring conversations, network building and shaping the University’s climate narrative.Explore -
More Than a Fish Kill
Join us for a special screening of More than a Fish Kill, a documentary exploring how artists, fishery managers, and First Nations custodians processed the 2019 and 2023 fish death events along the Darling River.Explore -
Biodiversity, conservation, and culture: developing Multidisciplinary Research workshop
In response to the ongoing enthusiasm for collaboration, SEI are hosting the Biodiversity, conservation, and culture: developing Multidisciplinary Research workshop.Explore -
Natural solutions: seawalls are not the only climate buffer
Explore the critical role of nature-based solutions in protecting communities from climate-driven disasters, with experts from Australia, the Philippines, and Fiji sharing insights on integrating justice and biodiversity into climate adaptation.Explore -
Roundtable on democratic experimentation and sustainability transformations
This roundtable session explores the role of democratic experimentation in driving sustainability transformations, comparing insights from diverse case studies across regions.Explore -
Socio-ecological transitions from indigenous contexts: Mobile resurgences of Mapuche communities in Wallmapu, Chile
Join us for a hybrid seminar featuring Associate Professor Gonzalo Salazar Preece, currently a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University. Gonzalo's seminar will be followed by a Q&A.Explore -
Will putting a price on nature protect it?
Join us as leading voices from business, conservation and academia explore if valuing nature economically can lead to responsible environmental stewardship or if it undermines its innate value.Explore -
The polycrisis in the critical minerals supply chain
Speakers from SEI will be featured in this plenary session exploring the complex implications of mining critical minerals for the global energy transition. As demand for minerals like lithium, cobalt, and nickel grows, so do the ecological, social, and political challenges tied to their extraction.Explore -
Ethics or exploitation: unpacking sustainable capitalism
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Multispecies Justice and Urban Transitions workshop
SEI are hosting a multidisciplinary workshop on Multispecies Justice and Urban Transitions with visiting scholar Professor Christopher Raymond from the University of Helsinki.Explore -
Meeting the moment: lessons from the 'once in a lifetime' investment of the Biden Administration in Environmental Justice
Renowned scholar Kyle Whyte will share his experiences serving the Biden administration, environmental justice organisations, and Tribal nations.Explore -
Climate justice: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development's insights on loss and damage
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Lunchtime seminar series
We are excited to announce we will be hosting SEI's lunchtime seminars again in 2024.Explore