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From community responses to the devastating NSW floods to the new technologies driving our energy transition, engage with current events and our latest research through our public talks and seminars, available on demand.
2024 Events
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13/02/2024
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 -
03/11/2024
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 -
25/03/2024
Biodiversity, Conservation, and Culture meet and greet
“Biodiversity, Conservation, and Culture” is one of the core research themes of the Sydney Environment Institute. Please join the Sydney Environment Institute for a meet and greet among biodiversity researchers.Explore -
04/08/2024
Oceanic narratives: interweaving past, present and future
James Bradley’s latest book, Deep Water, joins new scholarship that reckons with humanity’s complex relationship to the natural world. Through the lens and narratives of the ocean, it offers vital new ways of understanding and being in the world, and how we anticipate our climate future.Explore -
11/04/2024
The radical work of mourning: the power of grief in a time of extinction
This event explored the surprising and moving possibilities for radical care, hope, and action in an unlikely place: the work of mourning. Our panel will discussed the activities of some of the many scholars, artists, and activists embracing mourning as a form of transformative ethical and political work in the extinction crisis.Explore -
17/05/2024
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 -
21/05/2024
Collaborative Grant Impact Forum
We would like to invite you to join us for SEI’s Collaborative Grant Impact Forum.Explore -
31/05/2024
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 -
20/06/2024
Centring nature in the transformation of urban spaces
In partnership with Henry Halloran Trust, an expert panel discussed how concepts of multispecies justice can inform planning for nature-based solutions, striving to rebalance the relationship between human development and the environment.Explore -
21/06/2024
Multispecies Justice and Urban Transitions workshop
SEI hosted a multidisciplinary workshop on Multispecies Justice and Urban Transitions with visiting scholar Professor Christopher Raymond from the University of Helsinki.Explore