Help us to make a difference by supporting our research and education programs that are addressing the critical environment issues facing us today.
Together, we can tackle some of the greatest environmental challenges facing humanity. Your donation can help us achieve a just and sustainable environmental transformation, help us design just energy transitions with community benefits, understand the relationships between diverse cultures and environments, or assist communities in long-term adaptation planning.
+ 8% Threatened species in Australia rose to 1,918 in 2021, up from 1,774 in 2016 — indicating worsening biodiversity loss.
34 Climate-related disasters were declared across Australia in 2023, with 128 local government areas impacted.
197,489 Biodiversity detections across 744 species were recorded in one pilot project, highlighting how crucial detailed ecological data is for effective conservation solutions.
Your support enables us to harness the power of multidisciplinary environmental research to tackle and transform the greatest environmental and sustainability challenges we face.
Director of the Sydney Environment Institute
The Sydney Environment Institute leverages academic expertise and partners with community, industry and government to affect real world change. Our unique approach of bringing the social sciences into conversation with other disciplines to solve grand challenges has had significant impact towards a just and resilient future.
Read examples of our broad-ranging research impact from communities responding in climate disasters to our work tackling the biodiversity crisis.
Early career researchers are fully qualified researchers, who are just beginning to forge their research careers. They bring with them vitally important new ideas to long-standing problems and a strong passion to get their research off the ground.
Scholarships provide monetary support to students and can be tailored according to your wishes. If you have an idea for a scholarship in mind, the best way to see if we can help bring it about is to contact us.
Lauren Swift
Email:
lauren.swift@sydney.edu.au
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Donations: lauren.swift@sydney.edu.au
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