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2023 Events
Public panels, seminars and more
2023 Events
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20/03/2023
The 2023 Iain McCalman Lecture
How can Australia successfully transition and adapt its interconnected social and technological systems as the climate crisis intensifies? Environmental law and governance expert, Dr Kate Owens, presents the 2023 Iain McCalman Lecture on how we can effectively harness climate governance to achieve deep coordination and sustained change.Explore -
04/04/2023
SEI employment pathways workshop: consulting and private sector
Hear from consultancy professionals championing environmental and sustainability values as they share their industry career pathways.Explore -
06/04/2023
Reimagining our future: communities confronting the realities of climate change
Many of us understand the gravity of the climate crisis and what needs to be done, so what’s standing in our way? What will it take for our future to be reimagined to enable all life to flourish? In this panel discussion, hear from researchers and communities from across Australia and India who are taking collective action to create real and sustainable futures.Explore -
18/04/2023
Just adaptation and the role of social capital
How can we adapt all sectors of society to respond to climate pressures? In the first event of SEI’s Climate Adaptation series, leading political scientist Daniel Aldrich delves into the meaning of climate adaptation and the role of social capital in building resilience.Explore -
16/05/2023
Standing in place: Thinking with plants, corals, macro algae and fungi, and other (mostly) sedentary beings
How are species adapting to increasing environmental change and how is this transforming concepts of mobility, belonging, and connection to place?Explore -
30/05/2023
Grounded Conversations: Farhana Sultana
SEI Director Professor David Schlosberg sits down with multidisciplinary scholar Professor Farhana Sultana to discuss a broad range of pressing climate topics from political ecology to nature-society relationships.Explore -
06/06/2023
Capitalism, colonialism and multispecies justice
How has capitalism and colonialism rendered multispecies injustice business as usual? A panel of experts unpack this issue and consider what alternative structures could support conditions for justice.Explore -
15/06/2023
Unearthing critical minerals: Can Australia mine its way out of the climate crisis?
A panel of experts and climate activists discuss Australia’s race to mine critical minerals for renewable technology and the consequences of an unregulated approach.Explore -
21/06/2023
Financing adaptation or adapting finance
A panel of financial experts discuss the rapidly transitioning landscape of climate finance to explore how a variety of public and private financial actors are responding to climate change risks and opportunities, and what role finance can play in adaptation solutions.Explore -
27/06/2023
Beyond Bios Symposium
This symposium asked: What happens when we think about worlds beyond the boundaries of dominant scientific frameworks, including biology? Alongside matter, what role do immaterial, sacred, ghostly, or non-secular beings play?Explore -
28/06/2023
Other-wise: Indigenous philosophies and practices of multispecies justice
Hear from Indigenous scholars and artists as they discuss the potential for multispecies justice to realign politics and practices to protect and let flourish the natural world.Explore -
24/07/2023
Climate change and paths to a sustainable future: Steven Chu
Professor Steven Chu, Nobel Prize laureate and former US Secretary of Energy during the Obama administration, discussed paths to a sustainable future at this in-person, public talk.Explore -
09/08/2023
Adapting our food systems
Industrial agriculture is a key contributor to the climate crisis, which threatens the resilience of our food systems. A panel of farmers and researchers explore farming practices that help restore our ecosystems.Explore -
10/08/2023
Media storytelling mini-series
Following the very well attended and interesting Environmental storytelling in diverse media workshop organised by the Sydney Environment Institute in 2022, Dr Diana Chester, Associate Professor Damien Ricketson chaired the Media Storytelling mini-series.Explore -
22/08/2023
Greening healthcare
Can we save lives and save the planet? Hear how the healthcare sector is changing to be more sustainable.Explore -
09/04/2023
Open Day 2023
Learn about the Sydney Environment Institute's world-leading multidisciplinary environmental research at Open Day.Explore -
19/09/2023
Contested environments: Biodiversity conservation or license to destroy?
Australia’s environment protection and conservation laws are meant to preserve nature while enabling urban development. But are these laws fit for purpose?Explore -
21/09/2023
Threads of life: Unravelling biodiversity's complexity across disciplines
How can we balance the need to halt biodiversity loss against human needs for shelter, fuel, and nutrition? Could a more multidisciplinary approach help?Explore -
21/09/2023
Critical Minerals Symposium
How is extractivism for critical minerals being governed? Can critical minerals extractivism for renewable energy to feed into a broader sustainable transformation? This Symposium seeks to identify common themes and sources of contention for how we transition to renewable energy dependent on extracting critical minerals.Explore -
28/09/2023
Achieving a coherent energy transition
This workshop of researchers, policymakers, and NGO and business representatives will explore ways to transition to renewable energy while enhancing community wellbeing.Explore -
10/04/2023
Preparing for the unpredictable: communities reducing disaster risk
How do Australian communities spontaneously mobilise during climate-driven disasters? Hear about new research on the actions taken by flood- and fire-impacted communities in NSW.Explore -
10/10/2023
Talanoa Forum: Moana Rising
Artists, curators, scholars, activists and policymakers highlight small island ecologies, climate justice, decolonial museology, and diasporic and Pacific alliances.Explore -
15/10/2023
Living on the Edge: River Country Community Day
Join us at the National Museum for a day of art, music, performance, storytelling, and conversations exploring Australia’s remarkable river places.Explore -
19/10/2023
Pathways to employment in academia
Hear from academics working on climate and environment issues as they share their pathways to a career in academia.Explore -
24/10/2023
Building power within and beyond the university: ideas and actions for climate researchers
Join us for a Grounded Conversations event featuring political theorist Alyssa Battistoni, a leading US scholar and voice in progressive climate debates, in a time of escalating and converging crises of capitalism.Explore -
31/10/2023
The power of multidisciplinary research in addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals
Researchers discuss the recent United Nations Global Sustainable Development Report and how multidisciplinary research can help achieve a sustainable world.Explore -
11/07/2023
Evironmental Justice Adaptation Workshop
This workshop will bring together key stakeholders working in government policy development and application at local, state, and national levels to consider to what degree environmental justice is currently present in principle or action in adaptation planning in NSW.Explore -
02/12/2023
For All Earthkind
A music led public engagement project to align with the UN Climate Summit.Explore