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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.
2025 Events
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02/12/2025
Climate justice and loss and damage in the Pacific conference
Explore the urgent challenges of climate justice and loss and damage in the Pacific at a pivotal conference co-hosted by the Sydney Environment Institute and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, Professor Surya Deva. This event highlights the challenges for climate-vulnerable communities and Small Island Developing States and reflects critically on the COP 29 outcomes, especially in the area of loss and damage.Explore -
06/03/2025
The 2025 Iain McCalman Lecture
The 2025 Iain McCalman Lecture will be delivered by Dr Mitch Gibbs as he reflects on his journey as an Indigenous researcher, exploring how collaboration with First Nations communities can transform environmental research. How can trust, collaboration, and co-designed strategies transform our relationship with the environment, fostering genuine Caring for Country in practice?Explore -
10/03/2025
How nature can strengthen Greater Sydney's flood resilience
Discover how nature-based solutions can be integrated into urban and coastal planning to build resilience and improve ecological health whilst balancing competing demands for land use. Learn from successful projects, understand the challenges, and explore practical strategies to implement these solutions at scale.Explore -
13/03/2025
Regional energy transitions in Australia: From impossible to possible
This event will explore the experience of the transition in five of Australia’s key coal regions, as captured in the recently released book: Regional Energy Transitions: From impossible to possible.Explore -
28/04/2025
Climate justice in the midst of climate turbulence
Join leading voices as they discuss Australia’s urgent climate, housing and energy challenges, exploring solutions through inclusive decision-making, First Nations leadership, and innovative design to drive sustainable, equitable change for all.Explore -
30/04/2025
Launch Event: A Curious Trail of Animal Tales
Join us for the launch of this ‘animal trail’ by exploring interactive stories about some of the many animals we share this planet with.Explore -
20/05/2025
Critical minerals: The global race for resources
Why are nations around the world racing to secure critical minerals? What’s at stake, and what does it mean for you? In this conversation, our expert panel broke down what you need to know about critical minerals – their role in the net zero transition, the geopolitical issues, and the environmental and community impacts.Explore -
02/06/2025
Storytelling for lost and threatened places
As planetary-scale environmental transformations unfold in diverse and uneven ways, storytelling offers both opportunities and challenges for making sense of these changes. How do stories define, value, and contest places under threat? How might they resist loss, or alternatively, contribute to the creation of “sacrifice zones” and “shadow places”?Explore -
18/06/2025
Reimagining democracy: how diverse knowledges are creating more-than-human justice
What would our world look like if we included nature and other animals in our political and social decision-making? This event brought together leading environmental figures to explore models of more-than-human governance, drawing from Indigenous knowledges, creative and legal practices, and innovative research.Explore -
10/07/2025
Sustainability research forum
Co-hosted by the Sydney Environment Institute, the Discipline of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the Business School, the forum brought together researchers from across the University to build connections and envision new areas for collaboration.Explore -
16/06/2025
Multispecies Justice Symposium 2025
The 2025 Multispecies Justice Symposium brought global voices together to explore how Earth others can be included in ethical, political, and institutional decision making through dialogue and collaboration.Explore -
21/08/2025
What ‘nature positive’ means in practice
‘Nature positive’ is everywhere but what does it really mean? We heard expert insights on its use in policy, conservation, and finance, and who stands to benefit.Explore -
02/09/2025
Critical Minerals Network Inaugural Lunch
The Critical Minerals Network Inaugural Lunch provided an opportunity for researchers to connect, share ideas, and explore collaboration on the challenges and opportunities related to critical minerals.Explore -
18/09/2025
Exploring Environmental Justice
Join the Environmental Justices theme workshop to share, reflect, and connect. Whether your work explicitly engages with environmental justice or aligns with its principles, explore opportunities for collaboration and dialogue.Explore -
10/01/2025
Rethinking growth: post-growth, de-growth, donuts and well-being
We unpacked the growth paradigm and heard from thinkers reimagining economies built around well-being, climate justice, and living within planetary boundaries.Explore -
16/10/2025
Critical Minerals Network Lunch: Policy Engagement
The Critical Minerals Network hosted an interactive lunch with guest speaker Lee White, where attendees explored how to engage effectively with policymakers, shared insights with colleagues, and discussed the future of critical minerals.Explore -
11/10/2025
Conversations on Energy Justice
A two-day academic workshop exploring energy justice and poverty, with presentations, structured dialogue, and a community tour. Hosted at the University of Sydney, 10–11 November.Explore -
11/11/2025
Psychoanalysis Beyond the Human
This symposium took place on Tuesday 11 November and brought together clinicians and academics alike who shared an interest in mining the critical purchase of psychoanalytic theory to think in renewed ways about human identity, the figure of the animal, and the nonhuman world writ large.Explore -
20/11/2025
Critical Minerals Network Roundtable: Geopolitics Webinar
An online roundtable was held with Professor Susan Park, Professor Justin Hastings, Hayley Channer (USSC), and Vlado Vivoda (Sustainable Minerals Institute) to explore issues and opportunities in the critical minerals sector.Explore