The Sydney Environment Institute brings together expertise from across disciplines to address key environmental issues.
Sydney Environment Institute
SEI's 2025 Annual Report reflects on the exceptional work of our members. Through enduring partnerships with communities, governments, and industry, SEI's work demonstrates how multidisciplinary research can advance the common good. 🔗 2025 Annual Report: www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-envir...
What becomes possible when we learn to tell different stories about the world and our place within it? Join us in celebrating Professor Thom van Dooren - a pioneer of “field philosophy” and recipient of the BBVA Foundation’s prestigious Biophilia Award: www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-envir...
Followed by response from Beck Dawson, resilience expert. Beck has championed the use of robust community and technical research in her roles at the NSW Reconstruction Authority, Resilient Sydney, Resilient Cities Network Cities, and the Greater Sydney Heat Taskforce.
SEI Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Lian Sinclair spoke to ABC PM Radio about how #Greenland's #rare #earth deposits are not unique, and aggression towards Greenland serves no benefit for #renewable #energy production.
Listen now: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
When competition for land is tight, how might informal green spaces support urban #ecologies? As Catherine Gunawan writes, with careful management these overlooked spaces could unlock new opportunities to support urban biodiversity in cities like Sydney: www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-envir...
2026 Iain McCalman lecture: Dr. Rebecca McNaught will share stories of grassroots collaboration, creativity, and hope from the Northern Rivers - region at the epicentre of compounding disasters [2 March 2026, 6-8PM] 👉 Register: www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-envir...
Dr Rebecca McNaught has delivered the prestigious Iain McCalman Lecture. Drawing on years of embedded research in the Northern Rivers of NSW, Dr McNaught challenges how Australia thinks about #disasters, #resilience and #recovery.
🔗 Now available, podcast or essay: www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-envir...
Critical #minerals are vital for the #energy #transition, but supply chains remain vulnerable. Experts at SEI’s roundtable explored #geopolitics, #sustainability and #Australia’s role. Listen to the #podcast for more insights.
🌊 Ocean systems underpin national prosperity, resilience, and cultural identity. As a new report from Ocean Decade Australia reveals, the "blue economy" is rapidly emerging as a strategic consideration in Australian boardrooms: www.oceandecadeaustralia.org/news-item/22...
