David Schlosbergis Professor of Environmental Politics and Director of the Sydney Environment Institute. His work focuses on environmental, ecological, and climate justice; environment and everyday life; and climate adaptation planning and policy. Professor Schlosberg has worked extensively with local and state governments on just adaptation and resilience planning, the social impacts of climate change, and community-based food systems and policy.At SEI, he is one of the Research Leads onCreating Just Food and Energy Policy,Self organising systems to minimise future disaster risk,Concepts and practices of multispecies justice, andGrounded Imaginaries.
Professor Schlosberg’s authored and co-authored works include,,,and. He is co-editor of bothԻ. Articles on environmental and climate justice, multispecies justice, just adaptation, and contemporary environmental movements are among the top-cited in multiple journals, includingEnvironmental Politics, Global Environmental Politics, WIREs Climate Change, Ethics and International Affairs,andContemporary Political Theory. Professor Schlosberg has been a visiting scholar at the London School of Economics, Australian National University, Princeton University, University of Washington, UC Santa Cruz, and University of Manchester, among others.
Danielle Celermajeris a Professor of Sociology and Criminology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, and Deputy Director – Academic at the Sydney Environment Institute.
She is the Director of the Multispecies Justice Project and the Research Lead onConcepts and Practices of Multispecies Justice.
Professor Celermajer lived through the 2019-20 NSW bushfires and wrote of her experience of the “killing of everything”, which she calls “omnicide”. She has been widely published on the topic, including her book.
Carolyn Hoggis a Professor of Biodiversity & Conservation in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Deput Director Engagement at the Sydney Environment Institute. Professor Hogg has been working on the conservation of threatened species for over thirty years both in Australia and overseas.
Emma Bones, General Manager of the Sydney Environment Institute, brings expertise in operations, strategy, and finance from consulting and the not-for-profit sector. A Chartered Accountant and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, she has led high impact charities and serves on the boards of Groundswell Giving and the Local and Independent 帣Ƭ Association.
Kirsten Jackson, Program Manager at the Sydney Environment Institute, has extensive experience in digital health and collaborative research. She previously held senior roles at the Sax Institute and Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre and worked as a researcher at the Charles Perkins Centre. Kirsten specializes in managing complex programs, fostering research-community collaborations, and driving innovation for real-world impact.
Hannah Regan, Project Officer at the Sydney Environment Institute, manages the Transformative Governance and Environmental Justice themes and leads external engagement. With expertise in environmental communication, sustainability, and project management, she excels in stakeholder engagement and program development. A University of Newcastle graduate, Hannah is passionate about conservation, cross-sector collaboration, and driving large-scale change.
Thanh Whittam manages finances and supports events and travel at the Sydney Environment Institute. Thanh is passionate about biodiversity, climate change impacts on native wildlife, and creating a sustainable future for children.
Suhasini Gunatillaka supports SEI’s public talks and workshops, manages office operations, and coordinates the member program. A University of Sydney graduate with qualifications in counselling, she has a background in social services, including community housing and employment services. Suhasini is passionate about fostering emotional resilience and relational capacity in climate action and change-making spaces through group facilitation.
Eugenia Tanaka, Senior Project Officer at the Sydney Environment Institute, manages the Climate Disaster and Adaptation theme. She holds an MPhil in Sociology from the University of Cambridge and brings extensive experience in research, project management, stakeholder engagement, and communications across Australia and internationally. She is passionate about animals and conservation and is a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
