Check out our calendar of events and participate in our seminars, public lectures and more.

Colourful bins hang from a brick wall
6 Dec 2024 | 11am - 12pm
Light shines on a flower and leaves against a black background.
11 Dec 2024 | 12:30pm

If you’ve been involved with The Fenner School in 2024 as a student, academic, professional staff member or affiliate, and you’ve captured a moment you’d like to share with us that speaks to this year’s theme, send it in!

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A group of academics, students and staff gather for a photo.
11 Dec 2024 | 12:30 - 3pm

You're invited to the Fenner School of Environment & Society End of Year picnic.

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The Ba river winds through a valley in fiji
18 Dec 2024 | 1 - 2pm

Environmental monitoring of ecosystems within waterways and riparian corridors is challenging due to constraints on the spatio-temporal coverage that can be reached by extension workers and environmental regulators. Spatial prioritisation may support the planning for allocation of finite resources for monitoring, conservation and rehabilitation.

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Past events

A fire burns through bush
20 Nov 2024 | 1 - 2pm

This work-in-progress presentation explores how communities in the Eurobodalla Shire (NSW) are reconstructing their environmental imaginaries and political engagement in the wake of the 2019-20 Black Summer fires. 

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Dabiz sits in a wheelchair in front of a river
19 Nov 2024 | 12 - 1pm

Named after a very caring manga character in his community, the MIZURA project proposes to accelerate changes in society regarding disabled citizens, now better called functionally diverse, who are stereotypically perceived as burdens, by demonstrating that their functional diversity provides them with adaptive advantages to think, face, and solve scientific questions from which the whole society benefits by their inclusion.

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A child plays in a water fountain
14 Nov 2024 | 1 - 2pm

Europe is now a heatwave hotspot with broken temperature records leading to significant heat-related deaths in recent years. Projections indicate such summers may become common, highlighting the urgent need for improved heat-health warning systems. This study evaluates the effectiveness of temperature-related mortality forecasts for 2022 and 2023, finding them crucial for adapting to increasing temperatures and mitigating health impacts.

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Fenner Building
11 Nov 2024 | 9:01am - 13 Nov 2024 | 5:01pm

ANU Fenner School of Environment & Society research students from across our cohorts are presenting their work in three days of talks

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A hand pours red earth onto another hand
7 Nov 2024 | 1 - 2pm

This seminar delves into colonialism's profound impact on Indigenous communities' strategies for mitigating and adapting to climate change. Additionally, it explores the influence of Indigenous self-determination and resurgence on climate change, drawing insights from two distinct doctoral research studies.

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Two people sit at in an office at a table
30 Oct 2024 | 3 - 4pm

Ruth's research highlights the need for new ways to conceptualise interpersonal mistreatment that acknowledge the theoretical commonality and the experience of diverse behaviour co-occurrence.

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An illustrated array of foods from around the world hovering above a hand.
30 Oct 2024 | 12:30pm

Join us for our annual International Lunch!

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23 Oct 2024 | 1 - 2pm

Fenner Flash Talks: Unpacking Research in a Nutshell!

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16 Oct 2024 | 1 - 2pm

Fenner Flash Talks: Unpacking Research in a Nutshell!

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