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

Josh sits on a grassy alpine slope, facing away from the camera and looking out over a mountainous landscape with patches of snow and cloud-covered skies. They wear a wide-brimmed dark hat, a checkered long-sleeve shirt, and light-coloured pants. In the foreground, native alpine plants with tall white flower stalks are visible, adding texture to the natural scene
10 Jul 2025 | 10 - 11am

Alpine pollinators are uniquely adapted to cold, dynamic environments, but face growing threats from climate change. This talk explores how temperature across climates, weather, and microclimates shapes pollinator activity in Australia's mountains, and what this means for their survival.

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A serene rural dam with still, dark water reflecting a blue sky and scattered white clouds. The bank in the foreground is edged with dry grasses and reeds, and contains a plastic crate holding a yellow portable pump hooked up by hoses to a floating sampling device resting on the water. On the opposite shore, gently sloping pasture is dotted with eucalyptus and other native trees under a partly cloudy sky
22 Aug 2025 | 12 - 1pm

Teal carbon ecosystems are freshwater wetlands, like lakes, ponds, farm dams and reservoirs. Equivalent to blue carbon (coastal wetlands), they can regulate greenhouse gases and mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Past events

A black and white photo of a flock of sheep walking along a dirt path in a rural landscape.
23 Feb 2023 | 2 - 3pm

Australia is the second largest sheep producing country globally and lamb and mutton production is the second largest meat industry within Australia. Yet Australians eat very little mutton or offal. Kate Wingett investigates.

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An invitation poster featuring an adorable black possum on a tree branch, promoting the 2023 Fenner School welcome lunch with event details and registration information.
23 Feb 2023 | 12 - 2pm

The Fenner School is back for another year of wall-to-wall Environment and Society, and you’re invited to eat a classic Fenner spread.

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Aerial view of diverse crop fields with curving and straight patterns in early morning light.
15 Feb 2023 | 11:30am - 12:30pm

Join Dr Suraj Upadhaya as he explores how he has come to understand farmers’ individual social and economic motivations and their farms’ biophysical and economic characteristics influence their behaviors, in order to promote adoption of conservation practices.

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A dramatic nighttime scene on a coast with multiple lightning bolts striking near the water and dark, stormy clouds overhead.
9 Feb 2023 | 10 - 11:30am

Join three guests from the Fire Neural Network - a neural network based approach to detecting wildfires in real time - as they speak to the challenges and solutions to sourcing lighting ignitions.

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A blue and white kingfisher bird perched on a branch with a blurred green background.
9 Dec 2022 | 12:30pm

Fenner School of Environment & Society Christmas party! We'll have food & drinks, games and music - and of course the annual Fenner School photo competition!

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Two men examine equipment at a rural outdoor site with sparse vegetation and a water tank in the background.
7 Dec 2022 | 11am

This presentation will briefly present the history of the FAIMS Project, the current and planned feature set, and our approach to sustainability through a commercial open-source software business model.

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An echidna walking across a dirt path, with its long snout and spiky back clearly visible.
4 Dec 2022 | 11pm

The 2022 Fenner School Photography Competition is open for submissions!

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A panoramic view of a lush green pasture with grazing cattle, hills in the background, and a clear blue sky.
30 Nov 2022 | 1pm

The Affiliates Seminars are an occasional series of events intended to showcase the diversity of research interests and activities of the Fenner School’s many visiting researchers, honorary staff and emeriti.

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A worker in a woodworking factory handles lumber next to large industrial machinery.
17 Nov 2022 | 1pm

This seminar presents results from case studies at two factories, to seek understand the current roles of women in wood processing and how they compare to men in terms of their access to employment, compensation, and developmental opportunities in Laos.

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