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

Exploring Urban Sustainable Waste Management Experiments in China

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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

24 Nov 2023 | 12pm

Join Emeritus Professor Stephen Boyden as we welcome his 2023 release, 'A Biorenaissance: The Human Place in Nature, Past, Present and Future’. Prof. Boyden will discuss the essence of what he has learned and what he feels is important from his more than a half century's work in human ecology and biohistory

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21 Nov 2023 | 5:30pm

The 2023 Jack Westoby Lecture will this year feature two ecologists, Dr. Claudia Romero and Prof. F.E. 'Jack' Putz, from the Tropical Forests and People Programme in the Forest Research Institute at the University of the Sunshine Coast

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14 Nov 2023 | 12am - 15 Nov 2023 | 12am

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

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8 Nov 2023 | 1pm

Join us as our own distinguished Prof. Xuemai Bai and Dr. Steve Lade discuss Earth safe system boundaries for climate, the biosphere, water and nutrient cycles, and aerosols at global and subglobal scales. Learn how cities can be transformative agents for a climate-safe future.

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27 Oct 2023 | 12:30pm

The Fenner International Lunch is back! Join us to celebrate the diversity of foods and cultures that you can find at Fenner, and get ready for some extreme yumminess!

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18 Oct 2023 | 2pm

What is the role of Zero emission vehicles (ZEV) in addressing climate change? What are the behavioural and policy related aspects that must be considered as we transition to ZEVs? Join us as researchers from UC Davis explore pathways to ZEV adoption and carbon neutrality from lessons learned in California.

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18 Oct 2023 | 10am - 12pm

This workshop offers structural techniques to create a clear narrative and argument for the thesis.

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9 Oct 2023 | 1pm

MPhil student, Jenna Ridley, will present her research on how the Black Summer affected the southern greater glider, and what the future holds for this endangered species.

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4 Oct 2023 | 1pm

Visiting researcher, Luis Miguel Renjifo, gives us an insight into the challenges and joy of leading Colombia's bird conservation strategies.

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