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Danielle Celermajer is a Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, where she also serves as Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute. She leads the groundbreaking Multispecies Justice project and is a member of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, Sydney Environment Institute, and Sydney Policy Lab.
Her research focuses on transforming justice concepts to address ecological realities and the ethical standing of all earth beings, particularly through her work on Multispecies Justice. She explores how justice must be reconceptualized to take seriously the flourishing of all earth beings, how to live Multispecies Justice through affective capacities and practices, and how to institutionalize Multispecies Justice across distributive, procedural, recognition, and transitional dimensions. Her work on Climate Imaginaries investigates how different worldviews shape human responses to climate change.
Celermajer's recent publications demonstrate a clear trajectory toward expanding justice frameworks beyond human interests, with her 2025-2021 works focusing on multispecies ethics, climate justice, and the philosophical underpinnings of ecological relations. Her writing spans academic monographs, creative non-fiction, memoir, and public opinion pieces.
- Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for non-fiction (for Summertime)
She currently supervises seven doctoral students working on diverse aspects of multispecies justice, including topics like re-animalization approaches, ant lifeways as resilience models, Indigenous rights, and the politics of love in multispecies contexts. Her research has been supported by numerous grants including 'Including the more-than-human in decision making,' 'Institutionalising Multispecies Justice,' and 'Developing systems and capacities to protect animals in catastrophic fires.'
Celermajer maintains active engagement with public discourse through regular appearances on ABC Radio programs (The Minefield, The Philosophers' Zone), contributions to The Guardian, The Conversation, and The Sydney Morning Herald, and participation in major cultural events including the Sydney Biennale, Sydney Festival, and various Writers' Festivals.
