The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for interdisciplinary approaches to planetary health solutions. Without understanding the social context in diverse cultures, and without appropriate legal and policy frameworks, scientific insights cannot be applied to produce the necessary health, policy and governance outcomes.
The Flourish! Symposium and workshop series has been bringing together a diverse range of researchers, industry, community representatives and policymakers to address the challenges of simultaneously improving human and ecosystem health in an interconnected and changing world, and to propose boundary-spanning solutions and frameworks to ensure long-term wellbeing and resilience of people and the planet.
Supported by the Theo Murphy (Australia) Initiative (TMI), a group of early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) from Griffith University, the University of Queensland, QUT and the University of Sydney hosted a hybrid symposium event in Brisbane in early June to identify barriers and opportunities for advancing interdisciplinarity.
Participants from around Australia explored issues through the lenses of ecological, animal and health concerns, as well as policy and governance considerations. The symposium also featured the practical dimensions of interdisciplinary work through a poster session featuring 12 planetary health research projects.
Find out more about Flourish! and other TMI projects.
Calls for applications to the 2022–23 round of TMI funds will also open in July – keep your eye on the Academy website for details.
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