MEDIA & TALKS

Bennett, J., radio interview with Phil O’Neil, 2GB, 15 December 2025.

Bennett, J., Broom, A., and Raubenheimer D., Parents find Health Star Ratings confusing and unhelpful. We need a better food labelling system, The Conversation, 10 December 2025.

“The Social Life of Food and Nourishment”, Parramatta Lanes, Sydney Ideas, 22 October 2025:

“The Value of Social Sciences in Food Systems Research”, Charles Perkins Centre, The Integrative Nutrition Seminar Series, 10 September 2025:

Bennett, J. Not all GDP growth is good, The Saturday Paper, Online and Print, No. 485, p. 28, 3 February 2024.

Bennett, J. The Finger and the Moon: measuring research impact by nesting abstractions in contexts, The Policymaker, James Martin Institute, Online, 7 February 2024.

Ong, J., and Bennett, J., Could the legalisation of psychedelics be a step toward “creative dying”? ABC Religion and Ethics, 10 July 2023.

Bennett, J., “Learning from Covid-19: A call for collective reflection” Pearls and Irritations: John Menadue’s Public Policy Journal,4 July 2022.

Bennett, J., “Climate crisis solutions need to address the web of causes” Pearls and Irritations: John Menadue’s Public Policy Journal,31 March 2021.

Bennett, J., “The Covid-19 catalyst? From industrial to ecological civilization” Pearls and Irritations: John Menadue’s Public Policy Journal,3 April 2020.

Bennett, J., “Young activists meet for the first time” radio interview with Aaryan Shah, 2SER, 5 March 2020.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Bennett, J. “Economics in Context: Prospects for an Alternative Curricula”, Teaching Political Economy Symposium, 8 December 2025.

Bennett, J., and Harper, I., CPC Food Governance Node, 18 June, 2025.

Bennett, J., “The Static-in-Process Key: Unlocking an Integrative Transformation”, Claremont School of Theology in Westwood, Los Angeles, June 5-7, 2025.

Bennett, J., Invited Workshop Participant, Ecological Transformations, Sydney Environmental Institute, The University of Sydney, and The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Climate Research Institute, 12-16 May 2025.

Bennett, J. Invited Panelist, with Rebecca Cross, John Mikler and Thomas Roberts, “The Future of Global Food Culture,” Gastrodiplomacy Student Group, 29 April 2025.

Bennett, J., “An Integrative Transformation to Address the Global Systemic Crisis”, 14 February 2025, 2025 Peace and Justice Symposium, University of New England.

Bennett, J., “The Value of Food in Parents’ Food Imaginaries”, Biology, Society and (Mal)Nutrition Workshop, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, 6 November 2024.

Bennett, J., “Nourishing the Future”, CPC EMCR Committee 10th Annual Symposium: Jennie Mackenzie Hub, 23 October 2024.

Bennett, J., “Connecting Across Scales: Climate, Health and Ideal Food Futures”, Climate Research Forum (USyd)20 August 2024.

Bennett, J., “Process Philosophy for Sustainable Futures”, Sustainability, Climate and Health Collaboration (USyd) lunch seminar25 July 2024.

Bennett, J., “Nourishing the Future: The Social Life of Food and Nutrition” Charles Perkins Centre Research Showcase, University of Sydney, 4 April 2024.

Bennett, J., “The metaphysics and economics of caring futures: nesting abstractions in process-relational contexts” The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), University of Sydney, 28 November 2023.

Bennett, J., Tattersall, A., Johnson, L., “A Real Deal for Geelong: community-led listening for climate transition,” Australian Political Studies Association Conference (APSA), University of Sydney, 29 November 2023.

Bennett, J., “The Finger and the Moon: Measuring research impact by nesting static abstractions in process contexts”, ARMS Research Impact Special Interest Group Session, online, 27 July 2023.

Bennett, J., “Cocreative communities: an integrative transformation for personal and planetary health”, Transformations Conference, University of Technology Sydney 13 July 2023.

Bennett, J., “Peace politics and the political spectrum: A co-creative approach to left and right”, Peace and Conflict Studies Journal Conference, online. 10 February 2021.

Bennett, J., “Contextual economics: nesting static in process”, New Economy Network Australia (NENA) conference, online. 20 November 2020.

Bennett, J., “Process thinking for a sustainable future”, New Economy Network Australia (NENA) conference, Melbourne. 19-21 October 2018.

Bennett, J., “Process in Reality: Locating Whiteheadian worldviews and their impact in the real world”, 11th International Whitehead conference, Azores. 15-28 July 2017 (via Skype).

Bennett, J., “Worldviews and climate justice: imagining a ‘Great Transition’”, Communicating Climate Justice Symposium,The University of Sydney. 27 May 2016.

Bennett, J., “Separation and connection: exploring a pattern across the humanities and its implications”, Symposium with Iain McGilchrist: The Divided Brain and Humanistic Inquiry, University of Western Sydney. 23-24 November 2015.

Bennett, J., “Global ecological crisis: a call to a new story”, International Peace Research Associationconference,Istanbul. 10-15 August 2014.

Bennett, J., “Panentheism: reframing the God debate”, in Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Annual Conference, University of Western Sydney. 3-5 December 2013.

Bennett, J., “Panentheism and peace: a creative and adventurous story of life”, What is Life? Theology, Science and Philosophy conference, University of Nottingham, Krakow, Poland. 24-28 June 2011.

Bennett, J., “A breach of child rights: fundamentalist Christian schools in Australia”, Law and Social Reality conference, Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney.26 October 2010.

Bennett, J., “Fundamentalism and education” at the International Seminar on Education and Peace, World Peace Movement Trust conference, Mumbai, India. 15-16 May, 2010.