Friday’s research presentations and the BBQ afterwards were an amazing first for SEES and a success on all levels. We had an extremely high quality set of presentations from four Honours students in planning. These were across a wide range of topics, from housing to gender to historic preservation, and examining social, cultural and economic processes and patterns, to inform community, government and industry decisions. Thank you to all the hard work put in by the students in preparing and delivering excellent presentations and their advisors in helping to refine these.