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Giraffe Team Bulletin – latest from the new Leverhulme Wildfires research teams. No.5
Welcome to the fifth Giraffe Team Bulletin! Approximately every two months, we share a Giraffe Team bulletin, providing you with an update on the latest from each of our six teams. However this fifth bulletin covers approx 4 months, as we did not publish one over the summer. We hope you enjoy the bulletins and […]
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PhD in Wildfires and Climate Change: Physics-Based Modelling of Fire Spread in a Changing World (closing date Dec 07 2025)
Full information and to apply: Wildfires and Climate Change: Physics-Based Modelling of Fire Spread in a Changing World at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com Supervisor: Dr Francesco Restuccia, Heat & Fire Lab, King’s College London /Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society Deadline: Sunday, December 07, 2025 Funded for Students Worldwide About the Project This […]
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Call for Chapters: Sustainable Wildfire Solutions: Integrating Geospatial Tools, Indigenous Practices, and Climate Adaptation
Call for Chapters: Sustainable Wildfire Solutions: Integrating Geospatial Tools, Indigenous Practices, and Climate Adaptation Editor: Mohd Amin (Indian Institute of Technology Indore) – phd2101161005@iiti.ac.in Co-Editors: Prof. Meg Krawchuk (Oregon State University) – meg.krawchuk@oregonstate.edu Prof. Pritee Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology Indore) – psharma@iiti.ac.in Dr Kapil Yadav* (Royal Holloway, University of London) – kapil.yadav@rhul.ac.uk Rahina S. […]
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Call for Papers: Politics, Land and Fire – POLLEN 2026 conference
CFP for Pollen 2026 (Barcelona, June 29 – July 3, 2026): Power, Land, and Fire: Crisis Narratives and Burning Practices Convenors: Alessandro Tinti (University of Turin) (alessandro.tinti@unito.it) Lorenza Belinda Fontana (University of Turin) (lorenza.fontana@unito.it) Nicola Manghi (Università di Torino) (nicola.manghi@gmail.com) Luisa Fernanda Escobar Alvarado (University of Turin) (luisa.escobar@unito.it) Kapil Yadav (Royal Holloway, University of London) […]
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Fires, farming and the Irish uplands
by Kalin Pugh, Royal Holloway – reporting on their undergraduate research placement with Leverhulme Wildfires Fires, Farming and Policy in Ireland At the end of July, I went to West Cork, Ireland, to conduct contextual fieldwork as part of my preparation for writing my undergraduate dissertation during a placement between Royal Holloway, University of […]
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Climate change made summer wildfires in southeastern Europe 10 times more likely, scientists say (28 Aug 2025)
Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis quoted in Politico on climate change and European wildfires. Feature image: The EU’s fire danger forecast shows that the risk remains high for the coming days in Spain and Portugal, as well as in Sicily, Greece and western Turkey. | Paulo Novais/EPA
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Spain and Portugal wildfires drive worst EU season on record (28 Aug 2025)
Dr Theo Keeping quoted by the BBC on wildfires in Europe Feature image: Unprecedented wildfires have scarred northern Spain in recent weeks, Copernicus
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Is your home at risk from rising UK wildfires? (22 Aug 2025)
Dr Adriana Ford quoted in the Telegraph on UK wildfire impacts and risk. Feature image: Firefighters from Noth Wales tackle a gorse fire near Caernarfon in Gwynedd Credit: Rob Formstone
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Hot, dry summers bring new ‘firewave’ risk to UK cities, scientists warn (14 Aug 2025)
Prof Guillermo Rein quoted by the BBC on wildfire risk in the UK.
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PDRA in Fire Management Modelling (deadline 5 Sept 2025)
PDRA in Fire Management Modelling – Full Time, Fixed Term until 31/03/2027 The PDRA Fire Management Modelling will work on the LEMONTREE (Land Ecosystem Models based On New Theory, observations and Experiments) project and will be part of a team of scientists developing new fire modelling capacity, based on eco-evolutionary optimality theory. The PDRA will be explicitly responsible […]
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