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  • Post-doctoral opportunity: Research Associate in Wildfire Smoke Analysis / Infrared Spectroscopy

    2nd September, 22 / Opportunities

    Job ID: 053489 Salary: £40,386 – £47,414 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Posted: 02-Sep-2022 Closing date: 02-Oct-2022 Business unit: Social Science & Public Policy Department: Department of Geography Contact details: Martin Wooster, martin.wooster@kcl.ac.uk Apply here Job description The researcher will join the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires Environment and Society  and be based within the vibrant, multi-disciplinary Earth Observation and Wildfire Research […]

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  • Post-doctoral opportunity: Research Associate in Earth Observation and Landscape Fire Science

    2nd September, 22 / Opportunities

    University: King’s College London Job ID: 053468 Salary: £40,386 – £47,414 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Posted: 02-Sep-2022 Closing date: 02-Oct-2022 Business unit: Social Science & Public Policy Department: Department of Geography Contact details: Martin Wooster, martin.wooster@kcl.ac.uk Apply here Job description The researcher will join the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires Environment and Society and be based within the vibrant, multi-disciplinary Earth Observation […]

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  • Post-doctoral opportunity: Arctic fires with an emphasis on smouldering combustion and fire spread

    15th August, 22 / Opportunities

    Job summary Applications are invited for a Research Associate to study experimentally smouldering Arctic fires and join Imperial Hazelab which is the multidisciplinary research group led by Prof. Guillermo Rein based the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. The purpose of Hazelab is to reduce the worldwide burden of accidental fires and protect […]

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  • Summer placement (no 2) available for undergraduate students – Business School

    28th June, 22 / Opportunities

    We welcome applications for a 8-week summer placement project in the Business School, titled “Downscaling physical risks from global climate models”, with Imperial’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (see here for our other project). This UROPs is offered on a remote or hybrid basis. On-campus attendance will be possible, but it will not be essential. *Applications […]

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  • Summer placement (no 1) in wildfire research available for undergraduate students – Life Sciences /Data Science Institute

    24th June, 22 / Opportunities

    We welcome applications for an 8-week summer placement project on the topic of Wildfires versus Forest Fragmentation, with Imperial’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme, on the topic of wildfires. This UROPs is offered on a remote or hybrid basis. On-campus attendance will be possible, but it will not be essential. *Applications are especially welcomed by Black students, as […]

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  • PhD Studentship: An analysis of the impact of climate change on traditional fire knowledge

    9th March, 22 / Opportunities

    Project title: An analysis of the impact of climate change on traditional fire knowledge Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London The studentship will be supervised by Dr Daniele Colombaroli and Professor Jay Mistry, Co-Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society and, both in the Department of Geography. It will be funded […]

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  • PhD Opportunity: A data analytic assessment of the health risks and impacts from wildfires

    10th January, 22 / Opportunities

    Supervisors: Professor Majid Ezzati (Imperial College London) and Professor Sandy Harrison (University of Reading) We welcome applications for a funded 4-year PhD studentship to start in October 2022. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious student with a strong analytical background to conduct cutting-edge and high-impact interdisciplinary research on the health risks […]

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  • PhD Studentships – King’s-China Scholarship Council

    16th November, 21 / Opportunities

    The Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society is welcoming applicants for the King’s China Scholarship Council awards. Up to 100 K-CSC joint scholarship awards are available to support students from China who are seeking to start an MPhil/PhD degree at King’s College London in the 2022/23 academic year. Visit here for more information. The […]

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  • Post-doctoral opportunity: Climate Risk Management and Analytics

    2nd November, 21 / Opportunities

    Job description Job summary Imperial College London is looking for dedicated candidates for a fixed term position at the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis in the context of research work carried out in collaboration with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, the Environment and Society. You will work as part of a team of post-docs […]

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  • Post-doctoral opportunity: Climate Finance and Analytics

    2nd November, 21 / Opportunities

    Job summary Imperial College London is looking for dedicated candidates for a fixed term position at the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis in the context of research work carried out in collaboration with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, the Environment and Society. You will work as part of a team of post-docs and experienced […]

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Mission

Our mission is to lead game-changing global research for understanding, predicting and managing wildfires.

Latest News
  • 3rd March, 23

    Wildfires from above – What can and can’t we “hear”?

  • 21st February, 23

    Stolen Climate exhibition highlights the complexity of wildfire and its relationship with culture, climate and colonialism

  • 15th February, 23

    Stolen Climate: Global Perspectives of Fire on Earth (1 Mar 2023)

  • 1st February, 23

    Moto katika mazingira yanayoshindaniwa-kufanya kazi na washikadau wa Kenya kuelekea mbinu ya udhibiti wa moto iliyoondolewa ukoloni

  • 31st January, 23

    New FIRE-ADAPT project investigates how integrated fire management contributes to biodiversity, carbon, and cultural values

  • 29th January, 23

    Forest carbon credits: report shows new ways to manage risks and returns

  • 14th December, 22

    Fire Across Contested Landscapes – working with Kenyan stakeholders towards a decolonised fire management approach

  • 27th November, 22

    Progress in Fire Modelling in the UK & Europe (11-12 Jan 2023)

  • 26th November, 22

    Decolonising Fire Science – Fire Management Across Contested Landscapes (1-2 Dec 2022)

  • 5th November, 22

    The impact of landscape fire smoke on insects

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