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Trade-offs and synergies in multi-level fire governance (29 Nov 2023)
People around the world use fire to support small-scale livelihood and cultural practices. In many countries over the past centuries, colonial and post-colonial states have suppressed burning activities, but in recent decades there has been growing interest among state agencies in partnering with fire users for land management. Such engagements are taking place both in […]
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United Nations Association Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2023
This youth summit is hosted by the United Nations Association Climate & Oceans, Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires for Environment and Society, and Grantham Institute for Climate Change. We are inviting young people between 15 to 30 years to join us for this youth summit in London, in the context of COP28. The Climate and Sustainability Youth […]
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Mini-symposium ecological and human dimensions of wildfires (10 July 2023)
Mini-symposium: WILDFIRES – ecological and human dimensions Monday 10 July 11:00 until 12:30 University of Sussex Campus : Hybrid: John Maynard Smith Building (Room JMS 4D13) and via Zoom Event page Part of the series: SSRP Visiting Fellow seminars; Summer of Research Add this event to your calendar Fire is a natural component of many […]
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RGS Conference Session: ‘Governing fire across spatial boundaries’ (1 Sept 2023)
Royal Geographical Society conference session: ‘Governing fire across spatial boundaries’ Organised by the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society (Fire Governance Working Group) In person session (London) followed by hybrid session, 1st September 2023, 14:10-15:50 and 16:20 – 18:00 BST In the context of climate change, landscape fires are increasingly visible in the media […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023 – call for poster abstracts
Call for Abstracts We are pleased to invite you to submit a poster abstract for consideration for the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023. Posters will be organised by conference themes, and there will be opportunities for presenters to discuss their work with interested participants in the designated networking and poster session in the evening, as […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023 – save the date, 25th July
On 25th July 2023, we will be holding a Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference at Imperial College London. Free to Attend and Open to All! Join us for talks and discussions with researchers and practitioners working on wildfires, by both members of our Centre and external international experts. Followed by a networking event, poster and photo […]
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Stolen Climate exhibition highlights the complexity of wildfire and its relationship with culture, climate and colonialism
In a world where changing patterns of wildfire are affecting people in more extreme ways, what can global perspectives on fire offer us? And how can different ways of knowing inform how we face the future? A new exhibition features a collection of artwork, film and photography which presents First Nations Peoples’ perspectives on fire, […]
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Stolen Climate: Global Perspectives of Fire on Earth (1 Mar 2023)
An multidisciplinary exploration of wildfire, and its relationship to people and the planet. 1st March 2023 Register on Eventbrite here Wildfires are one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time, affecting nearly every continent on Earth, from Australia to as far north as the Arctic. But wildfires are a complex puzzle – they […]
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Progress in Fire Modelling in the UK & Europe (11-12 Jan 2023)
The Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society is hosting the next in a regular series of meetings that brings together members of the UK fire modelling community, particularly those working with JULES-INFERNO, to discuss ongoing work. The meeting offers an opportunity to discuss synergies with other fire-related projects both in the UK and Europe, […]
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Decolonising Fire Science – Fire Management Across Contested Landscapes (1-2 Dec 2022)
The Leverhulme Wildfires EDI Working Group presents the third workshop of the Decolonising Fire Science programme, in collaboration with the Centre of Biodiversity Information Development, Strathmore University, with support from the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment. Title: Decolonising Fire Science: Fire Management Across Contested Landscapes Date: 1st and 2nd Dec 2022 Time: Nairobi: […]
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