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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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ISAR-7 Special Session on Arctic fires (Japan/hybrid)- Call for Abstracts (deadline 31 Oct 22)
ISAR-7 – Seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research ***CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Deadline October 31, 2022, 11:59PM (JST= GMT+9) *** Where: Tachikawa, Tokyo (Japan) and Online When: March 6 to 10, 2023 Conference website | Call for Abstracts – Flyer | Abstract submissions Session Summary This session focuses on high-latitude fires and their interactions […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop – Pastoralism and Fire in Africa (4 Oct 2022)
More information to follow soon Where: MS Teams When: Tues 4th Oct, 1-4pm BST Chair: Dr Cathy Smith, RHUL Speakers: Pablo Manzano Baena (University of Helsinki): The changing links between pastoral herbivory and fire as ecological processes Sally Archibald (University of Witwatersrand): Understanding and modelling patterns of fire in African rangelands Maike Petersen (University of […]
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Between Fires – rethinking our relationship with fire (31 Aug 2022)
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference 2022 Wednesday, 31 August, 2022, 16:50-18:30 BST (Online only) Download flyer here Who should have the rights and responsibilities for the work of fire use/recovery? Why? What does living with fire look like in the present and future? In the dominant framing of fire, visible during ‘mega […]
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Decolonising Fire Science – Critical Conversations (3rd Aug new date)
The Leverhulme Wildfires EDI Working Group is pleased to invite you to the second of a series of planned events and activities on ‘Decolonising Fire Science’. Title: Decolonising Fire Science: Critical Conversations Date/Time: Wednesday 3rd August (2-4pm BST) Format: Hybrid – Teams, and location to be confirmed (Imperial College) Audience: All Centre members and Affiliates. We […]
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Fire in Practice – Ioana Dima-West and Alec Vessey, AXA XL (28 June)
In our latest Fire in Practice seminar, Drs Ioana Dima-West and Alec Vessey talk about quantifying wildfire risk in the Insurance Industry Register for free on Eventbrite Quantifying Wildfire Risk in the Insurance Industry Abstract In recent years there have been unprecedent losses due to wildfires across the world. The total global economic wildfire […]
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