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Using participatory video to explore our time in the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society
In participatory video research, researchers facilitate a process whereby research participants iteratively plan, shoot, edit and screen videos exploring issues that are important to them. Participatory video can foster dialogue and shared action within communities and open communication between communities and external actors. Yet, as with all participatory research, it must be conducted with mindfulness […]
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MasterScience: “The Battle Against Megafires” with Prof. Apostolos Voulgarakis | AXA Research Fund
From Australia and the Amazon to Siberia and Greece, every region on the globe has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the past decade. But why is this happening? With Professor Apostolos Voulgarakis (Associate and Founding Director of our Centre) discover the origins of ‘megafires’, their impacts, and the possible solutions to better manage them, through this […]
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Rupununi Fire Recommendations
The Rupununi in Guyana comprises a savanna ecosystem, which is flammable yet fire dependent. Many people use and depend on fire for their livelihoods. However, in the context of global climate change, there are new challenges with unpredictable weather, land use change, and traditional knowledge loss, which means it is increasingly becoming difficult to manage […]
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Trade-offs and synergies in multi-level fire governance: Highlights from an international workshop
Policies and perspectives influencing the governance of fire vary around the world. Over past centuries colonial and post-colonial states have suppressed burning activities to varying degrees and many continue to do so in a variety of ways. But in recent decades there has been growing recognition of the importance of Indigenous burning practices, and some […]
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Sicily workshop report – “Managing Fires, Overcoming Emergency, Planning Prevention”– University of Palermo, Sicily (Nov 14, 2023)
By Erika Piroli, Imperial College London On November 14, 2023, the Working Group on Wildfire Management of the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF), in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forestry Sciences (SAAF) at the University of Palermo, organized a workshop at the “G.P. Ballatore” lecture hall. The event, […]
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Why fire limits our options to respond to climate change
By Ol Perkins and James Millington, King’s College London When you think of fire and climate change, you might think of images from last summer’s fires across Greece or Northern Canada. Rightly so – these represent an important and growing climate adaptation challenge. However, fire also has another important interaction with climate change: by restricting […]
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What does Climate Justice Mean to You?
‘What does climate justice mean to you?‘ This was the question posed to students and staff in Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya, for a creative arts competition. The competition was run by Strathmore University in collaboration with our Centre, in association with our joint workshop ‘Decolonising Climate Research – an Art-Science Workshop‘ which was held […]
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Mazingira yetu wajibu wetu – Our environment, Our responsibility
By Adriana Ford, Abi Croker and Shadrack Musyoki Mazingira yetu wajibu wetu – Our environment, Our responsibility Decolonising Climate Research – an Art-Science Workshop On 16th May, 2023, scientists, students and members of the public joined concurrently at the Science Gallery London, Strathmore University in Nairobi and online, to discuss, through a series of talks […]
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Fires in the Scottish Uplands and their future impacts on ecosystem services
Photo: Prescribed fires in the Cairngorms National Park, February 2023. Source: M. Valette In this article, PhD student Michel Valette, from Imperial College London, reports on his findings from a research secondment with The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, in which he investigated future impacts of prescribed fires and woodland restoration in the Cairngorms National […]
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Reflections from our Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference bursary recipients – Aline Naawa and Naftal Kariuki
For our Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023, we offered two fully-funded bursaries for PhD or MSc students from countries with low-middle income economies, to visit London for one week – to present a poster at our conference, and also give a talk at FiredUp2023, a student-led conference which was also held at Imperial on the same […]
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