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Upcoming: High-latitude Fires, Arctic Climate, Environment, and Health Workshop (28 Mar)
Arctic Science Summit Week – https://www.assw.info/sessions/high-latitude-fires-arctic-climate-environment-and-health 28 March 2022 from 09:00 – 18:00 (CEST / GMT+2) Open Meeting – HYBRID Room: 1.343 Session Abstract: The increasing occurrence of high-latitude fires associated with climatic extremes has led to significant and urgent social, economic and health challenges for communities in these regions. Hazardous pollution levels, for example, […]
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Upcoming: Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop – Bridging Spatial Scales (30 Nov)
If you are not a member of the Centre but are interested in joining this online workshop, please contact wildfire@imperial.ac.uk
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PhD Studentships – King’s-China Scholarship Council
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
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
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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Reading Palaeofire Database Workshop (19, 20, 26 Oct)
19th, 20th and 26th Oct, 13:00-16:00 BST (12:00-15:00 UTC) MS Teams Virtual Meeting This 3-day virtual workshop aims to discuss the current research and future opportunities using the Reading Palaeofire Database, an expanded global resource to document changes in fire regimes from sedimentary charcoal records. The database can be accessed here; and the Preprint is […]
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Upcoming – Fire in Practice – Mary Huffman, The Nature Conservancy (26 Oct) postponed
In our first Fire in Practice seminar, Dr Mary Huffman will discuss why Indigenous fire cultures are crucial for landscape management REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE HERE Indigenous Peoples Burning Network: Revitalizing Traditional Fire Cultures Researchers and fire managers around the world have been calling for more prescribed burning for decades. Indigenous communities and supportive researchers are […]
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PhD Opportunity: A data analytic assessment of the health risks and impacts from wildfires
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 January 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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