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Wildfires FAQs
Working in collaboration with the Grantham Institute, we have together produced a set of FAQs relating to wildfires and climate, including: What is the impact of human-caused climate change on wildfires?; What are the impacts of wildfires on humans and the environment?; What can be done to reduce the increased risk of wildfires due to […]
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Scientific Programmer and Data Manager
We are seeking a Scientific programmer and database manager, based at the University of Reading, to work as part of a dynamic team studying land-atmosphere interactions in the past, present and future. Job reference: SRF45415 Salary: £33,966 per annum Closing date: 12/10/2023 Department: School of Archaeology Geography & Environmental Science Location: Whiteknights Reading UK Employment […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Poster Session 2023
Welcome to the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference Poster Hub! Here you can view a list of posters that were presented at the poster session, organised into the four main conference themes. To view the poster abstracts, please download here (xcel). Where provided, pdfs of the posters can accessed below. A big thank you to the […]
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Wildfires Research through the Lens (PhD Photography Competition)
In association with the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023, we ran a competition to find photographs and accompanying narratives that best communicate the impressive work of PhD students studying wildfires from across the world. We received 13 eligible entries from PhD students studying in the UK, USA, Greece and Switzerland, with photographs taken in Guyana, […]
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Understanding Wildfires in Sicily: A Stakeholder Consultation Workshop
Wildfires have become an increasingly common occurrence in Europe, with both intentional and unintentional human activities being the primary causes. While controlled fires can be beneficial to ecosystems, large-scale wildfires often lead to severe economic damage and pose significant threats to human lives. Italy, with its Mediterranean climate, is particularly susceptible to wildfires, and the […]
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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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Post Doctoral Research Associate Human-Fire Interactions
Department of Geography Location: Egham Salary: £40,608 per annum – including London Allowance Post Type: Full Time Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Thursday 13 July 2023 Reference: 0623-276 Full Time, Fixed Term Applications are invited for the post of Post Doctoral Research Associate Human-Fire Interactions within the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society. The […]
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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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Arctic Wildfires: Leverhulme Wildfires at ISAR-7
by Katie Blackford and Matt Kasoar (Department of Physics, Imperial College London) From the 6th to 10th March, we attended the Seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research, held at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tachikawa, Japan. This biennial conference brings together hundreds of polar scientists from around the world, with a focus on […]
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