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    Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop – Bridging Spatial Scales (30 Nov)

    29th November, 21 / Events

    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

    16th November, 21 / Opportunities

    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

    2nd November, 21 / Opportunities

    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

    2nd November, 21 / Opportunities

    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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    Leverhulme Wildfires at COP26, Green Zone, Space4Climate (9 Nov)

    2nd November, 21 / Events

        Photo Credit: ESA

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    Reading Palaeofire Database Workshop (19, 20, 26 Oct)

    11th October, 21 / Events

    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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    Workshop on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Perspectives in Research Engagement (16 Sept)

    25th August, 21 / Events

    You are welcome to join us for the upcoming webinar ‘Fire in the Tropics- Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Perspectives in Research Engagement’, supported by Leverhulme Wildfires, PAGES and DiverseK Primarily, this is for early career researchers, paleoecological scientists, and other researchers working with IPLCs, but it is open to anyone interested. Any questions, please […]

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    An introduction to wildfire ignition, fire spread, and fire suppression

    16th August, 21 / Latest News

    Francesco Restuccia, Lecturer in Engineering at King’s College London, and Guillermo Rein, Professor of Fire Science at Imperial College London, discuss wildfire ignition, fire spread, and fire suppression. They look at problems such as the wildland urban interface (WUI), fire spread, fire suppression, ignition criteria, to have a better fundamental understanding of how these fires […]

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    Wildfires becoming harder to control (10 Aug 2021)

    12th August, 21 / In the Media

    Professor Demeritt spoke with the BBC Radio4 Today programme about how heavy forestation and fuel built up from previous fires, as well as difficult terrain, have all contributed to wildfires being much harder to control. He added that it seems likely that wildfires will become an inevitable part of life for people in places such […]

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    Why are wildfires getting worse? (6 Aug 2021)

    6th August, 21 / In the Media

    Professor Guillermo Rein explains why wildfires are getting worse in this video for The Sun.

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