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Developing an ecosystem-centred fire framework: causes and consequences
Figure 1. Forest regrowth after wildfire. Victoria, Australia. Credit Neal Herbert By Natalie Sanders (Imperial College London) How do we disentangle extreme fire events resulting from climate change with natural wildfire regimes? And how might we model the interaction of climate and ecosystem properties, in order to better predict and manage wildfires? Part of the […]
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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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Workshop on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Perspectives in Research Engagement (16 Sept)
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
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)
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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