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PhD Studentship in Environmental Science (closing date 31 Jul 2024)
PhD Studentship in Environmental Science Project title: Interactions between vegetation and wildfires Department/School: Geography & Environmental Science/ School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, Reading Supervisors: Professor Sandy P. Harrison, Dr. Olivia Haas Funding for: UK students, EU Students, International Students Funding Amount: Tuition fees plus stipend (£19,237 for the 2024/25 academic year) for 3.5 years […]
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Making human fire use data more accessible: The Global Fire Use Survey app
In 2022 and 2023, researchers in the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society distributed the Global Fire Use Survey to academics and fire practitioners, gathering one of the first global datasets about human fire use and its governance. The survey collected over 300 responses. To make the data more accessible to fire managers, policymakers […]
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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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Guest Seminar – Candice Charlton – Evaluating the skill of meteorological-based indices for determining bushfire potential in Jamaica (21 May 2024)
Evaluating the skill of meteorological-based indices for determining bushfire potential in Jamaica Register for free on Eventbrite Tuesday 21st May 2024, 14:30-15:30 BST (13:30-14:30 UTC) Online and in-person at Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Sir Alexander Fleming Building Room SAF 121 Map Welcome to this special Leverhulme Wildfires Guest Speaker seminar where we are […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Spring Symposium (14-15 May 2024)
Save the date for our Leverhulme Wildfires Spring Symposium to be held at King’s College London on 14-15th May 2024. This symposium is for all Centre members and affiliates. Who: All Centre members and affiliates. All supervisors strongly encouraged to attend. Location: In-person at the Great Hall, the Strand, King’s College London (online available […]
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PhD in Ignition and fire spread processes in the Wildland Urban Interface
About the Project This PhD project in fire science interlinks prevention and protection from wildfire risk, by focusing on providing a clearer understanding of uncontrolled fires and the conditions that cause them to arise in the wildland urban interface. These are a global phenomenon that are becoming more commonplace as changes in moisture and local […]
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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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PhD in Exploring future fire regimes through modelling, valuation and narratives (Closing date 15 Apr 2024)
About the Project Project Description Understanding both the physical drivers and human dimensions of future fire regimes is vital for identifying appropriate contemporary policies and governance to achieve sustainability and conservation goals. Dynamic physical feedbacks between fire, vegetation and climate cannot be ignored if accurate assessments of future ecosystem service provision are to be made. […]
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Data Dive 3 (18 Mar 2024)
Data Dive on Monday 15th Jan 2024, King’s College London (internal event, affiliates welcome) In the Autumn we held a ‘data dive’ event, where groups of us spent a day asking some initial questions of the Global Fire Use Survey dataset. On 15th Jan we then held a follow up event. We are now holding […]
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