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    What’s Next? Forest Fires in California’s New Climate Reality (18 Mar)

    11th March, 22 / Events

    Title:  “What’s Next? Forest Fires in California’s New Climate Reality” When: Friday 18th March, 2-3pm GMT Who: Prof Scott Stephens from the University of California – Berkeley. Where: Hybrid – Grantham Institute Boardroom (Imperial College London)/ Zoom Zoom link:  Available on request (wildfire@imperial.ac.uk; g.rein@imperial.ac.uk)    

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    High-latitude Fires, Arctic Climate, Environment, and Health Workshop (28 Mar)

    11th March, 22 / Events

    High-latitude Fires, Arctic Climate, Environment, and Health Monday 28th March 2022 Hybrid workshop (Online/Tromso, Norway) 09:00 -18:00 (CEST/ GMT+2) Conference website: https://www.assw.info Registration: https://assw.info/registration   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 […]

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    PhD Studentship: An analysis of the impact of climate change on traditional fire knowledge

    9th March, 22 / Opportunities

    Project title: An analysis of the impact of climate change on traditional fire knowledge Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London The studentship will be supervised by Dr Daniele Colombaroli and Professor Jay Mistry, Co-Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society and, both in the Department of Geography. It will be funded […]

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    Fire in Practice – Rob Gazzard, Forestry Commission (16 Mar)

    8th March, 22 / Events

    In our latest Fire in Practice seminar, Rob Gazzard talks about developing wildfire and prescribed fire training in the UK and Ireland Developing wildfire and prescribed fire training in the United Kingdom About the Speaker Rob Gazzard – Forestry Commission’s Advisor on Contingency Planning and Wildfire in the Policy Advice Team. Since 1999 Rob has attended […]

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    Women and diversity in the new paradigm of fire science

    7th March, 22 / Latest News

    by Dr Adriana Ford, Centre Manager, on International Women’s Day 2022     “The main hurdles faced by women working in fire science echo those seen in other sectors of science, and the current gender gap might indeed be depriving the world of possible science advancements of the skills and intellectual perspectives of women, putting […]

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    Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop – Agricultural Fires (8 March)

    7th March, 22 / Events

    If you are not a member of the Centre but are interested in joining this online workshop, please contact Adriana Ford at wildfire@imperial.ac.uk Agenda: Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop – Agricultural fires  

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    Call for Papers: Knowledges of Fire in Latin America and the Caribbean

    24th February, 22 / Latest News

    CALL FOR PAPERS: Knowledges of Fire in Latin America and the Caribbean- The contribution of UNESCO sites to fire management in the face of climate change emergencies Download information as pdf Call website   GUEST EDITORS Bibiana Alejandra Bilbao (Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela | COBRA Collective | landmarc: Land Use based Mitigation for Resilient Climate […]

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    Fire in Practice – Conversations with Wildfire Practitioners, 2021-2022 (updated)

    22nd February, 22 / Events

    Download programme Here – Fire in Practice 2021-2022 updated 22.2.22

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    The Fastest and Most Complex Wildfire Spread Pathway: Firebrand Spotting

    17th January, 22 / Latest News

     by Simona Dossi and Guillermo Rein, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London Photo:  Firebrand shower during the 2018 Delta Fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California, USA. Photo courtesy of Noah Berger/Associated Press (noahbergerphoto.com). Photo shows numerous airborne firebrands and flames on the grass appear to be ignited by the landing firebrands Wildfires pose […]

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    Developing research impact and future collaborations on fire management with Indigenous peoples in Guyana

    12th January, 22 / Latest News

    By Kayla de Freitas and Jay Mistry, Royal Holloway University of London Centre researchers Kayla de Freitas and Jay Mistry from Royal Holloway met with the South Rupununi District Council, Guyana to discuss how current and future research can feed into practical fire management activities. On the 17th December 2021, Kayla de Freitas and Jay […]

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