Research news, media coverage and opportunities from across the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires and our partner community.
The most recent stories, announcements and opportunities from the Centre.
In association with the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2026, we are running competition to find photographs and accompanying narratives that best communicate the impressive work of Early Career Research (ECRs) studying wildfires.…
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The Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2026 is launching its second competition to showcase photographs and accompanying narratives that best communicate the research of Early Career Researchers (including PhD students) from around the…
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LEVERHULME WILDFIRES SUMMER CONFERENCE 2026 ???? CALL FOR ABSTRACTS now open – oral and poster presentations along with artwork exhibits ???? 21st and 22nd July at Imperial College London, South Kensington campus…
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Welcome to the fifth Giraffe Team Bulletin! Approximately every two months, we share a Giraffe Team bulletin, providing you with an update on the latest from each of our six teams. However…
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Full information and to apply: Wildfires and Climate Change: Physics-Based Modelling of Fire Spread in a Changing World at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com Supervisor: Dr Francesco Restuccia, Heat & Fire Lab,…
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Call for Chapters: Sustainable Wildfire Solutions: Integrating Geospatial Tools, Indigenous Practices, and Climate Adaptation Editor: Mohd Amin (Indian Institute of Technology Indore) – phd2101161005@iiti.ac.in Co-Editors: Prof. Meg Krawchuk (Oregon State University) –…
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by Kalin Pugh, Royal Holloway – reporting on their undergraduate research placement with Leverhulme Wildfires Fires, Farming and Policy in Ireland At the end of July, I went to West Cork, Ireland,…
Continue readingProf Apostolos Voulgarakis quoted in Politico on climate change and European wildfires. Feature image: The EU’s fire danger forecast shows that the risk remains high for the coming days in Spain and…
Continue readingDr Theo Keeping quoted by the BBC on wildfires in Europe Feature image: Unprecedented wildfires have scarred northern Spain in recent weeks, Copernicus
Continue readingDr Adriana Ford quoted in the Telegraph on UK wildfire impacts and risk. Feature image: Firefighters from Noth Wales tackle a gorse fire near Caernarfon in Gwynedd Credit: Rob Formstone
Continue readingProf Guillermo Rein quoted by the BBC on wildfire risk in the UK.
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PDRA in Fire Management Modelling – Full Time, Fixed Term until 31/03/2027 The PDRA Fire Management Modelling will work on the LEMONTREE (Land Ecosystem Models based On New Theory, observations and Experiments)…
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