Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society
@centrewildfires.bsky.social
An interdisciplinary research consortium aiming to radically transform the scientific and practical understanding of wildfires.
Comprised of Imperial College London, King’s College London, University of Reading and RHUL.
www.centreforwildfires.org
Comprised of Imperial College London, King’s College London, University of Reading and RHUL.
www.centreforwildfires.org
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Hello! We have just joined Blue Sky, and those who don't know us, we do interdisciplinary global wildfires research!🔥 Funded from 2019-2029 by the Leverhulme Trust, and based out of London, UK. We are looking forward to connecting with existing contacts and new people!
🔊🔥Join us for our next "Fire in Practice: Conversations with Wildfire Practitioners" webinar!
When: Wed 23rd July, 10.30-11:30am (BST) (online/ in person at KCL).
Speaker: Sam Johnston, International Savanna Fire Management Initiative
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
When: Wed 23rd July, 10.30-11:30am (BST) (online/ in person at KCL).
Speaker: Sam Johnston, International Savanna Fire Management Initiative
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
Fire in Practice - International Savanna Fire Management Initiative
Join Sam Johnston for a talk on Indigenous-Led Fire Management as a Climate, Biodiversity and Cultural Solution for the World’s Savannas
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🔊🔥Join us for our next "Fire in Practice: Conversations with Wildfire Practitioners" webinar!
When: Wed 23rd July, 10.30-11:30am (BST) (online/ in person at KCL).
Speaker: Sam Johnston, International Savanna Fire Management Initiative
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
When: Wed 23rd July, 10.30-11:30am (BST) (online/ in person at KCL).
Speaker: Sam Johnston, International Savanna Fire Management Initiative
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
🔊🔥 Two PhD opportunities available with one of our centres Supervisors, Francesco Restuccia, at King’s College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. They will be funded through ERC and present brilliant opportunities with an equally brilliant supervisor!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Wildfires and Climate Change: Physics-Based Modelling of Fire Spread in a Changing World at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Wildfires and Climate Change: Physics-Based Modelling of Fire Spread in a Changing World at King’s College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🔊🔥 Two PhD opportunities available with one of our centres Supervisors, Francesco Restuccia, at King’s College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. They will be funded through ERC and present brilliant opportunities with an equally brilliant supervisor!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Congratulations to our Centre Manager, Adriana Ford, for winning the Staff Category of the @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Faculty of Natural Sciences Image Competition, with her photo "Purposeful Flames", taken at the @FIRE_ADAPT Brazil Study Hub!🔥🇧🇷
imperial.ac.uk/natural-scienc…
imperial.ac.uk/natural-scienc…
April 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Congratulations to our Centre Manager, Adriana Ford, for winning the Staff Category of the @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Faculty of Natural Sciences Image Competition, with her photo "Purposeful Flames", taken at the @FIRE_ADAPT Brazil Study Hub!🔥🇧🇷
imperial.ac.uk/natural-scienc…
imperial.ac.uk/natural-scienc…
🔊🔥SAVE THE DATE for the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2026, to be held at Imperial College London on Tuesday 21st July 2026. Watch this space for more information coming soon!
#WildfireResearch #ClimateResilience #EnvironmentalScience #LeverhulmeWildfires #FireScience
#WildfireResearch #ClimateResilience #EnvironmentalScience #LeverhulmeWildfires #FireScience
April 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🔊🔥SAVE THE DATE for the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2026, to be held at Imperial College London on Tuesday 21st July 2026. Watch this space for more information coming soon!
#WildfireResearch #ClimateResilience #EnvironmentalScience #LeverhulmeWildfires #FireScience
#WildfireResearch #ClimateResilience #EnvironmentalScience #LeverhulmeWildfires #FireScience
🔊Imperial College London Natural Sciences image competition exhibition, 2nd April!
We're happy to represent #wildfires through Adriana Ford's shortlisted entry "Purposeful Flames' taken in Brazil in the FIRE-ADAPT project.
Can't make it? View the shortlisted photos and vote here:
lnkd.in/es5Z8xMA
We're happy to represent #wildfires through Adriana Ford's shortlisted entry "Purposeful Flames' taken in Brazil in the FIRE-ADAPT project.
Can't make it? View the shortlisted photos and vote here:
lnkd.in/es5Z8xMA
March 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🔊Imperial College London Natural Sciences image competition exhibition, 2nd April!
We're happy to represent #wildfires through Adriana Ford's shortlisted entry "Purposeful Flames' taken in Brazil in the FIRE-ADAPT project.
Can't make it? View the shortlisted photos and vote here:
lnkd.in/es5Z8xMA
We're happy to represent #wildfires through Adriana Ford's shortlisted entry "Purposeful Flames' taken in Brazil in the FIRE-ADAPT project.
Can't make it? View the shortlisted photos and vote here:
lnkd.in/es5Z8xMA
Latest from our Just Fire team!
🔥 New paper on global human-fire interactions led by Cathy Smith out April 2025.
🔥 ESRC grant for work on Indigenous fire knowledge in Kenya.
🔥 Congrats to Abi Croker, now Postdoc at Princeton!
centreforwildfires.org/news/giraffe-t…#WildfireResearchch
🔥 New paper on global human-fire interactions led by Cathy Smith out April 2025.
🔥 ESRC grant for work on Indigenous fire knowledge in Kenya.
🔥 Congrats to Abi Croker, now Postdoc at Princeton!
centreforwildfires.org/news/giraffe-t…#WildfireResearchch
March 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Latest from our Just Fire team!
🔥 New paper on global human-fire interactions led by Cathy Smith out April 2025.
🔥 ESRC grant for work on Indigenous fire knowledge in Kenya.
🔥 Congrats to Abi Croker, now Postdoc at Princeton!
centreforwildfires.org/news/giraffe-t…#WildfireResearchch
🔥 New paper on global human-fire interactions led by Cathy Smith out April 2025.
🔥 ESRC grant for work on Indigenous fire knowledge in Kenya.
🔥 Congrats to Abi Croker, now Postdoc at Princeton!
centreforwildfires.org/news/giraffe-t…#WildfireResearchch
📢 Call for abstracts!
Centre researchers are convening a fire modelling session at the International Congress of Fire in the Earth System — Abstract submissions welcome!
🔗 The Congress website for more information and abstract submission: firecongress.eu
#Wildfires #fire
Centre researchers are convening a fire modelling session at the International Congress of Fire in the Earth System — Abstract submissions welcome!
🔗 The Congress website for more information and abstract submission: firecongress.eu
#Wildfires #fire
March 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📢 Call for abstracts!
Centre researchers are convening a fire modelling session at the International Congress of Fire in the Earth System — Abstract submissions welcome!
🔗 The Congress website for more information and abstract submission: firecongress.eu
#Wildfires #fire
Centre researchers are convening a fire modelling session at the International Congress of Fire in the Earth System — Abstract submissions welcome!
🔗 The Congress website for more information and abstract submission: firecongress.eu
#Wildfires #fire
Just a few days to go to apply for this exciting PhD opportunity at the Centre on environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
NB International fees are covered, so it's open worldwide!
NB International fees are covered, so it's open worldwide!
We have an exciting new PhD opportunity, exploring #environmentaljustice in #firegovernance through arts-based approaches.
Based at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supervised by Adriana Ford and @eliapos.bsky.social
Apply by 3rd March
#politicalecology
centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-...
Based at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supervised by Adriana Ford and @eliapos.bsky.social
Apply by 3rd March
#politicalecology
centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-...
PhD in Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches (closing date 3 Mar 2025) - Leverhulme Wildfires Centre
PhD opportunity with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society at Imperial College London Title: Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches P...
centreforwildfires.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Just a few days to go to apply for this exciting PhD opportunity at the Centre on environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
NB International fees are covered, so it's open worldwide!
NB International fees are covered, so it's open worldwide!
📢New blog post by our Centre member Farrer Owsley-Brown @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #wildfires - how potassium in biomass could improve emissions estimates
short @centrewildfires.bsky.social blog on our recent paper investigating how the potassium emission line produced by flaming fires could help to improve smoke emission estimates: centreforwildfires.org/news/how-pot...
How Potassium in Biomass Could Improve Wildfire Emission Estimates - Leverhulme Wildfires Centre
By Farrer Owsley-Brown, King’s College London Leverhulme Wildfires researchers from King’s College London have published a new paper, “Can the remote sensing of combustion phase improve estimates of l...
centreforwildfires.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
📢New blog post by our Centre member Farrer Owsley-Brown @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #wildfires - how potassium in biomass could improve emissions estimates
We have an exciting new PhD opportunity, exploring #environmentaljustice in #firegovernance through arts-based approaches.
Based at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supervised by Adriana Ford and @eliapos.bsky.social
Apply by 3rd March
#politicalecology
centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-...
Based at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supervised by Adriana Ford and @eliapos.bsky.social
Apply by 3rd March
#politicalecology
centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-...
PhD in Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches (closing date 3 Mar 2025) - Leverhulme Wildfires Centre
PhD opportunity with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society at Imperial College London Title: Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches P...
centreforwildfires.org
February 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We have an exciting new PhD opportunity, exploring #environmentaljustice in #firegovernance through arts-based approaches.
Based at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supervised by Adriana Ford and @eliapos.bsky.social
Apply by 3rd March
#politicalecology
centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-...
Based at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supervised by Adriana Ford and @eliapos.bsky.social
Apply by 3rd March
#politicalecology
centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-...
New blog post by Alex Mines, our new PhD student at CEP @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, on the LA wildfires and how prioritising resiliency strategies can help insurance markets and wildland-urban interface communities
#lawildfire #wildfires
centreforwildfires.org/news/l-a-wil...
#lawildfire #wildfires
centreforwildfires.org/news/l-a-wil...
L.A. Wildfires: Reimagining recovery and resilience - Leverhulme Wildfires Centre
by Alex Mines, Imperial College London/ Leverhulme Wildfires In the aftermath of the palisades and Eaton Wildfires of Los Angeles this month, California’s communities, policymakers, and insurance mark...
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January 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New blog post by Alex Mines, our new PhD student at CEP @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, on the LA wildfires and how prioritising resiliency strategies can help insurance markets and wildland-urban interface communities
#lawildfire #wildfires
centreforwildfires.org/news/l-a-wil...
#lawildfire #wildfires
centreforwildfires.org/news/l-a-wil...
The room was almost overspilling at the Geography departmental seminar today @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social such was the interest in Doug Kelley's (from CEH) talk about the State of Wildfires. #wildfires You can view the latest report here:
essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
January 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The room was almost overspilling at the Geography departmental seminar today @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social such was the interest in Doug Kelley's (from CEH) talk about the State of Wildfires. #wildfires You can view the latest report here:
essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
Our Centre Associate Director Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social contributes to this Time magazine article on the #LAwildfires, where he explains the role of the dry Santa Ana winds and climate change #wildfires
time.com/7205622/cali...
time.com/7205622/cali...
The Conditions that Led to the L.A. Fires
Climate change has exacerbated the size, intensity, and damage caused by the wildfires.
time.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Our Centre Associate Director Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social contributes to this Time magazine article on the #LAwildfires, where he explains the role of the dry Santa Ana winds and climate change #wildfires
time.com/7205622/cali...
time.com/7205622/cali...
Congratulations to our Associate Director, Prof Martin Wooster at King's College London, for being made an MBE for his contribution to wildfire science! 👏🥳
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-e...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-e...
King's expert in wildfires and satellite imaging awarded MBE in New Year Honours
Recognition for researcher who helped bring global attention to landscape fire and smoke
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Congratulations to our Associate Director, Prof Martin Wooster at King's College London, for being made an MBE for his contribution to wildfire science! 👏🥳
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-e...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-e...
Reposted by Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society
Hello World! I'm Luke, a PhD student at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, NCEO, & @centrewildfires.bsky.social studying peatland wildfires 🔥🌿: their emissions, climate impact, and human health effects. My work utilises infrared remote sensing, earth observation, and a lot of soil.
December 17, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Hello World! I'm Luke, a PhD student at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, NCEO, & @centrewildfires.bsky.social studying peatland wildfires 🔥🌿: their emissions, climate impact, and human health effects. My work utilises infrared remote sensing, earth observation, and a lot of soil.
Missed our recent webinars on fire management in Ghana and Mexico? Fear not, you can watch the recordings online!
#wildfires #climate ##firemanagement
youtu.be/WJ93hYb1jAk?...
#wildfires #climate ##firemanagement
youtu.be/WJ93hYb1jAk?...
Fire in Practice Godwin Dzekoto Collaborative fire management in Ghana
YouTube video by Leverhulme Wildfires
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December 10, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Missed our recent webinars on fire management in Ghana and Mexico? Fear not, you can watch the recordings online!
#wildfires #climate ##firemanagement
youtu.be/WJ93hYb1jAk?...
#wildfires #climate ##firemanagement
youtu.be/WJ93hYb1jAk?...
🔉🔥Our second free webinar this week is on Wed 27th Nov 14:30-15:30
"Revisiting fire management in Ghana: Integrating historical practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative approaches", with Godwin Dzekoto from A Rocha Ghana
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
#wildfire #firemanagement
"Revisiting fire management in Ghana: Integrating historical practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative approaches", with Godwin Dzekoto from A Rocha Ghana
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
#wildfire #firemanagement
Fire in Practice - Collaborative Fire Management in Ghana
Join Godwin Dzekoto from A Rocha Ghana on integrating historical fire practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative fire management
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 10:07 AM
🔉🔥Our second free webinar this week is on Wed 27th Nov 14:30-15:30
"Revisiting fire management in Ghana: Integrating historical practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative approaches", with Godwin Dzekoto from A Rocha Ghana
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
#wildfire #firemanagement
"Revisiting fire management in Ghana: Integrating historical practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative approaches", with Godwin Dzekoto from A Rocha Ghana
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
#wildfire #firemanagement
🔉🔥We have two webinars this week - please register for free on Eventbrite!
The first is on Mexico's challenging path towards integrated and intercultural fire management by Christoph Neger and Laura Ponce Calderón
Tues 26th Nov 16:00-17:00 GMT
#wildfires #IFM
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leverhulme...
The first is on Mexico's challenging path towards integrated and intercultural fire management by Christoph Neger and Laura Ponce Calderón
Tues 26th Nov 16:00-17:00 GMT
#wildfires #IFM
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leverhulme...
Leverhulme Wildfires Guest Webinar on integrated fire management in Mexico
Join this webinar with Christoph Neger (UNAM) and Laura Ponce (ECOSUR) on Mexico’s path towards integrated and intercultural fire management
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 10:01 AM
🔉🔥We have two webinars this week - please register for free on Eventbrite!
The first is on Mexico's challenging path towards integrated and intercultural fire management by Christoph Neger and Laura Ponce Calderón
Tues 26th Nov 16:00-17:00 GMT
#wildfires #IFM
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leverhulme...
The first is on Mexico's challenging path towards integrated and intercultural fire management by Christoph Neger and Laura Ponce Calderón
Tues 26th Nov 16:00-17:00 GMT
#wildfires #IFM
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leverhulme...
Next up we have Dr Balasubramanyan Chandramoham from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and COP29 Observer, highlighting small island states and young people in COP29 and #climatechange
#climate
#climateyouthsummit
#climate
#climateyouthsummit
November 23, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Next up we have Dr Balasubramanyan Chandramoham from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and COP29 Observer, highlighting small island states and young people in COP29 and #climatechange
#climate
#climateyouthsummit
#climate
#climateyouthsummit
From science to business- Jono Adams from Anthesis on a business perspective post COP29 #COP29Azerbaijan
#climate #climatechange
#climateyouthsummit
#climate #climatechange
#climateyouthsummit
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
From science to business- Jono Adams from Anthesis on a business perspective post COP29 #COP29Azerbaijan
#climate #climatechange
#climateyouthsummit
#climate #climatechange
#climateyouthsummit
The talk we shared by Dr Joyce Kimutai from @granthamicl.bsky.social
at our UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, is available on YouTube - do check it out.
#climate #flooding
#climateyouthsummit
youtu.be/huc3aTFOybM
at our UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, is available on YouTube - do check it out.
#climate #flooding
#climateyouthsummit
youtu.be/huc3aTFOybM
13 Joyce Kimutai | Floods
YouTube video by Casina Pio IV
youtu.be
November 23, 2024 at 4:36 PM
The talk we shared by Dr Joyce Kimutai from @granthamicl.bsky.social
at our UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, is available on YouTube - do check it out.
#climate #flooding
#climateyouthsummit
youtu.be/huc3aTFOybM
at our UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, is available on YouTube - do check it out.
#climate #flooding
#climateyouthsummit
youtu.be/huc3aTFOybM
Now up at the UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, our very own Prof. Apostolos Voulgarakis from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and Technical University of Crete, talking about #wildfires and #climate
#climateyouthsummit
#climateyouthsummit
November 23, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Now up at the UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, our very own Prof. Apostolos Voulgarakis from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and Technical University of Crete, talking about #wildfires and #climate
#climateyouthsummit
#climateyouthsummit
The UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, co-hosted by our Centre, is underway @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social with insightful talks by Sir Jim Skea, Chair of @ipcc.bsky.social & Dr Carl Wright, Secretary General Emeritus Commonwealth Local Government
#climateyouthsummit
#climatechange
#climateyouthsummit
#climatechange
November 23, 2024 at 2:53 PM
The UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, co-hosted by our Centre, is underway @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social with insightful talks by Sir Jim Skea, Chair of @ipcc.bsky.social & Dr Carl Wright, Secretary General Emeritus Commonwealth Local Government
#climateyouthsummit
#climatechange
#climateyouthsummit
#climatechange
Only a couple of hours until the UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, which we are co-hosting at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social with United Nations Association Climate and Oceans.
#climateyouthsummit
We plan to livestream it here starting at 13.30 GMT:
www.youtube.com/@unitednatio...
#climateyouthsummit
We plan to livestream it here starting at 13.30 GMT:
www.youtube.com/@unitednatio...
November 23, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Only a couple of hours until the UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, which we are co-hosting at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social with United Nations Association Climate and Oceans.
#climateyouthsummit
We plan to livestream it here starting at 13.30 GMT:
www.youtube.com/@unitednatio...
#climateyouthsummit
We plan to livestream it here starting at 13.30 GMT:
www.youtube.com/@unitednatio...
We very much enjoyed the UK Wildfires 2O24 conference in Aberdeen this week! Thank you @firebreak03.bsky.social and all the organisers and sponsors, and of course all the presenters for their informative talks.
Hopefully UK fire community will connect on BlueSky 😊🔥
Hopefully UK fire community will connect on BlueSky 😊🔥
@centrewildfires.bsky.social Hi hope you liked www.wildfire2024.co.uk let’s see if we can connect lots UK users
Wildfire 2024
Welcome to the UK Wildfire Conference, Wildfire2024, which will take place in Aberdeen on 12-13 November 2024.
www.wildfire2024.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 10:34 AM
We very much enjoyed the UK Wildfires 2O24 conference in Aberdeen this week! Thank you @firebreak03.bsky.social and all the organisers and sponsors, and of course all the presenters for their informative talks.
Hopefully UK fire community will connect on BlueSky 😊🔥
Hopefully UK fire community will connect on BlueSky 😊🔥