Global wildfire research - predicting, understanding, quantifying and living with #wildfires
Imperial College, King's College, Reading and Royal Holloway
Join the Global Wildfire Collective on June 24–25 for a foundational training in fire modeling.
Learn how to match questions to models, interpret model outputs, understand model uncertainty, and make better decisions using probabilistic results.
https://t.co/a1r5QsfTPe
Fieldwork highlights from the centre🔥
In Kenya, Amos Chege Muthiuru is leading an Integrated Fire Management Plan for Taita Taveta County
In Guyana, Will Hayes & Jay Mistry are working with Indigenous communities to understand fire and land management
#Wildfire#Fieldwork
Lots of exciting new publications from the centre in 2026
Huge congrats!
🔗 https://t.co/vYfNgw193J 🔗 https://t.co/v0CPfZaMjF 🔗 https://t.co/u2zt5mUdG6 🔗 https://t.co/cT6llUwXAZ 🔗 https://t.co/HvFNAkXJT4 🔗 https://t.co/jnRViHWDje
#Wildfire#FireScience#ClimateChange
Webinar - April 28, 4pm BST, first in a two-part series providing an in-depth review of wildfire dynamics in savanna ecosystems.
Talks from some of our Centre members including @muthiuru and alumni @croker_abigail
https://t.co/bmg9uzqRW4...
🔊🔥PhD Opportunity on Wildfires and Climate Risk, with a focus on Europe and Africa.
Based at our Affiliate Organisation, Technical University of Crete @TUofCrete supervised by our Associate Director, Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis @atvoulgarakis
https://t.co/Y35eYWMftS
We have two full bursaries available to Early Career Researchers and PhD students from least developed, low & lower middle-income countries to attend and present in our summer conference in London. Find out more at our conference website. Deadline 20 April
https://t.co/yYBXYUVytd
📢🔥We are excited to share our new paper in @NatureComms, a collaboration between several of our Centre colleagues, led by @kapilyadav_1
We focus on the Kananaskis Fire Charter launched at the G7 Summit in 2025.
#Wildfires
https://t.co/jnRViHWDje
🔥🌍 Fully funded PhD opportunity
PhD in Wildfires & Climate Risk (Europe & Africa) at the @tuc_chania within the MSCA CLIMES Doctoral Network.
📍 Crete, Greece 📅 Start Sept 2026 ⏰ Apply by 30 April 2026
🔗 https://t.co/ScXnwOp1em
#PhD#Wildfires#MSCA
🔥 New publication from the centre members Kapil Yadav & Henry Thompson
Adding Lines Along Pixels: Remote Sensing, Traditional Knowledge and Human–Fire Interactions in Ethiopia and India
🔗 https://t.co/vTfqEjOYxv
Join us for our latest Fire in Practice webinar on Wed 3rd Dec 2-3pm GMT, with Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning, on
Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires#Indigenous
https://t.co/zobNv4Mqtk
🌍 Leverhulme Wildfires Co-Hosts the Climate & Sustainability Youth Summit 2025 🔥
📅 Sat 22 Nov | 13:30–18:15 📍 Imperial College London, City & Guilds LT200 🔗 Click the link to find out keynote speakers and to register: https://t.co/NZEnpEYXvR
#YouthSummit#Sustainability
🔥 Call for Chapters!
Share your research in: Sustainable Wildfire Solutions: Integrating Geospatial Tools, Indigenous Practices & Climate Adaptation 🌍
📘 Co-edited by Kapil Yadav & Rahina S. Alare
💡 Abstracts (≤200 words) due 30 Nov 2025 🔗 https://t.co/JEOaeMglGE
PhD Opportunity: Wildfires & Climate Change 🔥
Fully funded PhD at King’s College London with Dr Francesco Restuccia (FIREMOD ERC). Study physics-based fire spread & join the Heat & Fire Lab.
📅 Apply by 7 Dec 2025 🚀 Start June 2026
🔗https://t.co/93V3p0QvJ4
#PhD#FIREMOD
New Blog: Fires, Farming and the Irish Uplands 🔥🌾
Kalin Pugh (Royal Holloway) writes about their fieldwork in West Cork, exploring how agricultural policy shapes upland fire practices and land management.
🔗 https://t.co/jWkLGgD3MR
#WildfireResearch#FireManagement
Call for Papers: Power, Land, and Fire - Crisis Narratives and Burning Practices 🔥 Panel at #POLLEN2026: Diverse Origins, Multiple Futures - The Stories of Political Ecology.
Interested in presenting your work at the conference? :
🔗 https://t.co/zLst9uySYi
We’re celebrating new research from our team!
A new paper by Perkins et al. explores how human and ecological factors interact to shape global fire regimes using a coupled socio-ecological model.
Read it here: https://t.co/0KRXEcIGjT
#FireScience#LeverhulmeWildfires