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PhD Opportunity: Hobart City Bushfire Risk

August 9, 2019
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Understand the bushfire risk profile of the City of Hobart using a transdisciplinary biophysical and social geographic approach The Fire Centre is looking for a PhD student to engage in a multi-disciplinary project identifying vulnerable populations in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) around the Tasmanian capital of Hobart. The research will employ both sociological and biogeographic […]

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18 Feb

This Monday (February 22 2021) the Fire Centre’s Prof David Bowman and Dr Penny Jones are launching a new unit, ‘Living with Fire’.
Find out more from https://firecentre.org.au/are-you-interested-in-learning-about-living-with-fire/

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13 Feb 2020

The Fire Centre is hosting the final seminar of one of its PhD students tomorrow. Come to Sandy Bay to learn about fire danger in Tasmania's Tall Wet Eucalypt Forests https://firecentre.org.au/event/phd-final-seminar-how-do-wet-forests-burn/

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That's What I Call Science 🎙@ThatsScienceTAS·

16 Jan 2020

The first episode of 2020 covers the topic on everyone’s lips this summer – the Australian bushfires. Tune in this Sunday on Edge Radio 99.3FM at 5pm or lookout for the podcast.

http://programs.edgeradio.org.au/now-thats-science/2020-01-19

#AustraliaBushfires #AustraliaFires #scicomm #ScienceTwitter

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20 Jan 2020

Thinning is controversial, and the jury is still out in terms of its effectiveness. But all options need to be considered in this bushfire crisis. The Fire Centre has a number of projects investigating this topic. Watch this space! https://theconversation.com/forest-thinning-is-controversial-but-it-shouldnt-be-ruled-out-for-managing-bushfires-130124

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13 Jan 2020

A good discussion of risks vs. benefits of thinning to reduce bushfire risk (read the whole thread)...

dr. Cathelijne Stoof@dr_firelady

#BushfireReadingList https://twitter.com/BronwynHorsey/status/1215426292037844992

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