INCENDI: OLTRE AL FUOCO C’È DI PIÙ!

Evento Lancio FIREPOL @ U Night, Notte Europea Delle Ricercatrici e Dei Ricercatori We are excited to announce the launch of our research project, FIREPOL, at  UNIGHT 2024. We invite you to join our talk, “INCENDI: OLTRE AL FUOCO C’È DI PIÙ!” which is taking place on September 28 at 17:00 at the Musei Reali […]

It’s Complicated’. Uneasy Answers to Easy Questions about Politics, Fire and More

Lectio Magistralis by Lorenza Fontana ‘It’s Complicated’. Inconvenient answers to simple questions about fires, politics and more “From ethnic politics and the struggle of indigenous peoples for land and self-determination, to international law that regulates child labor, to socio-environmental conflicts and the political dimensions of fires, this lesson will touch on various (apparently) unrelated topics, […]

L’impatto ambientale dei conflitti: il caso dell’Angola

Hosted by GreenTO “Martedì 16 aprile ci prepareremo alla Giornata della Terra ospitando la talk “L’impatto ambientale dei conflitti: il caso dell’Angola”, con le esperte Lorenza Fontana e Luisa Escobar Alvarado. A partire da un lavoro di ricerca in una delle regioni più remote al mondo, parleremo di come la guerra può cambiare completamente la […]

The Politics of Wildfires: A New Research Agenda

Research Seminar Collegio Carlo Alberto Abstract. Wildfires are worldwide phenomena that have been shaping the environment and life on Earth for millions of years. The global increase in the magnitude and spread of wildfires has inaugurated what experts call a ‘new era of fire.’ In this framework, fires have been couched almost exclusively as ‘natural […]

FLARE Conference

FIREPOL researchers will be attending and participating in the Forests & Livelihoods Assessment, Research, and Engagement (FLARE) conference from October 3-7, 2024 in Rome, Italy.