New Publication – Performing Fire Governance: Co-Creating an Integrated Fire Management Plan Through Legislative Theatre in Eastern Angola
We are pleased to share FIREPOL’s new publication: Escobar-Alvarado, L. F., Fontana, L. B., António, T. E. M., & Vannucci, A. (2026). Performing Fire Governance: Co-Creating an Integrated Fire Management Plan Through Legislative Theatre in Eastern Angola. Fire, 9(9), 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire9090366 The article documents the application of Legislative Theatre as a participatory approach to co-develop an Integrated […]
Communities in Lisima validate locally developed fire management rules that resulted from Legislative Theatre
Last year, as part of the FIREPOL project, we facilitated a Legislative Theatre workshop in Tempué, eastern Angola, in collaboration with Fundação Lisima, the Okavango Wilderness Project and People Powered. This effort brought together community members and traditional authorities to explore challenges around fire use and management. Through storytelling and participatory theatre, communities developed eight […]
POLLEN Conference 2026
We recently attended the POLLEN (Political Ecology Network) Conference, where we presented our research as the FIREPOL team. Our Post Doctoral Researcher Luisa Escobar presented her current research, which explores how fire use can serve as a lens for understanding the territorial dynamics of concession systems in the Okavango. Our Post Doctoral Researcher Alessandro Tinti’s […]
New Publication – A typology of wildfire governance configurations: relating outcomes and processes
We are pleased to share that our Principal Investigator Lorenza Fontana is co-author of a new publication exploring wildfire governance through a process-oriented perspective. The paper argues that effective wildfire governance goes beyond policies and measurable outcomes. By focusing on the relationships, interactions, and collaboration between different actors, it highlights how long-term cooperation and adaptive […]
New article highlights FIREPOL research on fire use in post-conflict Angola
We are pleased to share that The Conversation has published an article by FIREPOL postdoctoral researcher Luisa F. Escobar Alvarado, based on her recent research on fire use and governance in eastern Angola. The article, “Angola’s long war changed the way farmers used fire – why it matters”, is available here: https://doi.org/10.64628/AAJ.t5uhjat9g Drawing on research […]
GRICS seminar at the University of Barcelona
On June 30, the FIREPOL team had the pleasure of being invited by the GRICS (Interaction and Social Change Research Group) at the University of Barcelona to present our work as part of one of their seminar sessions. During the seminar, our Principal Investigator Lorenza Fontana, our Post Doctoral Researcher Luisa Escobar, and our PhD […]
Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network (ECMN) Conference
From 23 to 26 June, our PhD candidate Greta Mazzocchi participated in the Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network (ECMN) Conference, Mobilities and Climate Change: Bridging Transdisciplinary, Spatiotemporal and Political Divides, held at Wageningen University. During the conference, Greta presented her ongoing research on fire (im)mobilities, drawing on preliminary findings from her fieldwork in Campinas, Brazil. Through […]
FIREPOL Seminar – 17/06/2026
On June 17, we had the pleasure of hosting a seminar featuring Dr. Brian Ferrero and Dr. Fernando Laprovitta. We would like to sincerely thank them for joining us and for the inspiring discussions we shared. It was a real pleasure to welcome them to Turin, and we hope to meet again soon -whether here in […]
FIREPOL Workshop Series – Spring 2026
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New EJAtlas entry to highlight environmental crisis in Arica, Chile
FIREPOL has published a new entry in the Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas). The Global Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas) is an online, interactive database and map that documents social conflicts over environmental issues, such as mining, waste management, and infrastructure projects. Managed by researchers and activists, it catalogs cases of ecological injustices to support advocacy efforts and highlight the struggles […]
