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Dr Steven Curnin presenting at AFAC19 powered by INTERSCHUTZ, August 2019. Photo: AFAC.
18 Nov 2020
Collaborative research recognised with government grant
Research by Dr Steven Curnin (University of Tasmania) about improving decision making of emergency management teams in crisis situations has been recognised with a...
20 Jan 2022
A wave of PhD completions
19 Aug 2021
Dr Greg Penney’s research recognised with national awards
19 Aug 2021
Award for child-centred disaster risk reduction PhD
Dr James Furlaud presenting at the International Association of Wildland Fire’s Fire Behaviour and Fuels conference in 2019.
25 Jun 2021
Nine more PhD’s complete
24 May 2021
PhD wins national medal
22 Apr 2021
New online – April 2021
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Wildfire engineering – a new...
07 Oct 2020
As a 14-year career firefighter who has worked in both metropolitan and country operations in Western Australia, I have not only...
Dr Greg Penney
Completed associate student
From PhD to practice
12 Aug 2020
I wouldn’t have thought I’d be where I am now. I find myself back working in community disaster recovery after experiencing...
Dr Fiona Jennings
Completed PhD student
Migrant voices in new disaster...
10 Jul 2020
A new edited book, Disasters in Australia and New Zealand: Historical Approaches to Understanding Catastrophe, that was launched...
Gretel Evans
Associate student
Fire-adaptive communities in...
17 Jun 2020
Australian communities shouldn’t be asked to just ‘adapt’ to more bushfires. Community-level ‘adaptive approaches’ to fire in the...
Zoe D'Arcy
Associate student
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In the media

21 Oct
ABC Goulburn Murray
Scientists working to predict 'freak' fire weather simulate some of Australia's toughest blazes
20 Oct
Meteorological Technology International
Research sheds light on unexpected behavior of Australia’s Black Summer bushfires
20 Oct
Beef Central
Report finds weather played significant role 2019-20 fires
19 Oct
Bureau of Meteorology
Bushfire insights uncovered with new fire-atmosphere modelling
19 Oct
South Coast Register
New insights into Black Summer’s terrible fires uncovered
19 Oct
Mirage News
Bushfire insights uncovered with new fire-atmosphere modelling
11 Oct
ABC Weather
BOM severe weather outlook for 2021-22 suggests floods, cyclones on the cards
08 Oct
news.com.au
Former fire chief warns of inextinguishable firestorms as climate change poses unprecedented threat to Australia
07 Oct
University of Western Australia
Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers
07 Oct
Mirage News
Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers
06 Oct
Busselton-Dunsborough Mail
Time to prepare properties ahead of the bushfire season
27 Sep
Herald Sun
Quake would’ve killed 1400 if it hit Melbourne
27 Sep
The Age
‘We are not safe’: Warning on city buildings as more quakes predicted
27 Sep
Brisbane Times
‘We are not safe’: Warning on city buildings as more quakes predicted
24 Sep
University of Melbourne Pursuit
What Victoria's earthquake tells us about the safety of our structures

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