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Adriana Ford

Dr Adriana Ford

Centre Manager, Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society

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Biography

Dr Adriana Ford is the Centre Manager for the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society – a ten-year multidisciplinary research centre involving Imperial College, King's College, Royal Holloway and Reading. 

She works three days a week at Imperial and two days at King's.

As Centre Manager, Adriana is responsible for:

  • overseeing the operational and logistical needs
  • monitoring the research progress and impacts
  • supporting the development of the research programmes
  • leading centre communications
  • building networks and collaborations

Her background is in environmental sciences, predominantly in relationships between society and the environment, including health and well-being, attitudes and values, and sustainable development.

Prior to joining the Centre, she worked on wetlands, fisheries/coastal communities, invasive species, ecosystem services, and community-based wildlife management.

Qualifications 

PGCAP, University of York (2013)
PhD, Env. Management, University of York (2012)
MSc, Env. Technology, Imperial College London (2005)
BA, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge (2003)

Employment

Research Fellow, University of Greenwich (2015-2019)
Teaching and Research Fellow, Environment Department, University of York (2011-2015)
Research and Communications Officer, Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative, Tanzania (2006-2007)

Research

fire
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society

Transforming the scientific and practical understanding of wildfire through interdisciplinary research

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Earth Observation and Wildfire research group

Using satellite data and remote sensing to analyse wildfires and their impact on the planet.

News

New installation on the Strand will imagine a climate-positive mythical world

Acclaimed design studio Superflux and King’s Culture present 'The Quiet Enchanting', an installation inspired by King’s climate and sustainability research

The Quiet Enchanting Web Resize Oct 2023

Women and diversity in the new paradigm of fire science

For International Women's Day, Dr Adriana Ford, Centre Manager of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, reflects on being a female...

Wildfire Observation

Exploring wildfire through art

A new artistic collaboration launches between researchers from King’s Geography Department and artists to explore ways of representing, questioning and...

forest-fire-3836834_1280

Events

25JulWildfire Observation

Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023

An inter-disciplinary wildfires research conference discussing some of the most pressing global questions in the field

Please note: this event has passed.

14JulForest Fires

Wildfires in the Lab: creative experiments through art and science

A Creative Learning Lab with artists and researchers exploring wildfires

Please note: this event has passed.

Research

fire
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society

Transforming the scientific and practical understanding of wildfire through interdisciplinary research

forest-fire-3836834_1280
Earth Observation and Wildfire research group

Using satellite data and remote sensing to analyse wildfires and their impact on the planet.

News

New installation on the Strand will imagine a climate-positive mythical world

Acclaimed design studio Superflux and King’s Culture present 'The Quiet Enchanting', an installation inspired by King’s climate and sustainability research

The Quiet Enchanting Web Resize Oct 2023

Women and diversity in the new paradigm of fire science

For International Women's Day, Dr Adriana Ford, Centre Manager of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, reflects on being a female...

Wildfire Observation

Exploring wildfire through art

A new artistic collaboration launches between researchers from King’s Geography Department and artists to explore ways of representing, questioning and...

forest-fire-3836834_1280

Events

25JulWildfire Observation

Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023

An inter-disciplinary wildfires research conference discussing some of the most pressing global questions in the field

Please note: this event has passed.

14JulForest Fires

Wildfires in the Lab: creative experiments through art and science

A Creative Learning Lab with artists and researchers exploring wildfires

Please note: this event has passed.