Biography
Oliver works in the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society where they work on integrating representation of human behaviour into global-scale fire models. Oliver's PhD research focused on developing the WHAM! global agent-based model & its coupling to JULES-INFERNO.
Research
Key topics in Oliver's research include:
- Human-Earth system modelling
- Land-based carbon dioxide removal: feasibility & desirability
- Global fire modelling
- Climate change adaptation
Oliver is a global-scale land system modeller interested in understanding and evaluating possible human responses to climate change. This covers adaptation to climate impacts, such as evaluating approaches to managing fire, as well as climate mitigation through feasibility assessment of land-based carbon removal. Their work has particular emphasis on faithful representation of human behaviour and its interactions with environmental processes at large scales.
Further details
Research
Physical & Environmental Geography research group
Researching the interactions between the Earth’s hydrological, geomorphological, atmospheric and ecological processes at different geographical scales.
Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
The Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (PEBES) group provides a collaborative focus for work on the social (re)production of nature, environmental conservation and resource management.
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society
Transforming the scientific and practical understanding of wildfire through interdisciplinary research
News
COMMENT: Scientific models trust the land to soak up lots of CO₂ – the reality is a lot more messy
Dr Ol Perkins and co-authors examine the pitfalls of assuming that large-scale carbon removal is a perfect solution.
World can't rely on tree planting to limit climate change, says report
Little consideration has been given by the IPCC to the feasibility of schemes that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - despite many countries banking...
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Research
Physical & Environmental Geography research group
Researching the interactions between the Earth’s hydrological, geomorphological, atmospheric and ecological processes at different geographical scales.
Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
The Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (PEBES) group provides a collaborative focus for work on the social (re)production of nature, environmental conservation and resource management.
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society
Transforming the scientific and practical understanding of wildfire through interdisciplinary research
News
COMMENT: Scientific models trust the land to soak up lots of CO₂ – the reality is a lot more messy
Dr Ol Perkins and co-authors examine the pitfalls of assuming that large-scale carbon removal is a perfect solution.
World can't rely on tree planting to limit climate change, says report
Little consideration has been given by the IPCC to the feasibility of schemes that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - despite many countries banking...
Events
The debate: Is there a role for offsetting in Higher Education?
Join this thought-provoking debate on the role of offsetting in Higher Education.
Please note: this event has passed.