An EconoTimes perspective

Iván Villaverde Canosa

PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Leeds

PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Leeds I am a second-year PhD candidate at the University of Leeds. My research focuses on how people at the community level perceive, experience, and respond to wildfires in high-latitude contexts, including the Arctic and surrounding boreal regions. I am interested in understanding why people throughout the high North are more or less vulnerable to the effects of wildfires and how we can increase their resilience. I have been involved in various projects at under- and postgraduate levels focusing on assessing climate impacts and vulnerability in spatially explicit and context-specific ways and tracking climate change adaptation at global and regional levels. I am also active in publishing my scholarly contributions in the peer-reviewed literature. Research interests – Wildfire risk and adaptation – Community vulnerability and resilience – Climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction – Compound impacts