A new publication involving SPECIAL group PI Sandy Harrison has recently been published in Communications Earth & Environment, sharing work from the Alienor Lavergne on global optimality-based modelling of C3…Read More >
New Paper by PhD Graduate Theo Keeping – Global Climate Patterns Shape Wildfire Risk in the United States
In the second half of 2025, SPECIAL Group research student Theo Keeping graduated with a PhD from the University of Reading. One of the chapters from his thesis has now…Read More >
Reflecting on 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026
As the year draws to a close, it’s the perfect moment to celebrate achievements, welcome new faces, and look forward to the exciting opportunities that lie ahead. Celebrating Success of…Read More >
Ruijie Ding
Ruijie is a PDRA in Eco-Evolutionary Optimality (EEO) carbon allocation modelling at the University of Reading and a member of the LEMONTREE project. Her research focuses on developing theoretical models…Read More >
Learning about Arctic-Boreal Fires
The SPECIAL group was pleased to welcome Sander Veraverbeke to give a guest seminar at the University of Reading in mid-November. Sander is an Associate Professor at the VU in…Read More >
EcoARCH Launch – New SYNERGY Grant Funding for S.P.E.C.I.A.L
In exciting news – PI Sandy Harrison has secured, alongside international colleagues, a new SYNERGY grant titled EcoARCH! EcoARCH stands for Ecological Archaeologies of the Afrotropics and will investigate human,…Read More >
Regina O’Kelley
Regina is a PDRA at the University of Reading working on the LEMONTREE project to add capacity for representing management strategies in fire models. She brings a background in…Read More >
LEMONTREE Energy Partitioning Workshop – A New Synthesis
Earlier in September this year the LEMONTREE Project hosted the second iteration of the Energy Partitioning Workshop (you can read about the first meeting of the consortium here). The LEMONTREE…Read More >
IMFIREDUP 2025 – Second Meeting of the Consortium
The IMFIREDUP (Improved Modelling of FIRE: Development, Understanding and Prediction) consortium came together once again in September 2025 (see here for the blog on our original meeting last year) for a…Read More >
Charlie Goulbourne
Charlie is a PhD student applying eco-evolutionary optimality modelling to simulate cereal crop yields under changing climate and management strategies. His research extends a light-use efficiency model to represent biomass…Read More >
