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Email

hamish.clarke@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Principal Research Fellow, Future Fire Risk
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
Doctorate
University of New South Wales
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Sydney
Double Degree
University of Technology Sydney
ORCID

0000-0002-8747-3729

A/Prof Hamish Clarke

Principal Research Fellow, Future Fire Risk
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

52 Scholarly works
11 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Fifty shades of “great”: User-informed principles for wildfire simulator development and utilisation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pyro.2025.100001
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Developing evidence briefs for landscape fire management
    DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.70309
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Gazing into the flames: A guide to assessing the impacts of climate change on landscape fire
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz2429
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Interdisciplinary challenges for wildfire futures
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104175
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Decision Support for Climate-Adapted Bushfire Risk Mitigation
  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Identifying and Defining Landscape Dryness Thresholds for Fires
  • 2022

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Towards a Shared Understanding of Future Fire Risk
Hamish Clarke

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
Eureka Prize for Applied Environmental Research - NSW Bushfire Hub Australian Museum
2021
NSW Young Tall Poppy Australian Institute of Policy and Science
2015
Outstanding Public Sector Innovation - NSW and ACT Regional Climate Modelling project (NARCliM) NSW Public Sector Awards
2006
University Medal University of Sydney

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    A global assemblage of regional prescribed burn records — GlobalRx
    DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-04941-w
  • 2025

    Journal article

    State of Wildfires 2024–2025
    DOI: 10.5194/essd-17-5377-2025
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Protected Areas Show Substantial and Increasing Risk of Wildfire Globally
    DOI: 10.3390/fire8100405
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The Range of Projected Change in Vapour Pressure Deficit Through 2100: A Seasonal and Regional Analysis of the CMIP6 Ensemble
    DOI: 10.3390/cli13070143
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Fuelling future fires: predicting variation in fuel hazard and availability across an environmental gradient
    DOI: 10.1071/WF24222
  • 2024

    Journal article

    State of Wildfires 2023-2024
    DOI: 10.5194/essd-16-3601-2024

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Decision Support for Climate-Adapted Bushfire Risk Mitigation
  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Climate Change Engagement and Communications Practice Review: Phase 2

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