Senior Lecturer
Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
I am a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography aiming to find new and creative ways to reduce environmental pollution and improve public health.
Biography
• Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography (2015 onwards; University of Stirling)
• Postdoc on the EPSRC project Energy for Development (2014 – 2015; Southampton University)
• Postdoc on the NERC/DFID (UPGro) project Groundwater 2030 (2014; Southampton University)
• Postdoc on the EU FP7 project TRANSPHORM (Traffic-related air pollution and health) (2011 – 2014; University of Hertfordshire)
• PhD in Air Pollution and Health (2007 – 2011; Cardiff University)
• BSc. (hons; 1st class) Environmental Geoscience (2004-2007; Cardiff University)
BES PGR Director
Chair of BES PGR Tutor team
Faculty PGR Committee
Member
NERC Iapetus Doctoral Training Programme
https://www.iapetus2.ac.uk/
Academic lead for Stirling
Editorial Board
Springer Nature Applied Sciences
Forth-ERA (Air Quality Co-lead)
https://www.stir.ac.uk/…about-forth-era/
The Forth Environmental Resilience Array (Forth-ERA), funded through the Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal, is a living laboratory providing environmental data and analytics. It aims to facilitate world-leading scientific research, promote more efficient environmental management and regulation, and stimulate business innovation in support of Scotland’s transition to a net zero carbon society. The Forth-ERA air quality objectives include to: 1) Deploy a co-designed (with stakeholders) indoor (n = ~100 sensors) and outdoor (n = 20 sensors) air quality monitoring network in Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire; 2) Explore community air quality priorities using online participatory approaches and use this as the basis for deploying sensors (n = 10) that address their priorities; 3) Create an online digital repository for air quality data, presented in meaningful ways for a variety of stakeholders (e.g., local authorities, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), community groups and the public); 4) Identify and explore ways to use the collected air quality data to support policy and behaviour changes.
Scottish Government's CAFS2 Public Engagement Working Group
https://www.gov.scot/…-place-everyone/
Member of the Public Engagement Working Group supporting associated aspects of the Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 (CAFS2) air quality strategy.
UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College
https://www.ukri.org/…de-pilot-scheme/
Panel member supporting the UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme.
UKRI Regional Clean Air Champion for Scotland
https://www.ukri.org/…ality-across-uk/
Supporting the UKRI £42.5 million Clean Air Programme by acting as a central point for air quality research in Scotland and increasing collaboration and impact across and beyond the programme.
Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society
https://www.sages.ac.uk/
Member
UKIEG (UK Indoor Environments Group)
http://www.ukieg.org/
Member
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/
The aim of my research is to find new and creative ways to reduce environmental pollution and improve public health.
I am an interdisciplinary researcher, combining a background in environmental science with more recent research experience in geography, social science and arts & humanities. I lead and contribute to inter- and trans-disciplinary projects which place people at their heart, using a variety of methods and approaches to engage people in the research process including co-creation, citizen science, participatory and creative methods. My current research projects are based in the UK and Africa.
Current postgraduate researchers (primary supervisor):
Sydney Byrns – Co-developing strategies to promote inclusive water governance in Malawi (Scottish Government)
Heather Anderson - Reconciling scientific and non-scientific safe water realities: case studies from the global North and global South (ESRC)
Completed postgraduate researchers (primary supervisor):
Amy McCarron - Air pollution and public health: exploring sustainable behavioural changes to reduce exposures in Scotland (NERC)
Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to benefit Communities and their EnvironmentS
PI: Professor Richard Quilliam
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Non-communicable lung disease in Kenya: from burden and early life determinants to participatory inter-disciplinary solutions (Tupumue)
PI: Dr Heather Price
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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From fuel to pot: an interdisciplinary partnership to address the role of solid fuel use in food preparation in the household in Kenya and Malawi.
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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The AIR Network - Action for Interdisciplinary air pollution research
PI: Dr Heather Price
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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The temporal dynamics of water access and quality in the slums of Blantyre, Malawi
PI: Dr Heather Price
Funded by: Royal Geographical Society
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Article
Orina F, Amukoye E, Bowyer C, Chakaya J, Das D, Devereux G, Dobson R, Dragosits U, Gray C, Kiplimo R, Lesosky M, Loh M, Meme H, Price H & Semple S (2024) Household carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations in a large African city: An unquantified public health burden?. Environmental Pollution, 351, Art. No.: 124054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124054
Article
McCarron A, Semple S, Swanson V, Gillespie C, Braban C & Price HD (2024) Piloting co-developed behaviour change interventions to reduce exposure to air pollution and improve self-reported asthma-related health. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-024-00661-2
Discussion Paper
Büker P, West SE, Bowyer CJ, Apondo W, Cinderby S, Gray CM, Hahn M, Lambe F, Loh M, Medcalf A, Muhoza C, Muindi K, Njoora TK, Twigg MM & Price HD (2024) Transdisciplinary Research as a Means of Protecting Human Health, Ecosystems and Climate by Engaging People to Act on Air Pollution. CAB International One Health Cases. Wallingford: CABI Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1079/onehealthcases.2024.0002
Article
“I have to stay inside …”: Experiences of air pollution for people with asthma
McCarron A, Semple S, Swanson V, Braban CF, Gillespie C & Price HD (2024) “I have to stay inside …”: Experiences of air pollution for people with asthma. Health & Place, 85, Art. No.: 103150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103150
Article
Anderson HK, Price H & Staddon S (2023) Water poverty in a ‘Hydro Nation’: Exploring distributional and recognitional water injustice in Scotland. Utilities Policy, 85, p. 101679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2023.101679
Article
Personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and self-reported asthma-related health
McCarron A, Semple S, Braban CF, Gillespie C, Swanson V & Price HD (2023) Personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and self-reported asthma-related health. Social Science & Medicine, 337, Art. No.: 116293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116293
Other
Uny I, Chamba M, Chasima T, Caes L, Kalumbi L, Orina F, Kambalame L, Semple S, Price H, Lucas S & Meme H (2023) The Fuel to Pot Project: An interdisciplinary partnership to address the role of solid fuel use in food preparation in the household in Kenya and Malawi., Edinburgh, 13.11.2023. https://rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RSE-AWG-scoping-project-report.pdf
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Uny I, Chasima T, Kambalame L, Caes L, Meme H, Kalumbi L, Price H, Chamba M, Lucas S & Semple S (2023) OP13 Undertaking photovoice in informal settlements in Kenya and Malawi: methodological learning from a qualitative study exploring solid fuel use, cooking and air pollution. Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts, Newcastle University, 06.09.2023-08.09.2023. https://jech.bmj.com/content/77/Suppl_1/A7.1; https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-ssmabstracts.13
Other
Uny I, Chasima T, Kambalame L, Caes L, Meme H, Kalumbi L, Price H, Chamba M, Lucas S & Semple S (2023) OP13 Undertaking photovoice in informal settlements in Kenya and Malawi: methodological learning from a qualitative study exploring solid fuel use, cooking and air pollution. Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts, 06.09.2023. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-ssmabstracts.13
Article
Meme H, Amukoye E, Bowyer C, Chakaya J, Das D, Dobson R, Dragosits U, Fuld J, Gray C, Hahn M, Kiplimo R, Lesosky M, Loh MM, Price H & Semple S (2023) Asthma symptoms, spirometry and air pollution exposure in schoolchildren in an informal settlement and an affluent area of Nairobi, Kenya. Thorax. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2023-220057
Article
Price HD, Bowyer CJ, Büker P, Gray CM, Hahn M, Lambe F, Loh M, Medcalf AJ, Njoora TK, Waelde C, Wainwright M & West SE (2023) From reflection diaries to practical guidance for transdisciplinary research: learnings from a Kenyan air pollution project. Sustainability Science, 18 (3), pp. 1429-1444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01317-0
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Uny I, Chasima T, Kambalame L, Caes L, Meme H, Kalumbi L, Price H, Chamba M, Lucas S, Semple S & Orina F (2023) Preliminary findings from a photovoice study of community members’ choice, experiences and perceptions around fuel use and cooking practices in Mukuru (Kenya) and Ndirande (Malawi). The KASH Conference, Nairobi, kenya, 13.02.2023-16.02.2023. https://www.kemri.go.ke/kash-14/#1571270387975-4b3b4eea-d7ab
Article
Adams EA, Byrns S, Kumwenda S, Quilliam R, Mkandawire T & Price H (2022) Water journeys: Household water insecurity, health risks, and embodiment in slums and informal settlements. Social Science & Medicine, 313, p. 115394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115394
Article
McCarron A, Semple S, Braban CF, Swanson V, Gillespie C & Price HD (2022) Public engagement with air quality data: using health behaviour change theory to support exposure-minimising behaviours. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-022-00449-2
Article
West S, Bowyer C, Apondo W, Bueker P, Cinderby S, Gray C, Hahn M, Lambe F, Loh M, Medcalf A, Muhoza C, Muindi K, Njoora T, Twigg M & Price H (2021) Using a co-created transdisciplinary approach to explore the complexity of air pollution in informal settlements. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8, Art. No.: 285. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00969-6
Article
Price HD, Adams EA, Nkwanda PD, Mkandawire TW & Quilliam RS (2021) Daily changes in household water access and quality in urban slums undermine global safe water monitoring programmes. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 231, Art. No.: 113632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113632
Article
McCarron A, Uny I, Caes L, Lucas S, Semple S, Ardrey J & Price H (2020) Solid fuel users' perceptions of household solid fuel use in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Environment International, 143, Art. No.: 105991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105991
Book Chapter
Urban slums, drinking water and health: Trends and lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa
Adams EA, Price H & Stoler J (2019) Urban slums, drinking water and health: Trends and lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Vojnovic I, Pearson AL, Asiki G, DeVerteuil G & Allen A (eds.) Handbook of Global Urban Health. The Metropolis and Modern Life. London: Routledge, pp. 533 - 552. https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-Global-Urban-Health/Vojnovic-Pearson-Gershim-Allen-DeVerteuil/p/book/9781138206250
Article
Price H, Adams E & Quilliam RS (2019) The difference a day can make: The temporal dynamics of drinking water access and quality in urban slums. Science of The Total Environment, 671, pp. 818-826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.355
Newspaper Article
Using art to tackle air pollution: a story from a Nairobi slum
Bowyer C & Price H (2019) Using art to tackle air pollution: a story from a Nairobi slum. The Conversation. 04.03.2019.
Article
The Impact of an Electrical Mini-grid on the Development of a Rural Community in Kenya
Bahaj A, Blunden L, Kanani C, James P, Kiva I, Matthews Z, Price H, Essendi H, Falkingham J & George G (2019) The Impact of an Electrical Mini-grid on the Development of a Rural Community in Kenya. Energies, 12 (5), Art. No.: 778. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12050778
Article
Price HD, Okotto LG, Okotto-Okotto J, Pedley S & Wright J (2018) A participatory methodology for future scenario analysis of sub-national water and sanitation access: case study of Kisumu, Kenya. Water International, 43 (5), pp. 591-602. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2018.1500343
Article
Maina EG, Gachanja AN, Gatari MJ & Price H (2018) Demonstrating PM2.5 and road-side dust pollution by heavy metals along Thika superhighway in Kenya, sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 190, Art. No.: 251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6629-z
Book Chapter
Air Analysis: Field Portable Instruments for the Measurement of Airborne Hazards
Price H (2018) Air Analysis: Field Portable Instruments for the Measurement of Airborne Hazards. In: Worsfold P, Townshend A, Poole C & Miro M (eds.) Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering. Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.12680-0
Article
Okotto-Okotto J, Okotto L, Price H, Pedley S & Wright J (2015) A longitudinal study of long-term change in contamination hazards and shallow well quality in two neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12 (4), pp. 4275-4291. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120404275
Article
Socio-economic aspects of domestic groundwater consumption, vending and use in Kisumu, Kenya
Okotto L, Okotto-Okotto J, Price H, Pedley S & Wright J (2015) Socio-economic aspects of domestic groundwater consumption, vending and use in Kisumu, Kenya. Applied Geography, 58, pp. 189-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.02.009
Dataset
Sanitary risk inspections of shallow wells, boreholes and springs in Kisumu, Kenya in 2014
Okotto-Okotto J, Pedley S, Okotto L, Price H & Wright J (2014) Sanitary risk inspections of shallow wells, boreholes and springs in Kisumu, Kenya in 2014.
Dataset
Okotto L, Okotto-Okotto J, Price H, Pedley S & Wright J (2014) Socio-economic survey of domestic groundwater handling and use for source customers in Kisumu, Kenya in 2014.
Dataset
Pedley S, Okotto-Okotto J, Okotto L, Price H & Wright J (2014) Groundwater microbiology and chemistry of shallow wells, boreholes and springs in Kisumu, Kenya in 2014.
Article
Linking particle number concentration (PNC), meteorology and traffic variables in a UK street canyon
Price H, Arthur R, BeruBe K & Jones T (2014) Linking particle number concentration (PNC), meteorology and traffic variables in a UK street canyon. Atmospheric Research, 147-148, pp. 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.05.008
Article
Price H, Stahlmecke B, Arthur R, Kaminski H, Lindermann J, Dauber E, Asbach C, Kuhlbusch TAJ, BeruBe K & Jones T (2014) Comparison of instruments for particle number size distribution measurements in air quality monitoring. Journal of Aerosol Science, 76, pp. 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2014.05.001
Article
Price H, Jones T & BeruBe K (2014) Resolution of the mediators of in vitro oxidative reactivity in size-segregated fractions that may be masked in the urban PM10 cocktail. Science of the Total Environment, 485-486, pp. 588-595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.056
Article
Hoogendoorn B, BeruBe K, Gregory C, Jones T, Sexton K, Brennan P, Brewis I, Murison A, Arthur R, Price H, Morgan H & Matthews I (2012) Gene and protein responses of human lung tissue explants exposed to ambient particulate matter of different sizes. Inhalation Toxicology, 24 (14), pp. 966-975. https://doi.org/10.3109/08958378.2012.742600
Article
Airborne particles in Swansea, UK: Their collection and characterization
Price H, Arthur R, Sexton K, Gregory C, Hoogendoorn B, Matthews I, Jones T & BeruBe K (2010) Airborne particles in Swansea, UK: Their collection and characterization. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues, 73 (5-6), pp. 355-367. https://doi.org/10.1080/15287390903442652
I currently lead/teach on the following modules:
• GEOU9EH Environmental Hazards (module coordinator)
• ENVU5EP Environmental Policy and Management
• ENMPG04 Environmental Policy
• GEOU2GE Global Environmental Issues
• GEOU6GI Sustainable Development
• GEOU9PR Environmental Geography BSc dissertation supervision
• ENMPG18/ ENMPG30 Environmental Management MSc dissertation supervision
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
