Dr Heather Price

Senior Lecturer

Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Heather Price

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About me

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)

Divisional / Faculty Contribution

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


Other Academic Activities

Editorial Board
Springer Nature Applied Sciences


Other Project

The impact of air pollution on bee cognition (Co-I)

Funded by the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA), this interdisciplinary project is exploring the impacts of air pollution on bee cognition using case study sites across central Scotland.

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.


Professional Career

Member of the BSi standard committee on Indoor Air - Emissions to internal environments
https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/…mittees/50237128
The committee is responsible for the preparation of British Standards in the field of air quality in internal environments including emissions from products and their impact on air quality.

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.


Professional membership

Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society
https://www.sages.ac.uk/
Member

UKIEG (UK Indoor Environments Group)
http://www.ukieg.org/
Member


Professional qualification

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/


Research (5)

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)

Projects

Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to benefit Communities and their EnvironmentS
PI: Professor Richard Quilliam
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

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

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

The AIR Network - Action for Interdisciplinary air pollution research
PI: Dr Heather Price
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council

The temporal dynamics of water access and quality in the slums of Blantyre, Malawi
PI: Dr Heather Price
Funded by: Royal Geographical Society

Outputs (36)

Outputs

Commentary

Uny I, Kambalame L, Price H, Caes L, Kalumbi LR, Semple S, Lucas S, Orina F, Chasima T, Chamba MVM & Meme H (2024) Beyond high-level recommendations and rule books: doing the ‘hard work’ of global health research – lessons and recommendations from an interdisciplinary global partnership. BMJ Global Health, 9, Art. No.: e015169. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015169


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


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


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


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


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


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

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


Book Chapter

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


Teaching

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)