Associate Professor
Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
The aim of my research is to improve public health by engaging stakeholders and the public with the air they breathe.
Biography
•Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor 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)
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)
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
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.
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.
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/
Scottish researcH partnership for Air Pollution health Effects (SHAPE)
PI: Dr Heather Price
Funded by: Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society
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Open air
PI: Dr Heather Price
Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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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
The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on water poverty in Scotland: A lived-experience analysis
Anderson HK, Duthie AB, McDougall CW, Quilliam RS & Price H (2025) The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on water poverty in Scotland: A lived-experience analysis. Utilities Policy, 96, Art. No.: 101983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2025.101983
Article
Water conflicts: Exploring how stakeholder behaviours influence conflict (de-)escalation in practice
Anderson HK, Quilliam RS & Price H (2025) Water conflicts: Exploring how stakeholder behaviours influence conflict (de-)escalation in practice. Environmental Science & Policy, 169, p. 104096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104096
Article
Uny I, Chasima T, Caes L, Kambalame L, Chamba MVM, Kalumbi L, Orina F, Price H, Lucas S, Nyikuri M, Semple S & Meme H (2024) Exploring the use of solid fuels for cooking and household air pollution in informal settlements through photovoice: The Fuel to Pot study in Ndirande (Malawi) and Mukuru (Kenya). Shrestha SL (Editor) PLOS ONE, 19 (12), Art. No.: e0316095. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316095
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
Article
Anderson HK, Quilliam R & Price H (2024) ‘They're telling us it's safe, but how do we know it's safe?’ Different stakeholder perspectives on drinking water safety. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 14 (9), pp. 856-872. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2024.157
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://www.poly.ac.mw/news/fuel-to-pot-mubas-and-stirling-universitys-collaborative-initiative-addressing-solid-fuel-challenges-in-household-cooking-15-11-2023#:~:text=This%20interdisciplinary%20partnership%20addresses%20the,access%20to%20modern%20energy%20infrastructure.
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
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
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.
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.
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)
