| Location | University of Stirling |
|---|---|
| Type | PhD Studentship, full time |
| Title | Communicating the air: identifying better methods to support public engagement with air pollution to help minimise air pollution exposures |
| Closing date | 3 January 2025 |
The aim of this project is to develop the evidence base on how best to communicate air pollution to the public and wider stakeholders to reduce air pollution (and associated exposures) and improve health. In doing so, the student will explore ways to communicate more effectively about air quality to encourage behaviour changes and to drive top-down action.
The project has four main objectives:
1. Map the current approaches to ‘communicating the air’ to enable development of an evidence-based framework for engaging the public and other stakeholders in reducing air pollution exposures.
2. Use the Forth-ERA indoor and outdoor air pollution datasets to assess the efficacy of the evidence-based framework (developed in objective 1) in action at the community-level
3. Develop and test an air quality data-based behavioural intervention in terms of efficacy in reducing individual air pollution exposure
4. Explore how best to communicate air quality to non-public stakeholders using a data-grounded approach
The student will engage with the CASE partner (Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)) and other stakeholders, including the public(s), Scottish Government, local authorities, national agencies such as Health Protection Scotland and Transport Scotland, as well as community organisations and charities (like Asthma & Lung UK, British Heart Foundation, Alzheimer Scotland, Friends of the Earth Scotland), throughout the project.