Douglas Booker

PhD student

Research Overview

I am a part-time PhD researcher using a combination of natural and social science methods to measure air quality in and around schools. I am interested in opening the black box of air quality knowledge production to understand how air quality science understands, creates, and communicates knowledge. Ultimately, I advocate the need for a ‘critical’ air quality science.

I run NAQTS, a Lancaster Environment Centre collocated business that develops tools and technologies to provide independent, reliable, and holistic air quality information. Through my role as CEO of NAQTS, I am also an industry supervisor for multiple PhD projects.

I am the Regional Clean Air Champion for the West Midlands to the North West of England as part of the SPF Clean Air Programme. In this role I help to bring together research across atmospheric, medical, and social science to develop practical solutions for air quality issues. I help to ensure that these interdisciplinary communities are connected to the public and wider policy and business environments to maximise the impact of their research. As part of my Regional Clean Air Champion position I hold Visiting Academic status at the University of Southampton in the Faculty of Medicine.

Twitter: @DouglasBooker

The Dynamic Classroom
31/03/2022 → 31/03/2023
Research

Can we improve building management and reduce carbon footprint through a mesh network of indoor air quality sensors?
01/01/2021 → 01/01/2024
Research

Exploring how sources, behaviour and mitigation strategies influence Indoor Air Quality: A Pilot Study
23/11/2020 → 30/10/2021
Research

Tackling Air Pollution at School
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2023
Research

The health and equity impacts of climate change mitigation measures on indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure
01/08/2020 → 31/08/2023
Research

UK-Guangdong urban innovation challenge - Intra-urban air pollution exposure prediction: a smart platform and applications using a land-use regression model
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2020
Research

Indoor Particulate Matter and Personal Mitigation in Guangzhou, China
01/08/2017 → 01/08/2021
Research

Improving Air Quality, Energy Efficiency, Well-Being and Productivity in Private and Public Buildings
01/02/2017 → 01/03/2020
Research

(Re)assembling air quality science: exploring air quality knowledge production
01/10/2016 → 31/12/2023
Research

Domestic indoor air quality in the UK
Invited talk

Doing good science when air pollution is both real and socially constructed
Invited talk

Centre for Science Studies (Organisational unit)
Member of an organisation

Building Engineering Services Association (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

CEN/WS 103 – Real drive test method for collecting vehicle in-cabin pollutant data (Event)
Membership of committee

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Air Pollution
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Practical Aerosol Science 2018
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Cambridge Particle Meeting 2018
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Integrated air quality monitoring technology for high-volume, low-cost measurements of indoor air quality
Oral presentation

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Healthy Homes and Buildings
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

46th Intelligent Sensing Program – Sensing the Air Quality and Emissions
Invited talk

IGAC Africa Science Activity: Scoping Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Better Homes, Better Air, Better Health
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Routes to Clean Air 2016
Invited talk

Environmental Collaboration of the Year
Prize (including medals and awards)

Providing holistic indoor air quality information to improve quality of life
Prize (including medals and awards)

  • Atmosphere, Climate and Pollution
  • Critical Geographies