Towards a strategic research agenda for social sciences and humanities in radiological protection

Article published in the Journal of Radiological Protection written by SHARE members.

The article has been published on IOPscience.

Selected scientific publications on nuclear & radioactive waste from our members

Litmanen, T., & Kojo, M. (2011). Not excluding nuclear power: the dynamics and stability of nuclear power policy arrangements in Finland. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 8(3), 171-194.

Mihók, P. 2020. Understanding political institutional support for completing the Mochovce nuclear power plant. In: Progress in Nuclear Energy 120(1).

Landström, C. & Bergmans, A. (2015) ‘Long-term repository governance: a socio-technical challenge’, Journal of Risk Research, 18(3): 378-391. DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2014.913658

Selected scientific publications and books on ethical aspects from our members

Oughton, D. (2016). Societal and ethical aspects of the Fukushima accident. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 12(4), 651-653. doi:10.1002/ieam.1831

Malone, J., Zölzer, F., Meskens, G. & Skourou, C. (2019) Ethics for Radiation Protection in Medicine. CRC Press

Zölzer, F. & Meskens, G. (eds.) (2018) Environmental Health Risks. Ethical Aspects. Routledge

Selected scientific publications on risk perception and risk communication

Perko, T., van Gorp, B., Turcanu, C., Thijssen, P., & Carlé, B. (2013). Communication in Nuclear Emergency Preparedness: A Closer Look at Information Reception. Risk Analysis, 33 (11).

Litmanen, T., Jartti, T., & Rantala, E. (2016). Refining the preconditions of a social licence to operate (SLO): reflections on citizens’ attitudes towards mining in two Finnish regions. The Extractive Industries and Society, 3(3), 782-792.

Perko, T.; Monken-Fernandes, H.; Martell, M.; Zeleznik, N.; O’Sullivan, P. (2019) Societal constraints related to environmental remediation and decommissioning programmes. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (196) 171-180.

Scheer, D., Benighaus, C., Benighaus, L. et al. (2014) The Distinction Between Risk and Hazard: Understanding and Use in Stakeholder Communication. Risk Analysis, 34 (7) 1270-1285.

Perko, T. & Turcanu, C. (2020) Is internet a missed opportunity? Evaluating radon websites from a stakeholder engagement perspective. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 212. 

Selected scientific publications and books on stakeholder engagement

Schneider T, Maître M, et al. (2019) The role of radiological protection experts in stakeholder involvement in the recovery phase of post-nuclear accident situations: Some lessons from the Fukushima-Daïchi NPP accident. Radioprotection 54(4): 259–270

Bergmans, A. & Verhaegen, M. (2016). How stakeholder and citizen participation influences evaluation criteria for megaprojects. The case of the Belgian LILW repository. In: Lethonen, M., Joly, P-B., Aparicio, L. (eds.) Socioeconomic evaluation of megaprojects. Dealing with uncertainties. London/New York: Routledge – Earthscan, 111-133. ISBN 9781138656116

Coppens, Tom; Van Dooren, Wouter; Thijssen, Peter (2018). Public opposition and the neighbourhood effect: how social interaction explains protest against a large infrastructure project, Land use policy – ISSN 0264-8377 – 79, 633-640

Turcanu C., Abelshausen B., Geysmans R., Van Oudheusden M., Meskens G., Schieber C., Schneider T., Zeleznik N., Pölzl-Viol C. (2019) Final report of the ENGAGE project, CONCERT deliverable 9.94.