Abstract
The main objective of this Ph.D. research is to develop a conceptual and theoretical analysis of risk communication for nuclear emergency management. The work to be performed within the proposed Ph.D. program has the aim of designing a nuclear emergency risk communication model for the performance, development and evaluation of risk communication before, in between and after a nuclear crisis. Risk communication for nuclear emergency management will be approached by a) in-depth study of the factors influencing the response to communications and subsequent behaviors; (b) identify relevant target populations according to these factors and (c) development and testing of communication in different phases of the communication cycle, for selected subgroups. The main instrument used for this study will be a large scale public opinion survey of the Belgian population. Moreover to assess the degree of acceptance and retention of the communications we will additionally integrate an experimental design in the survey research, as well as a number of focus groups.
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