Fallon C., (2018, June 14). Risk of radon and crisis of communication

Radon exposure is a well known risk in radiation protection policy. In Belgium data gathering and public information on radon is a federal responsibility, but only the south of the country (Wallonia region) is concerned with this risk. While interventions for mitigation and protection are more distributed between federal, regional and local authorities, as a public health issue.
Radon level of exposure is very site specific : in case of detection of high levels of exposure, public information and intervention is more related to crisis management than to risk management. This presentation will be based on a case study of a “radon crisis” in a public school in Wallonia and the questions related to stakeholders engagement at two different moments : in crisis management and in risk management. It will differentiate “stakeholders engagement” as public issues involving different professionals and different publics. The analysis mobilizes the recent theories in public policy evaluation and analysis with a constructivist perspective.
Ref :
P. Zittoun, the political process of policymaking. A pragmatic approach to public policy, Palgrave MacMillan, 2014