Presents viewpoints by leading researchers from a range of scientific disciplines

Questions the conventional "centralized views" of risk communication

Discusses the challenges inherent to risk communication

Proposes a novel perspective on risk communication as a way forward in risk governance and safety management

Foreword, by Mathilde Bourrier and Corinne Bieder.- Introduction: Chapter 1 Risk Communication 101: A Few Benchmarks, by Mathilde Bourrier.- Part I Persuading in Peace Time: A Longlasting Story.- Chapter 2 Public Participation in the Debate on Industrial Risk in France: A Success Story?, by Caroline Kamaté.- Chapter 3 Organizing Risk Communication for Effective Preparedness: Using Plans as a Catalyst for Risk Communication, by Amandine Berger-Sabbatel and Benoit Journé.- Chapter 4 Nuclear Crisis Preparedness: Lessons Learned from Fukushima Daiichi, by Geneviève Baumont.- Chapter 5 Risk Communication between Companies and Local Stakeholders for Improving Accident Prevention and Emergency Response, by Michael Baram and Preben Lindoe.- Part II When Reality Strikes Back: Tough Lessons to be Learned from Crises.- Chapter 6 How Risk Communication Can Contribute to Sharing Accurate Health Information for Individual Decision-Making: An Empirical Study from Fukushima During a Post-Emergency Period, by Mariko Nishizawa.- Chapter 7 Crisis Communication During the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: The Paradoxes of Decontextualized Contextualization, by Loïs Bastide.- Part III The Collapse of Absolute Trust in Absolute Truth.- Chapter 8 Transparency in Healthcare: Disclosing Adverse Events to the Public, by Siri Wiig, Karina Aase, Olav Røise and Mathilde Bourrier.- Chapter 9 How Safety Communication Can Support Safety Management: The Case of Commercial Aviation, by Michel Guérard.- Chapter 10 Risk Communication from an Audit Team to its Client, by Petra Haferkorn.- Conclusion: Chapter 11 Societal Risk Communication - Towards Smart Risk Governance and Safety Management, by Corinne Bieder.