Claire Mays
Biographic Data
| ID | 6676527 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Mays |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Mays |
| SIGNATURE | MAYS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut SYMLOG de France |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7869-2674 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Articulating conditions for geological carbon storage: Conditional acceptance in three European communities
This study examines how communities in three European contexts (depopulated rural Spain, rural industrial France, and coastal Portugal) articulate conditions for accepting geological CO2 storage. Drawing on engagement activities conducted within a Horizon 2020 project (2021–2026) across regions with no prior carbon capture and storage (CCS) experience, we identify a pattern of conditional acceptance that is not well captured by binary framings of…
Climate concerned but anti-nuclear: Exploring (dis)approval of nuclear energy in four European countries
Going up: Riding the risk escalator with Ortwin
In 35 years of research and intervention as an ‘academic without a university’, the author has found intersection with Ortwin Renn’s work, benefited from his generous collaborative philosophy and network creation, and learned about the inside/outside polarity of institutional risk governance and the public. This perspective piece is a personal look backward, based on a 46-slide, predominantly visual presentation to the 29 June 2018 Potsdam worksh…
Scientific truth or debate: On the link between perceived scientific consensus and belief in anthropogenic climate change
Scientists overwhelmingly agree that climate change exists and is caused by human activity. It has been argued that communicating the consensus can counter climate scepticism, given that perceived scientific consensus is a major factor predicting public belief that climate change is anthropogenic. However, individuals may hold different models of science, potentially affecting their interpretation of scientific consensus. Using representative sur…
How to address citizens’ practices and policies on sustainability? A consultative tool for brokering policy-related knowledge between the worlds of policymaking and everyday citizens’ life
An innovative investigative approach (STAVE), combining elements of research, engagement and brokerage, was used to uncover policy assumptions and daily experiences related to energy use practices. Exploratory work within three policymaker institutions and eight reconvened focus groups were carried out in three different European countries (France, Germany, Spain). All the groups explored active practices with regard to energy saving at household…
Great deeds or great risks? Scientists’ social representations of nanotechnology
Nanotechnologies are becoming a larger presence in everyday life and are viewed by governments and economic actors as a key area for development. The theory of social representations suggests that specialist views eventually disseminate to shape representations among the public. Yet nanotechnologies remain relatively little known to the general public. The media emphasize potential benefits, while potential risks get less attention. The literatur…
Adaptation to Five Metres of Sea Level Rise
There is an unknown but probably small probability that the West‐Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) will collapse because of anthropogenic climate change. A WAIS collapse could cause a 5–6 metre global sea level rise within centuries. In three case studies, we investigate the response of society to the most extreme yet not implausible scenario, a five‐metre sea level rise within a century, starting in 2030. The case studies combine a series of interviews…
The 2003 Heat Wave in France: Dangerous Climate Change Here and Now
In an analysis of the French episode of heat wave in 2003, this article highlights how heat wave dangers result from the intricate association of natural and social factors. Unusually high temperatures, as well as socioeconomic vulnerability, along with social attenuation of hazards, in a general context where the anthropogenic contribution to climate change is becoming more plausible, led to an excess of 14,947 deaths in France, between August 4…
Communication and Information: Unanticipated Consequences in France’s Underground Laboratory Siting Process
The siting or development of risky facilities, such as nuclear power plants or waste repositories, remains an intractable policy problem for all democratic nations. In this valuable new book, the authors present a comparative study of various siting controversies in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. They argue that devising effective policies for dealing with siting conflicts will require social learning and changes in both institutional…
Communication and information in France's underground laboratory siting process: Clarity of procedure, ambivalence of effects
France is engaged in an innovative research programme for the management of high level radioactive wastes. The programme is framed by a national law (Waste Act of 30 December 1991) that seeks to guarantee 'permanent democratic control' of an open process. At least two underground laboratories are required by this Act in order to test the feasibility of a permanent deep repository. This study, performed in 1996--97, centres on the candidate evalua…
The Pension Reform Process in France
The French old age security system was constructed progressively following the end of the Second World War in response to the pressing problem of old age poverty. In 1945 less than 40% of old people (4.5 million in total) had a pension. This was despite the existence of some pension systems dating back to the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. Monetary depreciation also meant that the pensions of those who e…
Great deeds or great risks? Scientists’ social representations of nanotechnology
Nanotechnologies are becoming a larger presence in everyday life and are viewed by governments and economic actors as a key area for development. The theory of social representations suggests that specialist views eventually disseminate to shape representations among the public. Yet nanotechnologies remain relatively little known to the general public. The media emphasize potential benefits, while potential risks get less attention. The literatur…
Climate concerned but anti-nuclear: Exploring (dis)approval of nuclear energy in four European countries
Adaptation to Five Metres of Sea Level Rise
There is an unknown but probably small probability that the West‐Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) will collapse because of anthropogenic climate change. A WAIS collapse could cause a 5–6 metre global sea level rise within centuries. In three case studies, we investigate the response of society to the most extreme yet not implausible scenario, a five‐metre sea level rise within a century, starting in 2030. The case studies combine a series of interviews…
How to address citizens’ practices and policies on sustainability? A consultative tool for brokering policy-related knowledge between the worlds of policymaking and everyday citizens’ life
An innovative investigative approach (STAVE), combining elements of research, engagement and brokerage, was used to uncover policy assumptions and daily experiences related to energy use practices. Exploratory work within three policymaker institutions and eight reconvened focus groups were carried out in three different European countries (France, Germany, Spain). All the groups explored active practices with regard to energy saving at household…
Communication and information in France's underground laboratory siting process: Clarity of procedure, ambivalence of effects
France is engaged in an innovative research programme for the management of high level radioactive wastes. The programme is framed by a national law (Waste Act of 30 December 1991) that seeks to guarantee 'permanent democratic control' of an open process. At least two underground laboratories are required by this Act in order to test the feasibility of a permanent deep repository. This study, performed in 1996--97, centres on the candidate evalua…
The Pension Reform Process in France
The French old age security system was constructed progressively following the end of the Second World War in response to the pressing problem of old age poverty. In 1945 less than 40% of old people (4.5 million in total) had a pension. This was despite the existence of some pension systems dating back to the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. Monetary depreciation also meant that the pensions of those who e…
Communication and information in France's underground laboratory siting process: Clarity of procedure, ambivalence of effects
France is engaged in an innovative research programme for the management of high level radioactive wastes. The programme is framed by a national law (Waste Act of 30 December 1991) that seeks to guarantee 'permanent democratic control' of an open process. At least two underground laboratories are required by this Act in order to test the feasibility of a permanent deep repository. This study, performed in 1996--97, centres on the candidate evalua…
The 2003 Heat Wave in France: Dangerous Climate Change Here and Now
In an analysis of the French episode of heat wave in 2003, this article highlights how heat wave dangers result from the intricate association of natural and social factors. Unusually high temperatures, as well as socioeconomic vulnerability, along with social attenuation of hazards, in a general context where the anthropogenic contribution to climate change is becoming more plausible, led to an excess of 14,947 deaths in France, between August 4…
Communication and Information: Unanticipated Consequences in France’s Underground Laboratory Siting Process
The siting or development of risky facilities, such as nuclear power plants or waste repositories, remains an intractable policy problem for all democratic nations. In this valuable new book, the authors present a comparative study of various siting controversies in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. They argue that devising effective policies for dealing with siting conflicts will require social learning and changes in both institutional…
Adaptation to Five Metres of Sea Level Rise
There is an unknown but probably small probability that the West‐Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) will collapse because of anthropogenic climate change. A WAIS collapse could cause a 5–6 metre global sea level rise within centuries. In three case studies, we investigate the response of society to the most extreme yet not implausible scenario, a five‐metre sea level rise within a century, starting in 2030. The case studies combine a series of interviews…
Great deeds or great risks? Scientists’ social representations of nanotechnology
Nanotechnologies are becoming a larger presence in everyday life and are viewed by governments and economic actors as a key area for development. The theory of social representations suggests that specialist views eventually disseminate to shape representations among the public. Yet nanotechnologies remain relatively little known to the general public. The media emphasize potential benefits, while potential risks get less attention. The literatur…
How to address citizens’ practices and policies on sustainability? A consultative tool for brokering policy-related knowledge between the worlds of policymaking and everyday citizens’ life
An innovative investigative approach (STAVE), combining elements of research, engagement and brokerage, was used to uncover policy assumptions and daily experiences related to energy use practices. Exploratory work within three policymaker institutions and eight reconvened focus groups were carried out in three different European countries (France, Germany, Spain). All the groups explored active practices with regard to energy saving at household…
Scientific truth or debate: On the link between perceived scientific consensus and belief in anthropogenic climate change
Scientists overwhelmingly agree that climate change exists and is caused by human activity. It has been argued that communicating the consensus can counter climate scepticism, given that perceived scientific consensus is a major factor predicting public belief that climate change is anthropogenic. However, individuals may hold different models of science, potentially affecting their interpretation of scientific consensus. Using representative sur…
Going up: Riding the risk escalator with Ortwin
In 35 years of research and intervention as an ‘academic without a university’, the author has found intersection with Ortwin Renn’s work, benefited from his generous collaborative philosophy and network creation, and learned about the inside/outside polarity of institutional risk governance and the public. This perspective piece is a personal look backward, based on a 46-slide, predominantly visual presentation to the 29 June 2018 Potsdam worksh…
Climate concerned but anti-nuclear: Exploring (dis)approval of nuclear energy in four European countries
Articulating conditions for geological carbon storage: Conditional acceptance in three European communities
This study examines how communities in three European contexts (depopulated rural Spain, rural industrial France, and coastal Portugal) articulate conditions for accepting geological CO2 storage. Drawing on engagement activities conducted within a Horizon 2020 project (2021–2026) across regions with no prior carbon capture and storage (CCS) experience, we identify a pattern of conditional acceptance that is not well captured by binary framings of…
Political science (8 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Risk Perception and Management (5 works) · Climate change (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)