How to deal with a public inquiry? Views from residents and deep geothermal energy projects stakeholders in Alsace

Philippe Chavot (1) , Anne Masseran (2) , Yeny Serrano (1)

1 LISEC - Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Sciences de l'Education et de la Communication
2 Crem - Centre de Recherche sur les Médiations

Four public inquiries on deep geothermal projects in the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg were held in the spring of 2015 . These will be the main grounds of our investigations. What happened during these investigations and around them? How can this particular field reveal the different public perceptions on deep geothermal energy? Which spheres of representation were mobilized by the target audiences in order to understand deep geothermal energy and its issues? How are these audiences and stakeholders (associations, politics, institutions, researchers) taking up the subject? Our research is exploratory and should open up on the development of a more ambitious project on perceptions and appropriation of geothermal energy by the target audiences.

Mots clés: public inquiry; residents; media studies; deep geothermal projects; energy transition

Domaines: Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Philippe Chavot, Anne Masseran, Yeny Serrano. How to deal with a public inquiry? Views from residents and deep geothermal energy projects stakeholders in Alsace. EGW 2015 - European geothermal workshop, Oct 2015, Strasbourg, France. ⟨hal-01249055⟩