What you should remember when reading psychometric studies of risk perception

In February 2009, after the complaints of three families, the French Court of Appeal condemned – without any scientific evidence – a mobile operator to dismantle a mobile phone antenna near Lyon (Vincent 2009). This event reveals that lay risk perception is more than ever taken into account in the risk management process. It is thus fundamental for the manager, who is eager to optimize his/her work, to secure a good understanding of the risk perception process.