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Thomas Laux (2019)Journal of Science Communication, 18(03), A07.Abstract. This study explores the field of scientific policy advice in environmental and energy policies in France to gain insights into the role of think tanks. The field evolved along with the growth of think tanks. The think tanks refer to several orders of worth and combine them in their communication in order to qualify their expertise. The results of the study reveal that the think tanks have become more independent actors and that the field of scientific policy advice has gained autonomy. Both aspects indicate that the relationship between politics and expertise has gradually changed in France.Keywords: Environmental communication; Science and policy-making; Science communication: theory and models “For capturing the different cultural logics in the  field of scientific policy advice, the study draws upon the modes of  justification developed by Boltanski and Thévenot [2006]. The “orders  of worth” [Boltanski and Thévenot, 2006] serve as an analytical  framework for capturing the different cultural logics in society and  within the field of scientific policy advice in France. To do so, the  ways in which think tanks legitimate themselves and qualify  their expertise are assigned to different modes of justification. By  referring to these cultural logics, the think tanks also signal specific  qualities of their expertise to their potential clients […].” p. 2Link to the article (Open access)