Libby Schweber
Biographic Data
| ID | 249408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Libby Schweber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Libby |
| FAMILY NAME | Schweber |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWEBER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6069-0002 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Negotiating net-zero carbon: An ANT analysis of two buildings
The request for a net-zero carbon (NZC) building poses a major challenge for project teams. As a goal, the concept is both ambitious and underspecified. While much of the literature treats NZC building as a problem of standard setting, technical specifications and management protocols, actor–network theory draws attention to the ‘messiness’ that project team members face. This paper explores how project teams on two non-domestic new builds in the…
Professional judgement: An institutional logic approach to contractor tender pricing
Competitive tendering is the default procurement route for most types of construction projects in the UK. As a process, it is costly, time-consuming and complicated, involving input from upwards of 200 separate organisations per project. Existing research has mainly focused on identifying discrete factors that influence contractor pricing. While many scholars and professionals treat the level of mark-up as a technical problem, others acknowledge …
Progressive Reformers, Unemployment, and the Transformation of Social Inquiry in Britain and the United States, 1880s-1920s
Progressive Reformers, Unemployment, and the Transformation of Social Inquiry in Britain and the United States, 1880s–1920s
5. Progressive Reformers, Unemployment, and the Transformation of Social Inquiry in Britain and the United States, 1880s–1920s was published in States, Social Knowledge, and the Origins of Modern Social Policies on page 163
Jack-in-the-black-box: Using Foucault to explore the embeddedness and reach of building level assessment methods
Environmental policy in Western countries is marked by extensive reliance on voluntary self-regulation, designed to influence market behavior. In many instances, these policy tools fail to deliver on their promise, while nonetheless influencing professional and user behavior. This paper draws on Foucault’s theory of governmentality and the Sociology of Standards to explore the effect of voluntary policy tools. Whereas most research focuses on the…
Beyond Autonomy: Theorizing Italian Fascist Statistics
Product Review: British Sociology: Seen from Without and Within
British Sociology: Seen from Without and Within
Wartime research and the quantification of American sociology. The view from « the American Soldier
L’étude des quatre volumes de « l’American Soldier », ouvrage restituant les recherches conduites durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale par le « Research Bureau of the Information and Education Division » du War Department American, permet de saisir un moment important, en fait un virage, de l’histoire de la sociologie américaine. L’ouvrage annonce l’établissement des statistiques comme méthodes faisant autorité et le développement d’un « positivisme…
The Disunity of Science: Boundaries, Contexts and Power
L'échec de la démographie en France au XIXe siècle
■ Libby Schweber: L'échec de la démographie en France au XIXe siècle ? Le Congrès international de démographie de 1878 offre une occasion de réfléchir à la signification du «succès» et de l'« échec» scientifiques. La démographie entendait utiliser les statistiques pour établir des lois et des causalités. Elle voulait aussi en faire un outil pour formuler des politiques et impliquait donc un changement des rapports entre la science et l'État. La C…
Forms and Meanings: Texts, Performances, and Audiences from Codex to Computer
Controverses et styles de raisonnement: Débats sur la statistique de population au xixe siècle en France et en Angleterre
La sociologie des sciences traite les controverses comme un objet privilégié pour examiner l’hétérogénéité des considérations à l’œuvre dans la production du savoir scientifique. L’étude des débats sur l’usage des tables de mortalité pour analyser, en France et en Angleterre, les statistiques de population au xixe siècle étend l’enquête aux différences entre nations, à propos de la façon dont sont articulés les différents types de considérations.…
The Rise of Social Theory
L'histoire de la statistique, laboratoire pour la théorie sociale
Schweber Libby. L'histoire de la statistique, laboratoire pour la théorie sociale. In: Revue française de sociologie, 1996, 37-1. pp. 107-128
Wartime research and the quantification of American sociology. The view from « the American Soldier
L’étude des quatre volumes de « l’American Soldier », ouvrage restituant les recherches conduites durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale par le « Research Bureau of the Information and Education Division » du War Department American, permet de saisir un moment important, en fait un virage, de l’histoire de la sociologie américaine. L’ouvrage annonce l’établissement des statistiques comme méthodes faisant autorité et le développement d’un « positivisme…
L'histoire de la statistique, laboratoire pour la théorie sociale
Schweber Libby. L'histoire de la statistique, laboratoire pour la théorie sociale. In: Revue française de sociologie, 1996, 37-1. pp. 107-128
Jack-in-the-black-box: Using Foucault to explore the embeddedness and reach of building level assessment methods
Environmental policy in Western countries is marked by extensive reliance on voluntary self-regulation, designed to influence market behavior. In many instances, these policy tools fail to deliver on their promise, while nonetheless influencing professional and user behavior. This paper draws on Foucault’s theory of governmentality and the Sociology of Standards to explore the effect of voluntary policy tools. Whereas most research focuses on the…
L'histoire de la statistique, laboratoire pour la théorie sociale
Schweber Libby. L'histoire de la statistique, laboratoire pour la théorie sociale. In: Revue française de sociologie, 1996, 37-1. pp. 107-128
L'échec de la démographie en France au XIXe siècle
■ Libby Schweber: L'échec de la démographie en France au XIXe siècle ? Le Congrès international de démographie de 1878 offre une occasion de réfléchir à la signification du «succès» et de l'« échec» scientifiques. La démographie entendait utiliser les statistiques pour établir des lois et des causalités. Elle voulait aussi en faire un outil pour formuler des politiques et impliquait donc un changement des rapports entre la science et l'État. La C…
Forms and Meanings: Texts, Performances, and Audiences from Codex to Computer
Controverses et styles de raisonnement: Débats sur la statistique de population au xixe siècle en France et en Angleterre
La sociologie des sciences traite les controverses comme un objet privilégié pour examiner l’hétérogénéité des considérations à l’œuvre dans la production du savoir scientifique. L’étude des débats sur l’usage des tables de mortalité pour analyser, en France et en Angleterre, les statistiques de population au xixe siècle étend l’enquête aux différences entre nations, à propos de la façon dont sont articulés les différents types de considérations.…
The Rise of Social Theory
The Disunity of Science: Boundaries, Contexts and Power
Wartime research and the quantification of American sociology. The view from « the American Soldier
L’étude des quatre volumes de « l’American Soldier », ouvrage restituant les recherches conduites durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale par le « Research Bureau of the Information and Education Division » du War Department American, permet de saisir un moment important, en fait un virage, de l’histoire de la sociologie américaine. L’ouvrage annonce l’établissement des statistiques comme méthodes faisant autorité et le développement d’un « positivisme…
Product Review: British Sociology: Seen from Without and Within
British Sociology: Seen from Without and Within
Beyond Autonomy: Theorizing Italian Fascist Statistics
Progressive Reformers, Unemployment, and the Transformation of Social Inquiry in Britain and the United States, 1880s-1920s
Progressive Reformers, Unemployment, and the Transformation of Social Inquiry in Britain and the United States, 1880s–1920s
5. Progressive Reformers, Unemployment, and the Transformation of Social Inquiry in Britain and the United States, 1880s–1920s was published in States, Social Knowledge, and the Origins of Modern Social Policies on page 163
Jack-in-the-black-box: Using Foucault to explore the embeddedness and reach of building level assessment methods
Environmental policy in Western countries is marked by extensive reliance on voluntary self-regulation, designed to influence market behavior. In many instances, these policy tools fail to deliver on their promise, while nonetheless influencing professional and user behavior. This paper draws on Foucault’s theory of governmentality and the Sociology of Standards to explore the effect of voluntary policy tools. Whereas most research focuses on the…
Professional judgement: An institutional logic approach to contractor tender pricing
Competitive tendering is the default procurement route for most types of construction projects in the UK. As a process, it is costly, time-consuming and complicated, involving input from upwards of 200 separate organisations per project. Existing research has mainly focused on identifying discrete factors that influence contractor pricing. While many scholars and professionals treat the level of mark-up as a technical problem, others acknowledge …
Negotiating net-zero carbon: An ANT analysis of two buildings
The request for a net-zero carbon (NZC) building poses a major challenge for project teams. As a goal, the concept is both ambitious and underspecified. While much of the literature treats NZC building as a problem of standard setting, technical specifications and management protocols, actor–network theory draws attention to the ‘messiness’ that project team members face. This paper explores how project teams on two non-domestic new builds in the…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Humanities (4 works) · American History and Culture (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (3 works) · Construction Project Management and Performance (2 works)