Charles M Schweik
Biographic Data
| ID | 4208938 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles M Schweik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles M |
| FAMILY NAME | Schweik |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWEIK C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Combining Text‐Based Institutional Network and Cost–Benefit Methods to Advance Policy Design Analysis
Institutional arrangements that guide collective action between entities create benefits and burdens for collaborating entities and can encourage cooperation or create coordination dilemmas. There is an abundance of research in public policy, public administration, and nonprofit management on cross‐sector alliances, co‐production, and collaborative networks. We contribute to advancing this research by introducing a methodological approach that co…
The Institutional Grammar
Institutions—defined as strategies, norms and rules (Ostrom Understanding institutional diversity, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2005)—are omnipresent in third sector contexts. In this paper, we present the Institutional Grammar (IG) as a theoretically informed approach to support institutional analysis in third sector research. More specifically, the IG coding syntax allows the researcher to systematically wade through rich text and (tr…
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Preliminary steps toward a general theory of internet-based collective-action in digital information commons
This paper presents some of the findings from a 5-year empirical study of FOSS (free/libre and open source software) commons, completed in 2011. FOSS projects are Internet-based common property regimes where the project source code is developed over the Internet. The resulting software is generally distributed with a license that provides users with the freedoms to access, use, read, modify and redistribute the software. In this study we used thr…
Preliminary steps toward a general theory of internet-based collective-action in digital information commons
This paper presents some of the findings from a 5-year empirical study of FOSS (free/libre and open source software) commons, completed in 2011. FOSS projects are Internet-based common property regimes where the project source code is developed over the Internet. The resulting software is generally distributed with a license that provides users with the freedoms to access, use, read, modify and redistribute the software. In this study we used thr…
Toward Open Public Administration Scholarship
This essay focuses on the potential of information communication technologies to move the Public Administration (PA) scholarly community into a new information paradigm. We begin with a review of conventional approaches PA scholars use to communicate with each other, students, and practitioners. After illustrating advances in Web applications, we call for an “Open PA Scholarship” in which research, teaching, and engagement are conducted in a more…
Open source collaboration
Globally, there is an emergence of open source consortia focused on the sharing of resources and code, and a desire to promote an open source approach generally. In this paper, we describe our findings from interviews with participants working in two relatively new consortia in the government sector: the Government Open Code Collaborative or GOCC, and the Open Source Software Institute or OSSI. For each case we consider six major questions: (1) H…
Reflections of an Online Geographic Information Systems Course Based on Open Source Software
This article summarizes the experience of offering an online introductory course on geographic information systems (GIS) that utilizes available free/libre and open source software (FOSS). Two primary objectives are to (a) reach students in developing countries and (b) to help move forward the development of an open-content GIS curriculum as part of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo; OSGeo.org) educational effort. Course design, key so…
Tragedy of the Foss commons? Investigating the institutional designs of free/libre and open source software projects
Free/Libre and Open Source Software projects (FOSS) are a form of Internet-based commons. Since 1968, when Garrett Hardin published his famous article “Tragedy of the Commons” in the journal Science, there has been significant interest in understanding how to manage commons appropriately, particularly in environmental fields. An important distinction between natural resource commons and FOSS commons is that the “tragedy” to be avoided in natural …
Open Source and Open Content
Schweik, C., T. Evans, and J. Grove. 2005. Open source and open content: a framework for global collaboration in social-ecological research. Ecology and Society 10(1): 33. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01287-100133
The Institutional Design of Open Source Programming
Recently, an exciting approach to solving complex problems has evolved out of computer science, called Open Source programming. In open source software development settings, programmers freely share their intellectual property ? their readable programming source code ? over the Internet. Some open source endeavors have resulted in very complex, high-quality software products, of which the best-known are the Linux operating system and the Apache W…
Using Satellite Imagery to Locate Innovative Forest Management Practices in Nepal
There is a critical need to locate innovative forest management institutions that significantly impact forest cover change. This research presents an initial “proof of concept” methodology which combines deforestation theory with satellite image change analysis to identify forested areas that, theoretically, should probably not be there. Ten such “forest anomalies” are identified using temporal analysis of Landsat TM imagery of the Chitwan distri…
Using Satellite Imagery to Locate Innovative Forest Management Practices in Nepal
There is a critical need to locate innovative forest management institutions that significantly impact forest cover change. This research presents an initial “proof of concept” methodology which combines deforestation theory with satellite image change analysis to identify forested areas that, theoretically, should probably not be there. Ten such “forest anomalies” are identified using temporal analysis of Landsat TM imagery of the Chitwan distri…
Using Satellite Imagery to Locate Innovative Forest Management Practices in Nepal
There is a critical need to locate innovative forest management institutions that significantly impact forest cover change. This research presents an initial "proof of concept" methodology which combines deforestation theory with satellite image change analysis to identify forested areas that, theoretically, should probably not be there. Ten such "forest anomalies" are identified using temporal analysis of Landsat TM imagery of the Chitwan distri…
Using Remote Sensing to Evaluate Environmental Institutional Designs
Objective. Satellite‐based remote‐sensing analysis is a beneficial, yet underused, tool for environmental policy, planning, and evaluation. We identify its benefits and costs to encourage social scientists to consider the use of remote sensing as a tool for planning and evaluating environmental institutions. Methods. We analyze two multispectral Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite images to evaluate a habitat conservation plan (HCP) implemented pur…
The Use of Spectral Mixture Analysis to Study Human Incentives, Actions, and Environmental Outcomes
The social science community has given increasing attention to the analysis of multitemporal satellite images in human dimensions of environmental change research. This article provides an overview of how image-processing techniques, such as radiometric calibration and spectral mixture analysis, can be applied. The application of these techniques is vital if the social science community wishes to develop a robust research program that allows the …
Land-Cover Change and Forest Institutions
Charles M. Schweik, Keshav Adhikari, Kala Nidhi Pandit, Land-Cover Change and Forest Institutions: A Comparison of Two Sub-Basins in the Southern Siwalik Hills of Nepal, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 17, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 99-116
Toward Open Public Administration Scholarship
This essay focuses on the potential of information communication technologies to move the Public Administration (PA) scholarly community into a new information paradigm. We begin with a review of conventional approaches PA scholars use to communicate with each other, students, and practitioners. After illustrating advances in Web applications, we call for an “Open PA Scholarship” in which research, teaching, and engagement are conducted in a more…
The Institutional Grammar
Institutions—defined as strategies, norms and rules (Ostrom Understanding institutional diversity, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2005)—are omnipresent in third sector contexts. In this paper, we present the Institutional Grammar (IG) as a theoretically informed approach to support institutional analysis in third sector research. More specifically, the IG coding syntax allows the researcher to systematically wade through rich text and (tr…
Open Source and Open Content
Schweik, C., T. Evans, and J. Grove. 2005. Open source and open content: a framework for global collaboration in social-ecological research. Ecology and Society 10(1): 33. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01287-100133
Using Remote Sensing to Evaluate Environmental Institutional Designs
Objective. Satellite‐based remote‐sensing analysis is a beneficial, yet underused, tool for environmental policy, planning, and evaluation. We identify its benefits and costs to encourage social scientists to consider the use of remote sensing as a tool for planning and evaluating environmental institutions. Methods. We analyze two multispectral Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite images to evaluate a habitat conservation plan (HCP) implemented pur…
Reflections of an Online Geographic Information Systems Course Based on Open Source Software
This article summarizes the experience of offering an online introductory course on geographic information systems (GIS) that utilizes available free/libre and open source software (FOSS). Two primary objectives are to (a) reach students in developing countries and (b) to help move forward the development of an open-content GIS curriculum as part of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo; OSGeo.org) educational effort. Course design, key so…
The Use of Spectral Mixture Analysis to Study Human Incentives, Actions, and Environmental Outcomes
The social science community has given increasing attention to the analysis of multitemporal satellite images in human dimensions of environmental change research. This article provides an overview of how image-processing techniques, such as radiometric calibration and spectral mixture analysis, can be applied. The application of these techniques is vital if the social science community wishes to develop a robust research program that allows the …
Combining Text‐Based Institutional Network and Cost–Benefit Methods to Advance Policy Design Analysis
Institutional arrangements that guide collective action between entities create benefits and burdens for collaborating entities and can encourage cooperation or create coordination dilemmas. There is an abundance of research in public policy, public administration, and nonprofit management on cross‐sector alliances, co‐production, and collaborative networks. We contribute to advancing this research by introducing a methodological approach that co…
Using Satellite Imagery to Locate Innovative Forest Management Practices in Nepal
There is a critical need to locate innovative forest management institutions that significantly impact forest cover change. This research presents an initial "proof of concept" methodology which combines deforestation theory with satellite image change analysis to identify forested areas that, theoretically, should probably not be there. Ten such "forest anomalies" are identified using temporal analysis of Landsat TM imagery of the Chitwan distri…
Land-Cover Change and Forest Institutions
Charles M. Schweik, Keshav Adhikari, Kala Nidhi Pandit, Land-Cover Change and Forest Institutions: A Comparison of Two Sub-Basins in the Southern Siwalik Hills of Nepal, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 17, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 99-116
The Use of Spectral Mixture Analysis to Study Human Incentives, Actions, and Environmental Outcomes
The social science community has given increasing attention to the analysis of multitemporal satellite images in human dimensions of environmental change research. This article provides an overview of how image-processing techniques, such as radiometric calibration and spectral mixture analysis, can be applied. The application of these techniques is vital if the social science community wishes to develop a robust research program that allows the …
Using Remote Sensing to Evaluate Environmental Institutional Designs
Objective. Satellite‐based remote‐sensing analysis is a beneficial, yet underused, tool for environmental policy, planning, and evaluation. We identify its benefits and costs to encourage social scientists to consider the use of remote sensing as a tool for planning and evaluating environmental institutions. Methods. We analyze two multispectral Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite images to evaluate a habitat conservation plan (HCP) implemented pur…
The Institutional Design of Open Source Programming
Recently, an exciting approach to solving complex problems has evolved out of computer science, called Open Source programming. In open source software development settings, programmers freely share their intellectual property ? their readable programming source code ? over the Internet. Some open source endeavors have resulted in very complex, high-quality software products, of which the best-known are the Linux operating system and the Apache W…
Using Satellite Imagery to Locate Innovative Forest Management Practices in Nepal
There is a critical need to locate innovative forest management institutions that significantly impact forest cover change. This research presents an initial “proof of concept” methodology which combines deforestation theory with satellite image change analysis to identify forested areas that, theoretically, should probably not be there. Ten such “forest anomalies” are identified using temporal analysis of Landsat TM imagery of the Chitwan distri…
Using Satellite Imagery to Locate Innovative Forest Management Practices in Nepal
There is a critical need to locate innovative forest management institutions that significantly impact forest cover change. This research presents an initial “proof of concept” methodology which combines deforestation theory with satellite image change analysis to identify forested areas that, theoretically, should probably not be there. Ten such “forest anomalies” are identified using temporal analysis of Landsat TM imagery of the Chitwan distri…
Using Satellite Imagery to Locate Innovative Forest Management Practices in Nepal
There is a critical need to locate innovative forest management institutions that significantly impact forest cover change. This research presents an initial "proof of concept" methodology which combines deforestation theory with satellite image change analysis to identify forested areas that, theoretically, should probably not be there. Ten such "forest anomalies" are identified using temporal analysis of Landsat TM imagery of the Chitwan distri…
Open Source and Open Content
Schweik, C., T. Evans, and J. Grove. 2005. Open source and open content: a framework for global collaboration in social-ecological research. Ecology and Society 10(1): 33. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01287-100133
Tragedy of the Foss commons? Investigating the institutional designs of free/libre and open source software projects
Free/Libre and Open Source Software projects (FOSS) are a form of Internet-based commons. Since 1968, when Garrett Hardin published his famous article “Tragedy of the Commons” in the journal Science, there has been significant interest in understanding how to manage commons appropriately, particularly in environmental fields. An important distinction between natural resource commons and FOSS commons is that the “tragedy” to be avoided in natural …
Open source collaboration
Globally, there is an emergence of open source consortia focused on the sharing of resources and code, and a desire to promote an open source approach generally. In this paper, we describe our findings from interviews with participants working in two relatively new consortia in the government sector: the Government Open Code Collaborative or GOCC, and the Open Source Software Institute or OSSI. For each case we consider six major questions: (1) H…
Reflections of an Online Geographic Information Systems Course Based on Open Source Software
This article summarizes the experience of offering an online introductory course on geographic information systems (GIS) that utilizes available free/libre and open source software (FOSS). Two primary objectives are to (a) reach students in developing countries and (b) to help move forward the development of an open-content GIS curriculum as part of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo; OSGeo.org) educational effort. Course design, key so…
Toward Open Public Administration Scholarship
This essay focuses on the potential of information communication technologies to move the Public Administration (PA) scholarly community into a new information paradigm. We begin with a review of conventional approaches PA scholars use to communicate with each other, students, and practitioners. After illustrating advances in Web applications, we call for an “Open PA Scholarship” in which research, teaching, and engagement are conducted in a more…
Preliminary steps toward a general theory of internet-based collective-action in digital information commons
This paper presents some of the findings from a 5-year empirical study of FOSS (free/libre and open source software) commons, completed in 2011. FOSS projects are Internet-based common property regimes where the project source code is developed over the Internet. The resulting software is generally distributed with a license that provides users with the freedoms to access, use, read, modify and redistribute the software. In this study we used thr…
Preliminary steps toward a general theory of internet-based collective-action in digital information commons
This paper presents some of the findings from a 5-year empirical study of FOSS (free/libre and open source software) commons, completed in 2011. FOSS projects are Internet-based common property regimes where the project source code is developed over the Internet. The resulting software is generally distributed with a license that provides users with the freedoms to access, use, read, modify and redistribute the software. In this study we used thr…
World librarians
The Institutional Grammar
Institutions—defined as strategies, norms and rules (Ostrom Understanding institutional diversity, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2005)—are omnipresent in third sector contexts. In this paper, we present the Institutional Grammar (IG) as a theoretically informed approach to support institutional analysis in third sector research. More specifically, the IG coding syntax allows the researcher to systematically wade through rich text and (tr…
Combining Text‐Based Institutional Network and Cost–Benefit Methods to Advance Policy Design Analysis
Institutional arrangements that guide collective action between entities create benefits and burdens for collaborating entities and can encourage cooperation or create coordination dilemmas. There is an abundance of research in public policy, public administration, and nonprofit management on cross‐sector alliances, co‐production, and collaborative networks. We contribute to advancing this research by introducing a methodological approach that co…
Computer Science (15 works) · Geography (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · World Wide Web (8 works) · Open Source Software Innovations (7 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Environmental Science (6 works) · Open source (6 works) · Open source software (5 works) · Remote sensing (5 works)