Carol A. Heimer
Research Professor
Joint appointment
Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago
Research focus
Overlapping normative systems; currently researching the normative systems of law and medicine in the world of HIV medicine.
Projects
- The Legal Transformation of Medicine: How Rules Work in the International World of HIV/AIDS
- Latest finding: Jan 23, 2008
- This book project braids together investigations of three transformative events - the “legalization” and internationalization of medicine and the advent of HIV/AIDS - in a study of how…
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Publications
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“Inert Facts and the Illusion of Knowledge: Strategic Uses of Ignorance in HIV Clinics”
- Economy and Society
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“Disarticulated Responsiveness: The Theory and Practice of Responsive Regulation in Multi-Layered Systems”
- University of British Columbia Law Review
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“Extending the Rails: How Research Reshapes Clinics”
- Social Studies of Science
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Presentations
- Institutionalized Skepticism and the Construction of Trustworthiness
- Nov 2012
- Blue Moon Regulation: Why the Have-Nots Occasionally Come Out Ahead
- Jul 2012
- From the Courtroom to the Examining Room: What Rights Mean in HIV Clinics
- Jun 2012
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Professional Service & Recognition
- Co-Editor, Regulation and Governance
- Director, Legal Studies Program, Northwestern University
- Member, Inaugural Editorial Board, Regulation and Governance
- Member, Editorial Board, Sociological Theory
- Member, Editorial Committee, book series on “Risk and Regulation,” Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics
- Member, Special Committee on Bioethics and Law, American Bar Association