Carol A. Heimer
Research Professor
- 750 N. Lake Shore Drive
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- Chicago, IL 60611
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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“Biographies, Legal Cases and Political Transitions”
- Hart Publishing
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Review of Kieran Healy, Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs
- Contemporary Sociology
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Review of Eileen Stillwaggon, AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty
- American Journal of Sociology
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Presentations
- Inert Facts and the Illusion of Knowledge: Managing Ignorance in HIV Clinics,” Keynote address at conference on “Strategic Unknowns: The Usefulness of Ambiguity and Ignorance in Organizational Life"
- Oct 2009
- Side Effects: Accountability in International HIV/AIDS Programs
- Aug 2009 with W.N. Espeland
- Legal Systems and Moral Codes
- Jun 2009
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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 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