Professor Libby Schweber
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0118 378 8567
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Professor in the Sociology of Sustainable Construction
Office
126Building location
Chancellor's BuildingAreas of interest
Net Zero Carbon
Green Building
Just Transitions
Standards and Assessment tools
Social Theory
Research Methods
Postgraduate supervision
Teaching
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Research projects
Carbon Artifacts: a socio-material approach to low and net zero carbon building design from concept to handover ESRC funded project, 2022-2025.
Just Systems: advancing the UK’s transition to net zero. ESRC funded project, 2024-2029.
Background
My academic background is as a sociologist with a specialism in Comparative Historical Sociology and the Sociology of Knowledge.In 2008, I joined the School of Construction Management/Built Environment. In general, I am interested in sustainable construction and more specifically why tools do not deliver what they promise. This includes policy tools, management tools, technologies, standards and assessment tools. More recently, I have begun to explore ways of inflecting energy transitions with considerations of social justice. As a sociologist, I draw on theories from Management Studies, Organization Studies and Science and Technology Studies.
Academic qualifications
PhD Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
MA Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
BA Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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