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Jean-Marc Weller

Researcher at the CNRS

Jean-Marc Weller’s research looks at transformations in government bureaucracies by analysing the work of the officials concerned. From the new perspectives of the sociology of science and technology in particular, he studies administrative activities and managerial innovations that configure and potentially transform the world of public services. His research looks at a variety of social science fields, including public policy theory, the sociology of work and professional activities, the sociology of organizations, the sociology of the state, the sociology of law, and STS. It is always supported by ethnographic surveys in a variety of fields (health, social policies, the legal system, farming), professionals at work.

Research areas:

  • Innovation and public services
  • The role of users and service relationships
  • Service design and public policy
  • Regulatory decision-making and papers

Teaching activities:

  • Course on “Sociologie des organisations” (Master’s degree in Management, GEDOS specialty, Université Paris-Est)

Main publications:

  • Weller, J-M. (2016). L’État et ses bureaux. Enquête sur les infrastructures du droit, mémoire pour l’habilitation à diriger les recherches, 2 vol., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, June.
  • Weller, J-M. (2015), “L’administration et le quotidien”, in Antonin Cohen, Bernard Lacroix and Philippe Riutort (eds), Manuel de science politique, coll. “Grands repères”, Paris, La Découverte, 2e ed.
  • Weller, J-M. (2012), “Comment ranger son bureau ? Le fonctionnaire, l’agriculteur et le droit”, Réseaux, No. 171, p. 67-101.
  • Weller, J-M. (2012), “An Ethnographer among Street-Level Bureaucrats and New Public Management”, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, DULBEA and Centre Émile Bernheim, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 November, WP-CEB: No. 12-33 https://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-132998.html
  • Weller, J-M. (2011), “Comment décrire ce qu’on ne voit pas ? L’hésitation des juges de proximité au travail”, Sociologie du travail, vol. 53, No. 3, p. 349-368.