Jens Zinn

Zweite Moderne und Risikogesellschaft

Jens O Zinn

Book Chapter  |  2023

Risk-taking and social inequality

JO Zinn

Journal article  |  2023  |  Journal of Sociology

Even though risk-taking is a common and widespread social experience sociological theorizing on the concept is scarce. This contri..

Rationales of risk and uncertainty and their epistemological foundation by new phenomenology

Manuel Schulz, Jens O Zinn

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH

Risk studies have shown that many people rather than following rational means of managing risk refer to non-rational (hope, faith)..

Covid-19 and the Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty Studies of Social Phenomena and Social Theory Across 6 Continents

Patrick R Brown, Jens O Zinn

Book  |  2022

This book provides a global perspective on COVID-19, taking the heterogenous realities of the pandemic into account.

COVID-19 Risks: Dynamics of Culture and Inequality Across Six Continents

Jens O Zinn, Patrick R Brown

Book Chapter  |  2022

Editorial: The Sociology of Vaccines.

Michael Calnan, Jens O Zinn, Tom Douglass

Journal article  |  2022  |  F1000Res

In this editorial, we identify the key questions requiring further exploration in the sociology of vaccines. In doing so, we discu..

Understanding discourse and language of risk

Jens O Zinn, Marcus Mueller

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH

Understanding risk communication in the public sphere is important for risk studies since the management of risk not only requires..

Conclusions: Towards a sociology of pandemics and beyond

Jens O Zinn

Journal article  |  2021  |  CURRENT SOCIOLOGY

This conclusion revisits the COVID-19 pandemic from the broader perspective of a changing global world. It raises questions regard..

Introduction: Towards a sociology of pandemics

Jens O Zinn

Journal article  |  2021  |  CURRENT SOCIOLOGY

With SARS-CoV-2 a new coronavirus is spreading around the world that challenges governments and triggers unprecedented social resp..

Covid-19, pandemic risk and inequality: emerging social science insights at 24 months

P Brown, J Zinn

Journal article  |  2021  |  Health, Risk and Society

In this editorial, we introduce a special thematic collection of articles published in this current issue, and earlier in 2021, wh..