Jens Zinn

Health and illness as drivers of risk language in the news media - a case study of The Times

Jens O Zinn

Journal article  |  2020  |  Health Risk & Society

'A monstrous threat': how a state of exception turns into a 'new normal'

Jens O Zinn

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Risk Research

This article explores the factors that helped COVID-19 to become a ‘monstrous threat’ to humanity, which legitimises significant r..

The UK ‘at Risk’

Jens O Zinn

Book  |  2020

Understanding Risk Taking

Jens O Zinn

Book  |  2020

This book outlines and systematises findings from a growing body of research that examines the different rationales, dimensions an..

The UK ‘at Risk’ A Corpus Approach to Historical Social Change 1785–2009

Jens O Zinn

Book  |  2019

This book presents a case study of the proliferation of at risk-language in The Times news coverage from 1785 to 2009, illuminatin..

The meaning of risk-taking - key concepts and dimensions

Jens O Zinn

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH

Dealing with and taking risks are central issues of current societies which had been characterised by heightened debates and confl..

Introduction: Researching Risk and Uncertainty Methodologies, Methods and Research Strategies Introduction

Jens O Zinn, Anna Olofsson

Book Chapter  |  2019

Understanding and managing risk and uncertainty is a central task in contemporary societies characterised by rapid social, technol..

Concluding Thoughts and Perspectives for Interdisciplinary Risk Research

Jens O Zinn, Anna Olofsson

Book Chapter  |  2019

Utilising Corpus Linguistic Tools for Analysing Social Change in Risk

Jens O Zinn

Book Chapter  |  2019

Researching Risk and Uncertainty: Methodologies, Methods and Research Strategies

Jens Zinn

Book  |  2019

This chapter sets the book in the context of the broader developments in research on risk and uncertainty from the early anthropol..