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Prof. Dr. Jens Oliver Zinn

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsSociological Theory,Empirical Social Research
Keywordslife-course, risk, trust, risk taking, biographical risk

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityMelbourne/Parkville
InstitutionUniversity of Melbourne
InstituteSchool of Social and Political Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ortwin RennAbteilung für Technik- und Umweltsoziologie (SOWI V), Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2015

Programme(s)

2014Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Zinn is well known internationally for his outstanding research in the analysis of risk debates in contemporary societies. He has made important contributions to the theory of risk governance and risk regulation. Professor Zinn developed a framework of social science concepts of risk in society and explored theoretically and empirically the responses of individuals and organizations towards physical, social and financial risks. During his stay in Germany, he intends to explore the social dimensions of risk and work on a cross-cultural comparison of risk attitudes in selected countries.

Publications (partial selection)

2017Jens O. Zinn: The Meaning of Risk-taking – Key Concepts and Dimensions. In: Journal of Risk Research, 2017,
2017Jens O. Zinn: The Sociology of Risk. In: Kathleen Odell Korgen, The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
2017Jens O. Zinn: The meaning of risk-taking – key concepts and dimensions. In: Journal of Risk Research, 2017, 1-15
2016Raymond K. H. Chan, Jens O. Zinn, Lih-Rong Wang: Conclusions: Risk Management in New Life Courses. In: Raymond K. H. Chan, Jens O. Zinn, Lih-Rong Wang, New Life Courses, Social Risks and Social Policy in East Asia. Routledge, 2016. 203-218
2016Jens O. Zinn, Daniel McDonald: Health and Risk – A Corpus Approach to Discursive Changes in the New York Times 1987-2014. In: John Martyn Chamberlain, Medicine, Risk, Discourse and Power. Routledge, 2016. 207-240
2016Jens O. Zinn: Living in the Anthropocene: Towards a Risk-Taking Society. . In: Environmental Sociology, 2016, 385-394
2016Jens O. Zinn, Raymond K. H. Chan, Lih-Rong Wang: New Life Courses and Social Risks: implication on social policy in East Asia. In: Raymond K. H. Chan, Jens O. Zinn, Lih-Rong Wang, New Life Courses, Social Risks and Social Policy in East Asia. Routledge, 2016. 1-21
2016Raymond K H Chan, Jens O Zinn, Lih-rong Wang New Life Courses, Social Risks and Social Policy in East Asia. Routledge, 2016
2016Jens O. Zinn: Risk Taking. In: Adam Burgess, Alberto Alemanno, Jens Zinn, Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies. Routledge, 2016. 344-355
2016Wolfgang Bonß, Jens O. Zinn: Risk and Theory in Germany. In: Adam Burgess, Alberto Alemanno, Jens O. Zinn, Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies. Routledge, 2016. 94-108
2016Adam Burgess, Alberto Alemanno, Jens O. Zinn Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies. Routledge, 2016
2016Chivoin Peou, Jens O. Zinn: Will Dreams Become True? The Transformation of Social Inequality Structures in Cambodia – Experiences of a New Generation of Young People Managing the Uncertainties of their Life Course. In: Raymond K. H. Chan, Jens O. Zinn, Lih-Rong Wang, New Life Courses, Social Risks and Social Policy in East Asia. Routledge, 2016. 58-74
2016Jens O. Zinn: ‘In-between’ and other reasonable ways to deal with risk and uncertainty. In: Health, Risk & Society, 2016, 348-366
2015Jens O. Zinn: Towards a better understanding of risk-taking: key concepts, dimensions and perspectives. In: Health, Risk & Society, 2015, 99-114
2015Chivoin Peou, Jens O. Zinn: Young Cambodians managing expectations and uncertainties of the life course – A typology of biographical management. In: Journal of Youth Studies, 2015, 726-742