Seminar of Sociology
SfS-HSG

Chair for Sociology Professor Patrik Aspers has been focused on reducing uncertainty in decision-making. He notes that when facing ambiguity, we strive to find ways to gain more certainty before coming to a decision. Increased certainty is often the result of knowing more… and though each problem is unique, a focus on how we arrive at these solutions can be applied to many different types of decisions. An interview.

Markets have not always been the dominant form of economy everywhere. They only began their global triumphal march in the 15th century. Prof. Dr. Patrik Aspers from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the HSG explains in an interview what basic conditions are needed for their emergence.