Books
Schenk, Patrick (2017): Die soziale Einbettung moralischer Kaufentscheidungen. Eine integrative Erklärung des Konsums fair gehandelter Produkte. [The Social Embededdness of Ethical Consumer Decisions. An integrative Explanation of Fair Trade Consumption]. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Journals (*peer-reviewed)
Schenk Patrick, Jörg Rössel and Makiko Hashinaga (2025): Save Money, Save the World! Motivational and Structural Underpinnings of Ethical Finance in Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Sociology.*
Schenk, Patrick and Vanessa A. Müller (2025): Earning Their Rights! Ontological Properties, Social Impact, and Moral Rights for Artificial Intelligence. Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world 11:1–15.*
Schenk, Patrick (2025): Heartless Rulez! Mechanical objectivity, empathic understanding, and the permissibility of AI. Frontiers in sociology 10:1604709.*
Abend, Gabriel; Lukas Posselt and Patrick Schenk (2025): New Frontiers in the New Sociology of Morality: From AI and Inequality to Backgrounds and Material Enablers. Sociology Compass, 19(1).*
Schenk, Patrick, Vanessa A. Müller and Luca Keiser (2024): Social Status and the Moral Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence. Sociological Science, 11, 989–1016.*
Rössel, Jörg, Patrick Schenk and Ilona Pap (2023): Patterns of remittances of intra-European migrants: social relations and moral obligations. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1–22.*
Hashinaga, Makiko, Patrick Schenk, Aika Ishibashi and Jörg Rössel (2023): Socially responsible crowdfunding across the globe: A comparative analysis of Swiss, Japanese, and Chinese university students. Technology in Society 73:102247.*
Weingartner, Sebastian, Patrick Schenk, and Jörg Rössel (2022): The cogs and wheels of authenticity: How descriptive and evaluative beliefs explain the unequal appreciation of authentic products. Sociological Perspectives 65(4): 727-747.*
Schenk, Patrick, Jörg Rössel, and Sebastian Weingartner (2021): It’s All about Distinction: The Lifestyle Embeddedness of Fair Trade Consumption. Sustainability, 13(19), 10997.*
Schenk, Patrick (2021): Karpik in the Bottle: Can Judgment Devices Explain the Demand for Fine Wine? KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift Für Soziologie Und Sozialpsychologie, 73(2), 177–200.*
Schenk, Patrick (2019): A Matter of Principle: Comparing Norm-Based Explanations for Fair Trade Consumption. Journal of Consumer Policy 42(3): 397-423.*
Rössel, Jörg, Patrick Schenk, and Dorothea Eppler (2018). The emergence of authentic products. The transformation of wine journalism in Germany, 1947-2008. Journal of Consumer Culture: 457-473*
Schenk, Patrick, Jörg Rössel, and Manuel Scholz (2018). Motivations and Constraints of Meat Avoidance. Sustainability 10:1-19.*
Rössel, Jörg, and Patrick Schenk (2018). How Political is Political Consumption? The Case of Activism for the Global South and Fair Trade. Social Problems: 266-284.*
Weingartner, Sebastian, Patrick Schenk, and Jörg Rössel (2018). Geschmack im Glas oder im Auge des Betrachters? Schweizer Zeitschrift für Obst- und Weinbau 19/18:8–11.
Beckert, Jens, Jörg Rössel, and Patrick Schenk (2017). Wine as a Cultural Product. Symbolic Capital and Price Formation in the Wine Field. Sociological Perspectives: 206-222.*
Schenk, Patrick, Georg Sunderer, and Jörg Rössel (2016). Sind Deutschschweizer altruistischer als Deutsche? Ein Vergleich des Konsums fair gehandelter Produkte in Deutschland und der Schweiz. [Are Swiss Germans more solidary than Germans? Comparing the consumption of fair trade products between Germany and Switzerland]. Berliner Journal für Soziologie:1–26.*
Koos, Sebastian, Jörg Rössel, Patrick Schenk, Georg Sunderer, and Hans-Peter Müller (2016). Editorial. Berliner Journal für Soziologie 26:137–143.
Edited Volumes
Koos, Sebastian, Jörg Rössel, Patrick Schenk, Georg Sunderer, and Hans-Peter Müller (2016). Ethischer Konsum. Sonderheft des Berliner Journals für Soziologie 26.
Contributions in Edited Volumes
Rössel, Jörg, Patrick Schenk und Sebastian Weingartner (2023): Sociology of consumption, leisure, and lifestyle. What is a theory of consumption a theory of? In The Routledge International Handbook of Economic Sociology. Routledge International Handbooks Series, Hrsg. Milan Zafirovski. Milton: Taylor & Francis Group. 490-507.
Rössel, Jörg; Patrick Schenk and Sebastian Weingartner (2021): The aesthetic moment in markets. In: Andrea Maurer (Ed.): Handbook of Economic Sociology in the 21st century - New theoretical approaches, empirical studies and developments. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Schenk, Patrick (2020): Wenn der Supermarkt nicht genügt. Einkaufsorte und soziale Distinktion im Feld des fairen Handels [When the supermarket is not enough. Shopping destinations and social distinction in the field of fair trade]. In: Nina Baur, Linda Hering und Elmar Kulke (Eds.): Waren – Wissen- Raum. Interdependenz von Produktion, Markt und Konsum in Lebensmittelwarenketten. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Weingartner, Sebastian; Patrick Schenk and Jörg Rössel (2020): Aesthetic and ethical orientations in consumption and lifestyles. In: Milan Zafirovski (Ed.): A modern guide to Economic Sociology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Rössel, Jörg, Patrick Schenk, and Dorothea Eppler (2015): Feldspezifische Öffentlichkeiten. Die Transformation der Weinberichterstattung in Deutschland 1947-2008. [Field-specific Public Spheres. The Transformation of Wine Journalism in Germany 1947-2008]. In: Jörg Rössel and Jochen Roose (Eds.): Empirische Kultursoziologie. Festschrift für Jürgen Gerhards zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 353-378.
Schenk, Patrick and Jörg Rössel (2012): Identität und Qualität im Weinfeld. [Identity and Quality in the Field of Wine] In: Stefan Bernhard and Chrisitan Schmidt-Wellenburg (Eds.): Feldanalyse als Forschungsprogramm. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 82-108.
Other publications (*peer-reviewed)
Rössel, Jörg and Patrick Schenk (2018): Researching the Transformation of Wine Discourse from 1974-2008 using Quantitative Content Analysis. SAGE Research Methods Cases.*
Rössel, Jörg; Schenk, Patrick; Sebastian Weingartner (2017): "Cultural Consumption". Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Working Papers
Schenk, Patrick; Vanessa A. Müller and Luca Keiser (2024): Between Adoption and Doubt: A Census of Moral Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence among Students at the University of Lucerne. Working Paper. University of Lucerne: Lucerne. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10405082
Beckert, Jens; Jörg Rössel and Patrick Schenk (2014): Wine as a Cultural Product: Symbolic Capital and Price Formation in the Wine Field. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/2.
Szvircsev Tresch, Tibor; Thomas Gabathuler and Patrick Schenk (2012): Die Bedeutung der militärischen Ausbildung bei Stellenbesetzungen für privatwirtschaftliche Unternehmen und öffentliche Verwaltungen. [The Importance of Military Training for Job Recruitment by Private Enterprise Companies and Public Administration]. Research Report, August 2012. Chair for Military Sociology, Military Academy of the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich: Birmensdorf.
Book Reviews
Schenk, Patrick (2012): Review of Lucien Karpik (2010): Valuing the Unique. The Economics of Singularities. Princeton: Princeton University Press. In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 64(2). 415-417
Schenk, Patrick (2012): Review of Christoph Weischer (2011): Sozialstrukturanalyse. Grundlagen und Modelle. Lehrbuch. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 64(3). 615-618.
Films
SAGE Survey Research Collection (forthcoming). Interview with Patrick Schenk and Vanessa A. Müller. Editor: Kelly Watkins. Producer: Alfie Lang. SAGE Publishing. London: UK. 15 Min.
Soziologie studieren - Gesellschaft verstehen. Ein Kurzfilm über die Soziologie als Wissenschaft und Studienrichtung am Soziologischen Institut der Universität Zürich. [Studying Sociology – Understanding Society. A short film on Sociology as a Science and a Field of Study at the Institute of Sociology, University of Zurich]. Direction: John Flury and Patrick Schenk. Script: John Flury and Patrick Schenk. Switzerland: Institute of Sociology, University of Zurich 2016. Version: Internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDeqbR7m0Lo (26.5.2016). 10 Min.