Patrik Aspers

Patrik Aspers (born 1970) is a Swedish sociologist, who is chair of Sociology at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He has previously worked in several countries. His research has mostly been on sociological theory and economic sociology, often drawing on phenomenology. Markets are the central topic of his research, and empirically he has mainly studied the fashion industry. Aspers has written on market fashioning, ontology, and uncertainty. He has developed sociological concepts such as "aesthetic markets", "status markets" and "standard markets". Provided by Wikipedia