Sociology of morality and technology, decision concepts, social theory, artificial intelligence, qualitative and quantitative research

Ongoing: Artificial Intelligence and Moral Decision-Making in Contemporary Societies

Schenk, P.; Müller, V. A. & Keiser, L. (2024): “Social Status and the Moral Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence.” Sociological Science 11: 989-1016, https://doi.org/10.15195/v11.a36

Schenk, P., Müller, V., & Keiser, L. (2024). "Between Adoption and Doubt: A Census of Moral Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence among Students at the University of Lucerne." Working Paper, Lucerne: University of Lucerne, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10405081

The Acceptance of AI as Moral Decision-Maker in Social Space
Together with Patrick Schenk & Gabriel Abend
Autumn Conference of the Section „Social Inequality and Analysis of Social Structure“, University of Cologne, Germany, Oct 2, 2024

Earning their Rights! Ontology, Social Relations, and the Attribution of Moral Rights AI
Together with Patrick Schenk & Luca Keiser
Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association 2024. FHNW Campus, Muttenz, Switzerland, Sep 9-11, 2024

AIs as Trustworthy Decision-Makers: Evidence from a Factorial Survey Experiment
Together with Gabriel Abend & Patrick Schenk
16th ESA Conference. RN09 – Economic Sociology. Porto, Portugal, Aug 30, 2024

AIs as Morally Responsible Decision-Makers: Evidence from a Factorial Survey Experiment
Together with Gabriel Abend & Patrick Schenk
119th ASA Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada, Aug 9-13, 2024

The Acceptance of AIs as Moral Decision-Makers. A Nationwide Factorial Survey in Switzerland
Together with Patrick Schenk & Gabriel Abend
Invited talk. Workshop „Algorithmen und Entscheidungen“, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Jul 9, 2024

AIs as Morally Responsible Decision-Makers: Evidence from a Factorial Survey Experiment
Together with Patrick Schenk & Gabriel Abend
SASE’s 36th Annual Meeting. Limerick, Ireland, Jun 27-29, 2024

The Acceptance of AIs as Moral Decision-Makers: Evidence from a Nationwide Factorial Survey in Switzerland.
Together with Gabriel Abend & Patrick Schenk
Conference: Expertise in Digital Transformation, Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, May 25, 2024

Do people find AI morally iffy? A Sociological Study.
Invited presentation. Science Diplomacy Summit 2024: Artificial Intelligence|Societal Impacts, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C., Apr 15, 2024

With Great Power Comes Great Acceptance? Social Status and the Moral Acceptability of AI Systems.
Together with Patrick Schenk & Luca Keiser
AS23: Knowledge Societies – 4th Conference of the Academy of Sociology, University of Bern, Bern, Aug 28, 2023

What Makes an Artificial Intelligence Morally Good or Bad?
Together with Patrick Schenk
Invited talk. Research Colloquium Lab of Ideas, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Mar 23, 2023

Do automated vehicles make decisions?
Invited talk. Research Colloquium Lab of Ideas, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Nov 3, 202