Wojtek Przepiorka

Wojtek Przepiorka is Professor of Sociology, with a Focus on Sustainable Society, at the University of Bern. His research interests are in analytical, economic, and environmental sociology, organizational behavior and quantitative methodology. He uses a diverse set of research methods to study social norm dynamics, the workings of reputation mechanisms, communication in strategic interactions, intergroup relations, the interplay of moral norms and institutions, etc. Before moving to Switzerland, Wojtek was a research fellow at the Nuffield College and the Department of Sociology in Oxford and assistant / associate professor at the Department of Sociology of Utrecht University. He studied sociology at the University of Bern and completed his doctorate at ETH Zurich (with distinction). Among his recent publications are “Applications of Signaling Theory in Sociological Scholarship.” (Annual Review of Sociology) and “Protecting Public Goods or Helping Free Riders? A Real-Life Moral Dilemma in Interethnic and Intraethnic Encounters” (with K. Otten, V. Buskens, N. Ellemers, Psychological Science).