Vanessa Mueller, MA
Research assitant, PhD Candidate
vanessa.mueller2@unilu.ch
Frohburgstrasse 3, 6002 Lucerne, Office 3.A58
Research
Research interests
sociology of morality, sociology of technology, the concept of being human, boundaries/categorization, decision concepts, social theory, artificial intelligence, qualitative and quantitative research
Research projects
Ongoing: Artificial Intelligence and Moral Decision-Making in Contemporary Societies
Publications
Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)
Schenk, Patrick & Vanessa A. Müller (2025): “Earning Their Rights! Ontological Properties, Social Impact, and Moral Rights for Artificial Intelligence.” Socius 11: 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231251357753
Schenk, Patrick, Vanessa A. Müller & Luca Keiser (2024): “Social Status and the Moral Acceptance ofArtificial Intelligence.” Sociological Science 11:989-1016, https://doi.org/10.15195/v11.a36
Working Papers
Schenk, Patrick, Vanessa Müller & Luca Keiser (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.10405082
