Patrik Aspers (born 1970) is a Swedish sociologist, who is chair of Sociology at the Unviversity of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Markets are the central topic of his research, and empirically he has mainly studied the fashion industry.
Aspers earned a PhD at Stockholm University (2001).
He has previously been employed or guest at; for example, Harvard University, Columbia University, the London School of Economics, College de France, and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
Aspers was President of the Swedish Sociological Association (2010–2012).