Short cv
Contact
Name
Dr. Dennis Krämer
Website Münster University
Research Areas
- Sociology of Sport
- Sociology of Health
- Gender Diversity
- Sociology of Classification
- Technologies in Crises
- German-Japanese Collaboration on Crises, Technology and Resilience
- Qualitative and mixed-methods research (discourse analysis, ethnography, AI-assisted data analysis, participatory research designs, interview-based research, scoping and systematic reviews, grounded theory)
Academic Education
From 2020
Ongoing Habilitation Project
2015-2019
PhD, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science
Grade: summa cum laude
2011-2015
Doctoral studies in Cultural Anthropology and Psychology at the University of Münster without permanent employment; later transferred to the University of Hamburg and completed the PhD thesis with distinction.
2005-2010
M.A. in Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Educational Science, University of Münster
Awards
2023
Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Göttingen (Evaluation based)
2022
Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Göttingen (Evaluation based)
2021
Fellow of the Global Young Faculty, Mercator Research
2020
PhD Thesis Award of the German Sociological Association (DGS), Sociology of the Body and Sports
2020
DOSB Research Award – German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) (3rd Place)
Review Activies
- International Journal of the History of Sport
- Sport and Society (Sport und Gesellschaft)
- German Society of Sport Science
- German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
- Big Data & Society
- Digital Culture & Society
- Digital Government: Research and Practice
- International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
- Quality of Life Research Journal
- BMC Medical Ethics
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Journal of Medical Ethics
- Journal of Asian Public Policy
Academic Involvement (last 5 years)
From 06/2024
Principal Investigator (PI): “Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises: Connecting Germany and Japan” (RE-CARE) – German Research Foundation (DFG)
From 01/2024
Postdoctoral Researcher & Research Coordinator, University of Münster
From 06/2023
Initiator: “Artificial Intelligence in Sport” (own resources project)
03/2025-04/2025
Visiting Researcher, University of Tokyo, Japan
04/2022-09/2023
Professor, Sociology of Sport and Health (W2 interim), Georg-August-University of Göttingen
03/2023-04/2023
Visiting Researcher, Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan
11/2021-12/2022
Principal Investigator (PI): „Digital Technologies of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Transnational Dialogue between Germany and Japan“ (TECHCO) – German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
04/2020-03/2022
Postdoctoral Researcher, Ruhr-University Bochum
10/2020-12/2021
Principal Investigator (PI): „The Ethics of Livetracking-Applications in Connection with SARS-CoV-2“ (ELISA) – German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
Memberships (selected)
- Founder & Coordinator: International DFG Network “Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises” (RE-CARE)
- Advisory Board: Interdisciplinary Committee on the Medical Treatment of Children with Congenital Sex Differences (§1631e BGB)
- Advisory Board: Queer Network and LandesSportBund of Lower Saxony (“VIELFALT IN BEWEGUNG”)
- Member: German Sociological Association
- Member: German Society of Sport Science
- Member: Academy for Ethics in Medicine