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Name

Dr. Dennis Krämer

Research Interests

  • Sociology of Sport, Technology, and Body
  • Gender Diversity in Sports
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • German-Japanese exchange on Crises, Resilience and Technologies

Academic Education

since 2020

Ongoing Habilitation Project

2011-2019

Doctorate (Dr. phil.), University of Hamburg, Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science, first supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Klein (Sociology of Sport), second supervisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Arne Dekker (Sexual Science)
Grade: summa cum laude

2005-2010

M.A. (Mag. Art.) in Sociology with minors in Cultural Anthropology and Educational Science, University of Münster

Awards

2023

Teaching Award, University of Göttingen

2022

Teaching Award, University of Göttingen

2021

Scholarship of the Global Young Faculty, Mercator Research Foundation

2020

PhD Thesis Award of the German Sociological Association (DGS), Sociology of the Body and Sports (1st prize)

2020

DOSB Research Award – German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) (3rd Place)

Review Activies

  • The International Journal of the History of Sport
  • Sport and Society (Sport und Gesellschaft)
  • Big Data & Society
  • Digital Culture & Society
  • Digital Government: Research and Practice
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
  • Quality of Life Research Journal
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Journal of Medical Ethics
  • Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
  • Hamburglobal, Kölner Gymnasial- und Stiftungsfond, Cusanuswerk

Academic Involvement

Since 06/2024

Principal Investigator: “Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises: Connecting Germany and Japan” (RE-CARE) – German Research Foundation (DFG)
Grant No. KR 5454/1-1

Since 01/2024

Postdoctoral Researcher and Referent for Research, University of Münster

03/2025-04/2025

Visiting Researcher, University of Tokyo, Japan

04/2022-09/2023

Interim Professor for Sociology of Sport and Health and temporarily Head of  Team, Georg-August-University of Göttingen

03/2023-04/2023

Visiting Researcher, Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan

11/2021-12/2022

Principal Investigator: „Digital Technologies of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Transnational Dialogue between Germany and Japan“ (TECHCO) – German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Grant No. 01GP2182

04/2020-03/2022

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ruhr-University Bochum

10//2020-12/2021

Principal Investigator: „The Ethics of Livetracking-Applications in Connection with SARS-CoV-2“ (ELISA) – German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Grant No. 01KI20527

09/2017-03/2020

Volunteer group leader in the ‘Sprache im Alltag’ project, Sprachbrücke-Hamburg

03/2015-03/2020

Research Associate, University of Hamburg

09/2013-09/2016

Research Associate, Leuphana University Lüneburg

05/2012-06/2013

Referent, NETEYE Hamburg

08/2010-09/2010

Visiting Student, Adam-Mickiewicz-University Posen

08/2008-05/2010

Student Assistant at the Institute for Sexual Research Hamburg; DFG project “Treatment experiences and treatment satisfaction of people with different forms of Intersex/DSD” and BZgA-funded project “Sexual and social relationships of 17- and 18-year-old women and men”

Memberships

  • DFG International Cooperation “Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises” (RE-CARE) (Founder)
  • Interdisciplinary Committee on the Medical Treatment of Children with Congenital Sex Differences, BGB 1631e (Advisory Board)
  • VIELFALT IN BEWEGUNG! Queer Network and LandesSportBund of Lower Saxony (Advisory Board)
  • German Sociological Association (Member)
  • Working Group “Philosophy of Digitality” (Member)
  • German Society of Sport Science (Member)
  • German Society of Sport Science – Gender Equality Committee (Member)
  • Center of Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN) (Member)
  • German Academy of Ethics in Medicine (Member)
  • Centre for Modern East Asian Studies Göttingen (Member)
  • Asia Studies Centre Münster (Member)