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Dr. Dennis Krämer

Current affiliations

  • FB06 - Faculty of Educational and Social Science (FB06)
  • Center of Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Sociology of Sport and Health
  • Gender Diversity in Sport and Medicine
  • German-Japanese Collaboration on Crises, Technologies and Resilience
  • Technologies in Crises
  • Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Designs (Discourse Analysis, AI-based Data Analysis, Ethnography, Participatory Designs, Interview Research, Scoping and Systematic Reviews, Questionnaire Development, Grounded Theory, Mixed-Methods Designs)

Academic Education

since 2020Ongoing Habilitation Project
2015 - 2019PhD, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Klein (summa cum laude)
2005 - 2010M.A. in Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Educational Science, University of Münster

Work Experience

since 06/2024PI: "Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises: Connecting Germany and Japan" (RE-CARE) German Research Foundation (DFG)
since 01/2024Postdoctoral Researcher & Research Coordinator, University of Münster
since 06/2023Initiator: "Artificial Intelligence in Sport" (private funding)
03/2025 - 04/2025Visiting researcher, University of Tokyo, Japan
04/2022 - 09/2023Interim Professor, Sociology of Sport and Health, University of Göttingen
03/2023 - 04/2023Visiting researcher, Teikyo University Tokyo, Japan
11/2021 - 12/2022PI: "Digital Technologies of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Transnational Dialogue between Germany and Japan" (TECHCO), Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
04/2020 - 03/2022Postdoctoral Researcher, Ruhr-University Bochum
10/2020 - 12/2021PI: "The Ethics of Livetracking-Applications in Connection with SARS-CoV-2 (ELISA)", Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
09/2017 - 03/2020Volunteer group leader in the ‘Sprache im Alltag’ project, Sprachbrücke-Hamburg
03/2015 - 03/2020Research Associate, University of Hamburg
10/2013 - 09/2016Research Associate, Leuphana University Lüneburg
05/2012 - 06/2013Referent, NETEYE Hamburg
08/2010 - 09/2010Visiting Student, Adam-Mickiewicz-University Posen, Faculty of Social Sciences
08/2008 - 05/2010Student Assistant, Institute for Sex Research Hamburg; DFG project "Treatment experiences and treatment satisfaction of people with different forms of intersexuality"

Functions and Memberships

since 2024Founder, International Scientific DFG-Network "Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises: Connecting Germany and Japan"
since 2024Advisory Board, Vielfalt in Bewegung! Queer Network and Landessportbund of Lower Saxony
since 2021advisory board, Interdisciplinary Board, Medical Treatment of Intersex/DSD Children, according to BGB 1631e
since 2021Member, Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin, Academy for Ethics in Medicine
since 2020Member, German Society of Sport Science (dvs)
since 2019Member, German Sociological Association

Publications

Herculine Barbin revisited – Oder die Klassifikation geschlechtlicher Ambiguität aus dem Geist der Moderne (im Erscheinen)
Krämer, Dennis (2025)
In: Zeitschrift für Kultur und Kollektivwissenschaft.
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | submitted / under review
Profiling Sport Students’ Engagement with AI in Higher Education: A Cluster-Analytic Approach
Bosold, Anja; Hajek, André; Krämer, Dennis (2025)
In: Journal of Sports Sciences.
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | submitted / under review
Challenging the Binary: Gender, Fraud, and the Complexities of Categorization in Elite Sports
Krämer, Dennis; Schyvinck, Cleo (2024)
In: Kühl, Richard; Link, Daniela; Heiberger, Lisa (eds.), Sexualitäten und Geschlechter. Historische Perspektiven im Wandel, 347-365. Bielfeld: Transcript Verlag. doi:10.14361/9783839468975-014
Research article (book contribution) | Published
Die Vermessung von Geschlecht im Sport und der Umgang mit kategorialen Transgressionen
Krämer, Dennis (2024)
In: Schmidt, Robert; Weigelin, Max; Kempf, David (eds.), Leistungsvergleiche und evaluative Praktiken. Sport als instruktiver Fall der Soziologie der Bewertung, 93-123. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. doi:10.1515/9783839472361-005
Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published
Artificial Intelligence in Sports: Insights from a Quantitative Survey among Sports Students in Germany about their Perceptions, Expectations, and Concerns regarding the Use of AI Tools
Krämer, Dennis; Bosold, Anja; Minarik, Martin; Schyvinck, Cleo; Hajek, André (2024)
In: arXiv
Research article in digital collection | Published
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Projects

Chair of the invited symposium “What is fair? Gender diversity in sport between equal opportunity and self‑determination” at the 27th Sport Science University…
Duration: 16/09/2025 - 19/09/2025
Type of project: Own resources project
Head of organizing of the international conference “Resilience and Crises. Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Germany and Japan” (University of Münster,…
Duration: 25/08/2025 - 26/08/2025
Type of project: Own resources project
Head of organizing of the international conference "Resilient Healthcare: Perspectives on the Intersections of Crises, Health, and Technology from Germany and…
Duration: 24/03/2025 - 25/03/2025
Type of project: Own resources project
Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises: Connecting Germany and Japan (RE-CARE)
Duration: since 12/06/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Initiation of International Collaboration
Type of project: Individual project
Chair of the invited symposium „Intersex and Transgender in Elite and Amateur Sports“. Sports, Medicine and Health Summit, Hamburg, 22-24 June 2023, together…
Duration: 22/06/2023 - 24/06/2023
Type of project: Own resources project
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Talks

Managing Sexdiversity in a Gender-Binary-Centered Sports Environment
Krämer, Dennis (03/12/2025)
"Zwischenräume: Geschlechterdiversität in der Wissenschaft, Medizin und Gesellschaft", Öffentliche Vortragsreihe auf Einladung des Sonderforschungsbereichs "Sexdiversity" (SFB 1665), Lübeck
Type of talk: scientific talk
“What is fair?” Gender diversity in sports and the challenges of equal opportunity
Krämer, Dennis (10/10/2025)
Öffentlicher Vortrag auf Einladung des Hamburger Sportbunds, Hamburg
Type of talk: scientific talk
Quantifying Gender Diversity in Contemporary Competitive Sport
Krämer, Dennis (17/09/2025)
Invited Symposiums "Was ist fair? Geschlechterdiversität im Sport zwischen Chancengleichheit und Selbstbestimmung". 27.…, Universität Münster
Type of talk: scientific talk
The Treatment of Gender Diverse People in Sport as a Crisis of Classification
Krämer, Dennis (26/08/2025)
Crises and Resilience. Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Germany and Japan (25.-26. August 2025, DFG Project "RE…, Universität Münster
Type of talk: scientific talk
Classifying People as Risks in Pandemics: The Sociology of Classification and its Potential for Pandemic Research (Opening Talk)
Krämer, Dennis (24/03/2025)
"Resilient Healthcare: Perspectives on the Intersections of Crises, Health, and Technology from Germany and Japan"…, University of Tokyo
Type of talk: scientific talk
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Prizes

Teaching Award, Social Sciences
Awarded by: University of Göttingen
Award given to: Krämer, Dennis
Announced at: 02/10/2023 | Date of awarding: 02/10/2023
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Teaching Award, Social Sciences
Awarded by: University of Göttingen
Award given to: Krämer, Dennis
Announced at: 03/10/2022 | Date of awarding: 03/10/2022
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
DOSB Research Award (bronze)
Awarded by: German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB)
Award given to: Krämer, Dennis
Announced at: 30/11/2020 | Date of awarding: 30/11/2020
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Dissertation Award 2020 (1st prize)
Awarded by: German Sociological Association (DGS) Section Sociology of the Body and Sports
Award given to: Krämer, Dennis
Announced at: 01/10/2020 | Date of awarding: 01/10/2020
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Fellow of the Global Young Faculty
Awarded by: Mercator Research
Award given to: Krämer, Dennis
Announced at: 15/03/2021
Type of distinction: Scholarship