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January, 2016 Curriculum Vitae

Clemens Kroneberg University of Cologne

Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology Greinstr. 2

D-50939 Cologne Phone: +49 221 470-4406

c.kroneberg@uni-koeln.de / www.kroneberg.eu BIRTH: Born on 4 July 1980 in Darmstadt, Germany CITIZENSHIP: German FAMILY STATUS: Married, two children

EDUCATION

Doctoral Degree 2009 Social Sciences University of Mannheim summa cum laude

Diploma 2004 Social Sciences University of Mannheim Vordiplom 2002 Political Science, Sociology University of Heidelberg

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2013-present Professor of Sociology (W3) Chair for Sociology I Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences University of Cologne

2013-present External Fellow Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) University of Mannheim

2013 Offer of Professorship in Sociology/Sociological Theory (W3) at the University of Bamberg (declined)

2011-2013 Assistant Professor of Sociological Theory (W1) School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim

2009-2010 Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent) Chair for Sociology (Prof. Dr. Frank Kalter) School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim

2005-2008 Member of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 504 “Rationality Concepts, Decision Behavior, and Economic Modeling”, University of Mannheim

2004-2009 Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent) Chair for Sociology and Philosophy of Science (Prof. Dr. Hartmut Esser), School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sociological theory, especially action theory and analytical sociology / migration and integration / crime and deviance / methodology of the social sciences

HONORS AND AWARDS

06/2014: ICS Nuffield lecture and masterclass, Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen

10/2013: Elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology

10/2013: *EAS Prize for Best Article, European Academy of Sociology

08/2013: *Best Paper Award, Rationality and Society Section of the American Sociological Association

06/2013: *Robert K. Merton Best Paper Award: Honorable mention International Network of Analytical Sociology

10/2012: *Anatol-Rapoport-Preis, Section "Modellbildung und Simulation" of the German Sociological Association

01/2011: Invitation as a main speaker to the 8th Japanese-German Frontiers of Science Symposium 2011 of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Japan

06/2010: Lorenz-von-Stein-Preis. The Prize is awarded each year by the Lorenz-von-Stein Foundation for the Best Dissertation in Political Sciences, Social Psychology, and Sociology at the University of Mannheim.

08/2008: Invitation to and participation in the DFG-NSF (National Science Foundation) Research Conference “Contextualizing Economic Behavior”, New York City

09/2007: Best Student Paper Award, International Conference on Rational Choice and Social Institutions, ETH Zurich, Research Committee on Rational Choice of the International Sociological Association (ISA RC45), for the paper “Norms or Rationality? The Rescue of Jews, Electoral Participation, and Educational Decisions” (with Volker Stocké and Meir Yaish)

10/2005 – 08/2006:

Scholarship of DAAD (Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists): Research Stay at the Office of Population Research (Prof. Douglas Massey), Princeton University (USA)

02/2005: Lorenz-von-Stein-Preis. The Prize is awarded each year by the Lorenz-von-Stein Foundation for the Best Diploma Thesis in Political Sciences, Social Psychology, and Sociology at the University of Mannheim.

02/2000 – 03/2004:

German National Academic Foundation Scholarship (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)

06/1999: Carl-Dilthey-Preis. The Carl-Dilthey Prize is awarded by the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium to the best pupil in each graduating class

* Prize awarded for the article (with Andreas Wimmer) “Struggling over the boundaries of belonging. A formal model of nation building, ethnic closure, and populism”, American Journal of Sociology, 2012, 118: 176-230

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PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES (in English)

Kalter, Frank and Clemens Kroneberg, 2014: Between mechanism talk and mechanism cult: New emphases in explanatory sociology and empirical research. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Special Issue 54: Social Contexts and Social Mechanisms: 91-115.

Beier, Harald and Clemens Kroneberg, 2013: Language Boundaries and the Subjective Well-Being of Immigrants in Europe. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 39: 1535-1553.

Kroneberg, Clemens and Andreas Wimmer, 2012: Struggling over the boundaries of belonging. A formal model of nation building, ethnic closure, and populism. American Journal of Sociology 118: 176-230.

Kroneberg, Clemens and Frank Kalter, 2012: Rational Choice Theory and Empirical Research. Methodological and Theoretical Contributions in Europe. Annual Review of Sociology 38: 73-92.

Kroneberg, Clemens, Isolde Heintze, and Guido Mehlkop, 2010: The interplay of moral norms and instrumental incentives in crime causation. Criminology 48: 259-294.

Kroneberg, Clemens, Meir Yaish, and Volker Stocké, 2010: Norms and Rationality in Electoral Participation and in the Rescue of Jews in WWII: An Application of the Model of Frame Selection. Rationality and Society 22: 3-36.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2008: Ethnic Communities and School Performance among the New Second Generation. Testing the Theory of Segmented Assimilation. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 620: 138-160.

JOURNAL ARTICLES (in German)

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2014: Understanding Merton. Eine Erwiderung auf Christian Fleck und Albert Müller Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie: forthcoming.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2014: Motive und Folgen sozialer Grenzziehungen. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 63 (4–5/2014): 9-14.

Best, Henning and Clemens Kroneberg, 2012: Die Low-Cost-Hypothese: Theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Implikationen. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 64: 535-561.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2012: Die Rettung von Juden im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Eine handlungstheoretische und empirische Analyse. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 64: 37-65.

Esser, Hartmut and Clemens Kroneberg, 2010: Am besten nichts Neues? [Reply to Karl-Dieter Opp] In: Gert Albert and Steffen Sigmund (eds.): Soziologische Theorie kontrovers, 50. Sonderheft der Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie: 79-86.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2008: Zur Interpretation und empirischen Widerlegbarkeit des Modells der Frame-Selektion – Eine Erwiderung auf Christian Etzrodt. Zeitschrift für Soziologie 37: 266-270.

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Kroneberg, Clemens, 2007: Wertrationalität und das Modell der Frame-Selektion. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 59: 215-239.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2005: Die Definition der Situation und die variable Rationalität der Akteure. Ein allgemeines Modell des Handelns. Zeitschrift für Soziologie 34: 344-363.

Thurner, Paul W., Clemens Kroneberg, and Michael Stoiber, 2003: Strategisches Signalisieren bei internationalen Verhandlungen. Eine quantitative Analyse am Beispiel der Regierungskonferenz 1996. Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen 10: 287-320.

MONOGRAPHS AND EDITED VOLUMES

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2011: Die Erklärung sozialen Handelns. Grundlagen und Anwendung einer integrativen Theorie. (Series: Neue Bibliothek der Sozialwissenschaften). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

Schwinn, Thomas, Clemens Kroneberg, and Jens Greve (eds.), 2011: Soziale Differenzierung: Handlungstheoretische Zugänge in der Diskussion. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

Hill, Paul, Frank Kalter, Johannes Kopp, Clemens Kroneberg, and Rainer Schnell, 2009: Hartmut Essers Erklärende Soziologie: Kontroversen und Perspektiven. Frankfurt am Main: Campus.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Esser, Hartmut and Clemens Kroneberg, 2015: An Integrative Theory of Action: The Model of Frame Selection pp. 63–85 In: Lawler, Edward J., Shane R. Thye, and Jeongkoo Yoon (eds.), Order on the Edge of Chaos: Social Psychology and the Problem of Social Order. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2014: Frames, Scripts, and Variable Rationality: An Integrative Theory of Action pp. 97-123 In: Manzo, Gianluca (ed.), Analytical Sociology: Norms, Actions, and Networks. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2014: Theorien rationaler Wahl: James Coleman und Hartmut Esser pp. 228-243 In: Lamla, Jörn, Laux, Henning, Strecker, David and Hartmut Rosa (eds.), Handbuch der Soziologie. Konstanz: UVK.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2014: Stichwort: Theorie des Handelns pp. 546-551 In: Endruweit, Günter, Trommsdorff, Gisela and Nicole Burzan (eds.), Wörterbuch der Soziologie. 3. Auflage. Konstanz: UVK.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2011: Soziale Differenzierung und Demokratisierung: Zur Mikrofundierung einer modernisierungstheoretischen These pp. 305-329 In: Schwinn, Thomas, Kroneberg, Clemens and Jens Greve (eds.), Soziale Differenzierung: Handlungstheoretische Zugänge in der Diskussion. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

Greve, Jens and Clemens Kroneberg, 2011: Herausforderungen einer handlungstheoretisch fundierten Differenzierungstheorie – zur Einleitung pp. 7-23 In: Schwinn, Thomas, Kroneberg, Clemens and Jens Greve (eds.), Soziale Differenzierung: Handlungstheoretische Zugänge in der Diskussion. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

Hill, Paul, Frank Kalter, Johannes Kopp, Clemens Kroneberg, and Rainer Schnell, 2009: Einleitung: Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Hartmut Esser pp. 11-16 In: Hill, Paul, Frank

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Kalter, Johannes Kopp, Clemens Kroneberg, and Rainer Schnell (eds.): Hartmut Essers Erklärende Soziologie. Frankfurt am Main: Campus.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2008: Methodologie statt Ontologie. Das Mikro-Makro-Modell als einheitlicher Bezugsrahmen der akteurstheoretischen Soziologie pp. 222-247 In: Greve, Jens, Schnabel, Annette and Rainer Schützeichel (eds.), Das Mikro-Makro-Modell der soziologischen Erklärung. Zur Ontologie, Methodologie und Metatheorie eines Forschungsprogramms. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2006: Die Erklärung der Wahlteilnahme und die Grenzen des Rational-Choice-Ansatzes. Eine Anwendung des Modells der Frame-Selektion pp. 79-111 In: Bräuninger, Thomas and Joachim Behnke (eds.), Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie, Bd. 4, Schwerpunkt Parteienwettbewerb und Wahlen. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

BOOK REVIEWS

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2012: Problemzonen der Erklärenden Soziologie (Essay im Rahmen eines Symposiums zu: Andrea Maurer/Michael Schmid, “Erklärende Soziologie. Grundlagen, Vertreter und Anwendungsfelder eines soziologischen Forschungsprogramms”). Soziologische Revue 35: 411-416.

Kroneberg, Clemens, 2009: Book Review of “Rational Choice: Theoretische Analysen und Empirische Resultate”, edited by Andreas Diekmann, Klaus Eichner, Peter Schmidt, and Thomas Voss. European Sociological Review 25: 395-397.

MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

2015-2018 Moving beyond mean differences: The Role of Educational Systems in Ethnic Educational Achievement and Labor Market Inequality, with Christoph Spörlein and Cornelia Kristen (Bamberg) DFG, 276 492 Euro.

2015-2018 Friendship and Violence in Adolescence DFG, 669 440 Euro (Waves 3 and 4)

2012-2015 Friendship and Violence in Adolescence DFG, 424 994 Euro (Waves 1 and 2)

2011-2013 Die Erklärung von Lebensstilen in einer Gesellschaft im Wandel. Anwendung einer integrativen Handlungstheorie auf die Erklärung kultureller Praktiken, with Jörg Rössel (Zurich) Fritz Thyssen Foundation, 29 627 Euro

2008-2012 Participation in Application and Execution of the “Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries” (CILS4EU) NORFACE (2009-2012), 3,8 Mill. Euro, PI: Frank Kalter, www.cils4.eu

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INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (Selection)

Since 2015: Head of Department, Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne.

Since 2013: Program Director, M.Sc. Sociology and Empirical Social Research, University of Cologne.

2013-2015: Member of the Study Reform Committee, Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne.

2011-2013: Member of the Supervisory Board (Kollegium) of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim.

ORGANIZED CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS (Selection)

01/2016: “Sociology in Cologne II: Cumulative Advantages”, joint workshop of the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology and the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (with Jens Beckert)

12/2015: International Conference: “Public Policy and Social & Economic Behavior”, member of the organizing committee, keynote speaker: Roger E. A. Farmer (UCLA), University of Cologne.

06/2014: “Sociology in Cologne”, joint workshop of the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology and the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (with Jens Beckert)

06/2014: 7th INAS (International Network of Analytical Sociology) Conference (with Henning Hillmann), keynote speaker: Robert J. Sampson (Harvard), University of Mannheim.

10/2009: Social Differentiation and the Possibilities and Limits of Action-theoretic Approaches (with Jens Greve and Thomas Schwinn)

12/2008: Hartmut Esser’s Explanatory Sociology: Controversies and Perspectives (with Paul Hill, Frank Kalter, Johannes Kopp and Rainer Schnell)

MANUSCRIPT AND PROPOSAL REVIEW

•   American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Crime & Delinquency, Criminology, Demographic Research, European Sociological Review, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Nations and Nationalism, Population Research and Policy Review, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Social Forces, Sociological Perspectives, Socio-Economic Review, Sociological Forum, Sociological Theory, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Zeitschrift für Soziologie.

•   Danish Council for Independent Research, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Economic & Social Research Council (United Kingdom), Research Executive Agency of the European Commission, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes: Promotionsförderung, Swedish Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation.

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COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

Since 2015: Consulting editor, American Journal of Sociology.

2015, 2016: Evaluator, Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge, European Commission.

2015: Chair of the Robert K. Merton Best Paper Award Committee (together with Amir Goldberg and Paolo Parigi, Stanford University)

2015: External Member of Selection Committee “Assistant Professorship in Social Theory and Philosophy of Social Sciences”, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

2014: Biennial review of Professorial Pay, University of Cambridge, U.K.

STAYS ABROAD (Selection)

08/2007 – 09/2007:

Department of Sociology, UCLA Invited by Professor Andreas Wimmer

10/2005 – 08/2006:

Office of Population Research, Princeton University Invited by Professor Douglas Massey