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Hanno Kruse is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Bonn, where he leads the Emmy Noether junior research group Sorting Decisions and Peer Processes in Schools (SPINS), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). He is also a cluster faculty member of ECONtribute, a joint Cluster of Excellence of the Universities of Bonn and Cologne. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cologne. He holds a PhD from the University of Mannheim.
- Current Affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Bonn
- Research Group: SPINS (DFG Emmy Noether Program, 2022–2028, extended to 2025)
- Cluster Affiliation: ECONtribute (Universities of Bonn and Cologne)
- Previous Positions: Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam; Postdoc, University of Cologne
- Education: Doctoral degree, University of Mannheim
His research focuses on social inequality, urban sociology, social networks, and segregation, particularly how institutional sorting in schools shapes peer relationships, collective identities, and academic self-concepts. He investigates how decisions by school administrators influence demographic alignment in classrooms and the resulting social dynamics. His theoretical work bridges structuralist perspectives on sorting with subjectivist views on lived experience. He employs quantitative methods such as network analysis, multilevel modeling, and panel data analysis using survey, administrative, and spatial data.
His recent publications examine topics including adolescents’ participation in voluntary associations during educational transitions, the impact of orthodontic treatment on peer relations, occupational mobility in Germany, and the role of classroom composition in friendship segregation. The SPINS project involves a large-scale field experiment across over 100 German secondary schools, complemented by panel surveys of students and administrators.
- Robert K. Merton Award 2021 (for More than a Sorting Machine: Ethnic Boundary Making in a Stratified School System)
- Best Dissertation Award 2019, Academy of Sociology
He has advised and collaborated with researchers such as Kasimir Dederichs. His work has been supported by the German Research Foundation, the European Research Council (SOCIALBOND), and the German Excellence Initiative (ECONtribute). He is involved in major projects including SPINS, SEPLIVES, SOCIALBOND, and CILS4EU. His research aims to inform interventions for creating more inclusive and equitable educational environments.
