ction theory, social networks, diversity, migration and integration, crime and deviance, methodology of the social sciences

Clemens Kroneberg is a Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of Cologne. He studied Social Science at the University of Mannheim and received his PhD there in 2009. Among others, he is the spokesperson of the Competence Area “Social and Economic Behavior” at the University of Cologne, Faculty Member of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS), and Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology.

Published papers

• The Ethnic Lens: Social Networks and the Salience of Ethnicity in the School Context

  Kroneberg, C., & Wittek, M. (2023). The Ethnic Lens: Social Networks and the Salience of Ethnicity in the School Context. Sociological Science, 10, 613-639.

• On the Rise in Child and Juvenile Delinquency in Germany After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Nägel, C., & Kroneberg, C. (2023). On the Rise in Child and Juvenile Delinquency in Germany After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Criminology – The Online Journal.

• Gütekriterien in der Soziologie. Eine analytisch-empirische Perspektive

  Otte, G., Sawert, T., Brüderl, J., Kley, S., Kroneberg, C., & Rohlfing, I. (2023). Gütekriterien in der Soziologie: Eine analytisch-empirische Perspektive. Zeitschrift für Soziologie.

• “Action” in Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology

  Kroneberg, Clemens and Andreas Tutić, 2021: Action. In: Gianluca Manzo (Ed.): Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 186-203.

• Contextualizing Oppositional Cultures: The Variable Significance of Gender and Ethnic Minority Status Across Schools

  Kruse, H. & Kroneberg, C. (2022) Contextualizing Oppositional Cultures: The Variable Significance of Gender and Ethnic Minority Status Across Schools. Social Networks.

• Analytic Criminology: Mechanisms and Methods in the Explanation of Crime and its Causes

  Wikström, P. O. H., & Kroneberg, C. (2021). Analytic Criminology: Mechanisms and Methods in the Explanation of Crime and its Causes. Annual Review of Criminology.

• When Ethnicity and Gender Align: Classroom Composition, Friendship Segregation, and Collective Identities in European School

  Kroneberg, C., Kruse, H., & Wimmer, A. (2021). When Ethnicity and Gender Align: Classroom Composition, Friendship Segregation, and Collective Identities in European Schools. European Sociological Review.

Discussion papers

• Contextualizing Oppositional Cultures: A Multilevel Network Analysis of Status Orders in Schools

Policy briefs

• Zur Entwicklung der Kinder- und Jugenddelinquenz in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Zwischenbericht zum Teilprojekt „Dunkelfeld“

• Zum Anstieg der Kinder- und Jugenddelinquenz nach Ende der Corona-Pandemie

• Classroom assignment and social cohesion: Why ethnic origin and gender of students should be considered together