Emeritus

Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer

Contact

P.O. Box 104128

44041 Dortmund

"Ein Mathematiker und Menschenfreund" (condorcet.ch, 10/21/2023)
"Statistik für Volkserzieher" (achgut.com, 01/02/2023)
"Uni-Klima: Wie in der DDR, nur mit Bananen" (achgut.com, 08/12/2021)
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"Die sogenannte “gendergerechte Sprache” ist behinderten- und fremdenfeindlich" (The GermanZ, 07/31/2021).
"US-Universitäten: Genderforschung und Antisemitismus Hand in Hand" (Welt, 06/15/2021)
"Die ständige Bereitschaft zur Hysterie ist ein kostspieliger Standortnachteil" (Neue Züricher Zeitung, 04/06/2021)
"Zu Tisch im Garten des Vermessers" (taz, 08/23/2015).

Born on 21.11.1948 in Ormont/Eifel
1969 to 1976: Studies of mathematics and economics in Mainz
1976: Diploma in Mathematics
since 1977: married to wife Doris, two children, three grandchildren
1979: doctorate in economics
1984: Habilitation in Econometrics (TU Vienna)
1985-1988: Professor of Empirical Economic Research in Hannover, Germany
1988-2021: Professor for Economic and Social Statistics in Dortmund
several further professorships rejected (e.g. Hamburg, St. Gallen, Münster)
1999: Winner of the "German Language Award
1996-2004: elected expert reviewer for statistics at the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2008 - 2015: Editor of the German Economic Review
2013: First recipient of the DAGStat Medal for services to German statistics
2015: First recipient of the Gerhart Bruckmann Award of the Austrian Statistical Society
Since 2008: Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2017-2021: Vice President and Secretary of the IW Class
2015-2022: Member of the Science Council of the University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr