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About me

Currently, I am Full Professor at the Institute of Sociology at RWTH Aachen University. Previously, I was Professor at the School of Sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland and was Visiting Professor at the Institute of Sociology at University of Zurich, and Simon Visiting Professor at the University of Manchester. Before coming to Ireland, I was Assistant Professor and Deputy Director at the Institute for Analytical Sociology at Linköping University, Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute for Futures Studies and Stockholm University and post-doctoral fellow at ETH Zurich and Université de Montréal. I studied Computer Science and Sociology at the University of Trier (Diplom), University of Cambridge (MPhil) and the University of Oxford (DPhil).

 

Academic Positions

RWTH Aachen University, Germany Institute of Sociology Full Professor	since 2022
University College Dublin, Ireland School of Sociology Professor	2021 - 2022
University College Dublin, Ireland School of Sociology Associate Professor	2018 - 2021
University of Zurich, Switzerland Institute of Sociology Visiting Professor	2018/2019
University of Manchester, UK School of Law and School of Social Sciences Simon Visiting Professor	2017 - 2018
University College Dublin, Ireland School of Sociology Assistant Professor	2015 - 2018
Linköping University, Sweden Institute for Analytical Sociology Assistant Professor and Deputy Director	2014 - 2015
Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden Marie Curie Fellow	2013 - 2014
Stockholm University, Sweden Department of Sociology Affiliated Researcher	2013 - 2014
Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada Centre International de Criminologie Comparée Postdoctoral Researcher	2012 -2013
ETH Zurich, Switzerland Chair of Sociology, in particular Modeling and Simulation Postdoctoral Researcher	2011 - 2012

 

Educational Background

Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology Thesis Title: Antecedents and Consequences of Social Networks: Macro-Implications of Micro-Dynamics Supervisors: Peter Hedström, Michael Biggs; Examiners: Tom A. B. Snijders, Peter Bearman	2007 - 2011
Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK Master of Philosophy in Modern Society and Global Transformations Title: Does Class Still Matter? Social Stratification and Food Consumption in Britain Supervisor: Robert M. Blackburn	2005 - 2006
University of Trier, Germany Diplom in Sociology, Supervisor: Michael Jäckel	2001 - 2005
University of Trier, Germany Vordiplom in Computer Sciences and Business Administration	2000 - 2002

 

Publications

Books and Special Issues

Grund, T. and Hedström, P. (under contract). Social Network Analysis Using Stata. College Station: Stata Press.

Payne, D., Elkink, J., Friel, N., Grund, T., Hochstrasser, T. Lucas, P. and Ottewill, A. (2019) (eds.). Social Simulation for a Digital Society. Application and Innovations in Computational Social Science. London: Springer.

Helbing, D. and Grund, T. (2013) (eds.). Special Issue: Agent-Based Modeling and Techno-Social Systems. Advances in Complex Systems, Vol. 16, Issue 4 & 5.

Kron, T. and Grund, T. (2010) (eds.). Analytische Soziologie in der Diskussion. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

Journal Articles

Elkink, J. and Grund, T. (2022). Modeling Diffusion through Statistical Network Analysis: A Simulation Study and Empirical Application to Same-Sex Marriage. International Studies Quarterly, 66(1), sqab087.

Hyden, M., Gadd, D. and Grund, T. (2020). The Role of Narrative and Social Networks in Thwarting Violence and Sexual Abuse in Young People's Lives. British Journal of Social Work, 50(7), 2172-2190.

Tatum, T. and Grund, T. (2020). Accusation and Confession Discrepancies in Bullying: Dual-Perspective Networks and Individual-Level Attributes. Social Networks, 60(1), 61-70.

Grund, T. and Tatum, T. (2019). Some Friends Matter More than Others: BMI Clustering Among Adolescents in Four European Countries. Network Science, 7(12), 123-139.

Mueller, T., Grund, T. and Koskinen, J. (2018). Residential Segregation and Ethnic Flight vs. Ethnic Avoidance in Sweden. European Sociological Review, 34(3), 268-285.

Grund, T. and Morselli, C. (2017). Overlapping Crime: Stability and Specialization of Co-offending Relationships. Social Networks, 51, 14-22.

Grund, T. (2016). The Relational Value of Experience in Teams: Evidence from the English Premier League. American Behavioral Scientist, 60(10), 1260-1280.

Grund, T. and Densley, J. (2015). Ethnic Homophily and Triad Closure: Mapping Internal Gang Structure Using Exponential Random Graph Models. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 31(3), 354-370.

Block, P. and Grund, T. (2014). Multidimensional Similarities in Friendship Networks. Network Science, 2(2), 189-212.

Grund, T. (2014). Why Your Friends Are More Important and Special Than You Think. Sociological Science, 1, 128-140.

Grund, T., Waloszek, C, Helbing, D. (2013). How Natural Selection Can Create Both Self- and Other-Regarding Preferences, and Networked Minds. Scientific Reports, 2013, 3, Article number 1480. Media: Die Zeit, Wall Street Journal, ScienceDaily, ScienceNews

Gallo, E., Grund, T. and Reade, J. J. (2013). Punishing the Foreigner. Implicit Discrimination in the Premier League Based on Oppositional Identity. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 65(1), 136-156. Media: The Guardian, Irish Examiner

Grund, T. (2012). Network Structure and Team Performance: The Case of English Premier League Soccer Teams. Social Networks, 34(4), 682-690. Media: The National

Grund, T. and Densley, J. (2012). Ethnic Heterogeneity in the Activity and Structure of a Black Street Gang. European Journal of Criminology, 9(3), 388-406.

Richardson, L. and Grund, T. (2012). Modeling the Impact of Supra-Structural Network Nodes: The Case of Anonymous Syringe Sharing and HIV among People Who Inject Drugs. Social Science Research, 41(3), 624-636.

Yogev, T. and Grund, T. (2012). Structural Dynamics and the Market for Contemporary Art: The Case of International Art Fairs. Sociological Focus, 54(1), 23-40.

Kron, T. and Grund, T. (2009). Society as a Self-Organized Critical System. Cybernetics and Human Knowing, 16(1-2), 65-83.

Papastefanou, G. and Grund, T. (2004). EVSLabels 1.0. Ein Tool zur automatischen Erstellung von SPSS-Setups für Scientific Use Files der EVS 2003. ZUMA-Nachrichten 2004, 55, November 2004, pp. 97-98

Book Chapters, Reviews and Other Publications

Payne, D., Elkink, J. and Grund, T. (2019). Social Simulation for a Digital Society, in: Payne, D., Elkink, J., Friel, N., Grund, T., Hochstrasser, T. Lucas, P. and Ottewill, A. (eds.) Social Simulation for a Digital Society. Application and Innovations in Computational Social Science. Springer, pp. 1-4.

Koskinen, J., Mueller, T. and Grund, T. (2017). A dynamic discrete-choice model for movement flows, in Perna, C., Pratesi, M. & Ruiz-Gazen, A. (eds.), Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics. Springer, pp. 107-117.

Morselli, C., Boivin, R. and Grund, T. (2015). Network Opportunities and CrimeSpecific Patterns in a Co-offending Population, in Malm, A. and Bichler, G. (eds.) (2015) Preventing Crime and Network Analysis, Crime Prevention Studies, Vol. 28. London: FirstForumPress, pp. 47-65.

Grund, T (2014). Book Review: Agent-Based Computational Sociology. Acta Sociologica, Vol. 57, Issue 4, pp. 371-372.

Grund, T. (2014). Network Size and Homophily: Same-Sex Friendships in 595 Scandinavian Schools, in Manzo, G. (eds.) (2014) Analytical Sociology. Norms, Actions, Networks. New York: Wiley, pp. 299-316

Grund, T. (2013). Review of Barrat, A., Barthélemy, M., & Vespignani, A. (2011). Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks (4th ed). Journal of Mathematical Sociology, Vol. 37, Issue 2, pp. 131-132.

Kron, T. and Grund, T. (2010). Einleitung, in: Kron, T. and Grund, T. (eds.) (2010) Analytische Soziologie in der Diskussion. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, pp. 7-27.

Jäckel, M. and Grund, T. (2005). Eine Mediensoziologie – Aus Sicht der Klassiker, in: Jäckel, M. (2005) (ed.) Mediensoziologie. Grundfragen und Forschungsfelder. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, pp. 15-32.

Papastefanou, G. and Grund, T. (2005). Socio-economic Status Disparities in Fresh Vegetables Consumption: Change and Stability between 1983 and 1998 in WestGermany, in: Oltersdorf, U. et. al. (2005) (eds.). Consumer and Nutrition: Challenges and Chances for Research and Society. Karlsruhe: BFEL, pp. 186- 190.

Grund, T. (2004). EVSLabels 1.0.Ein Tool zur automatischen Erstellung von SPSSSetups für Scientific Use Files der EVS 2003. ZUMA-Methodenbericht 2004/05. Mannheim: ZUMA.

Working papers

Grund, T. Why Your Friends Are Healthier, Nicer and Fitter Than You.

Grund, T. Team Stability vs. Individual Quality: Successful Passing in the English Premier League.

Grund, T. and Densley, J., Kroneberg, C. Network Structure and Selective Influence: A Model of the Age-Crime Curve.

Grund, T. and Mueller T. With a Little Help from Your Aunt.