Klaus Hurrelmann

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Klaus Hurrelmann (born January 10, 1944) is a professor of public health and education at the Hertie School in Berlin, Germany. Klaus Hurrelmann was born in Gdynia (then Gotenhafen, German: Gdingen) and studied sociology, psychology and education in Berkeley (USA), Freiburg and Münster. Klaus Hurrelmann first married Bettina Hurrelmann, who later became professor of German studies at the University of Cologne and died in 2015. They have one daughter (Annette Hurrelmann, Head of Unit, DC Agriculture, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium) and one son (Achim Hurrelmann, professor of political science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada). His second marriage is with Doris Schaeffer, professor of public health, nursing and health sciences research at Bielefeld University, who brought one son into the marriage (Merlin Schaeffer, Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Hurrelmann studied sociology, psychology, and education at the universities in Münster and Freiburg as well as at the University of California at Berkeley (US). He gained his diploma in sociology in 1968. He was awarded a doctorate in sociology at the University of Münster in 1971 for his work on the social and institutional determinants of education. In 1975, he gained his postdoctoral habilitation at Bielefeld University for work on the educational system and society. Hurrelmann started his academic career as a research assistant.