Dr. Deni Mazrekaj

Sjoerd Groenmangebouw
Padualaan 14
Kamer C2.18
3584 CH Utrecht

Dr. Deni Mazrekaj

Assistant Professor
Sociology
d.mazrekaj@uu.nl

Ph.D. Students Supervision

Lea Kröner
Supervisors: Deni Mazrekaj (daily supervisor), Tanja van der Lippe, and Anne-Rigt Poortman
Thesis: The economic resilience of women
2022-2026 – Ph.D. Sociology – Utrecht University

Silvia Palmaccio
Supervisors: Deni Mazrekaj (daily supervisor) and Kristof De Witte
Thesis: How does family matter? On the role of heterogeneous family compositions in determining children’s outcomes using longitudinal administrative data
2019-2023 – Ph.D. Economics – KU Leuven

Research Master Students Supervision

Famke Brüggink
Thesis: The Relationship Between Religion and Mental Health: Are There Differences by Sexual Orientation?
2022-2024 – Master of Sociology and Social Research – Utrecht University

Yuxuan Jin
Winner of the Best Research Master Student Prize
Thesis: The Association Between Parenthood and Health: A Comparison of People in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships
2021-2023 – Master of Sociology and Social Research – Utrecht University

Currently Teaching

Methods and Statistics 1 (Coordinator, Lectures, Working Groups)
2021-2023 – MSc. Sociology and Social Research [English]
Research Practicum 2: Social Network Analysis (Lectures, Working Groups)
2021-2023 – MSc. Sociology and Social Research [English]
Internet, Social Media and Networks (Working Groups)
2021-2023 – MSc. Sociology: Contemporary Social Problems [English]
Advanced Sociological Theory (Working Groups)
2021-2023 – BSc. Sociology [English]
Sociology of the Family (Lectures, Working Groups)
2021-2023 – BSc. Sociology [Dutch]
Bachelor Thesis Supervision
2021-2023 – BSc. Sociology [Dutch]

Utrecht University (Finished)

Network Analysis (Working Groups)
2021-2022 – MSc. Sociology: Contemporary Social Problems [English]
Master Thesis Supervision
2021-2022 – MSc. Sociology: Contemporary Social Problems [English]
Application of Research Methods and Statistics (Working Groups)
2021-2022 – BSc. Sociology [Dutch]

University of Oxford (Finished)

Advanced Quantitative Methods (Lectures, Working Groups)
2020-2021 – MSc. Sociology [English]
Master Thesis Supervision
2020-2021 – MSc. Sociology [English]

KU Leuven (Finished)

Seminar Techniques for Economic Policy Analysis (Working Groups)
2018-2019 – BSc. Economics [Dutch]
Master Thesis Supervision
2017-2018 – MSc. Economics [English]

Maastricht University (Finished)

Guest Lecture: From Evidence to Policy
2016 – Master of Evidence Based Innovation in Teaching [Dutch]

Involved in the following study programme(s)