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I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Utrecht University and an affiliated researcher at the University of Oxford and KU Leuven. I completed my Ph.D. in economics in 2019 at KU Leuven after which I was a postdoctoral researcher in sociology and social demography at the University of Oxford. In my spare time, I am an Associate Editor of PLoS One and Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, and on the Editorial Board of Sociology.

My research is situated at the intersection of sociology of education and the sociology of the family. I am particularly interested in the role of school and family environment in the development of children’s outcomes. I have received several awards from the American Sociological Association and the European Academy of Sociology for my research about children with same-sex parents. My other research, featured in top journals such as the American Sociological Review and Perspectives on Psychological Science includes household division of labor and school closures. Additionally, I have contributed to discussions on workplace inclusion in outlets such as Contexts and Nature.

I am also fortunate to have supervised several outstanding Ph.D. students whose work during their Ph.D. on parental divorce and fertility, and mental health of homemakers has been recognized in leading journals such as Demography and Social Science & Medicine.

I am currently working on the following papers:

1. Early Labor Market Outcomes of Young Adults from Same-Sex Families: Evidence from Population Data.
   Silvia Palmaccio, Deni Mazrekaj, and Kristof De Witte
   Major Revision. Journal of Marriage and Family.
   
2. School Outcomes of Children of Sex Workers: Evidence from Population Data.
   Deni Mazrekaj, K. Peren Arin, and Marcel Thum
3. Death of a Child: Labor Market Consequences of a Tragic Event.
   Deni Mazrekaj, Michal Šoltés, and Vítězslav Titl
4. From Faith to Fortune: Do Religious Schools Offer an Early-Career Advantage?
   Emanuel Hentes, Deni Mazrekaj, Tanja van der Lippe, and Christiaan Monden
5. Learning to Get Along: Siblings’ Gender and the Risk of Separation During Adulthood.
   Deni Mazrekaj and Diederik Boertien
6. The Labor Market Outcomes of LGB Migrants: Evidence from Dutch Population Data.
   Katia Aviles Quiroz, Deni Mazrekaj, Floris Peters, and Tanja van der Lippe
7. Is Marriage a Turning Point in Criminal Behavior? A Comparison of People in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships.
   Deni Mazrekaj, Amy Nivette, and Eva Jaspers

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