STUDENTS

Ph.D. Students

1. Katia Aviles Quiroz
   2024-2028 – Ph.D. Sociology – Utrecht University
   Supervisors: Deni Mazrekaj (daily supervisor), Floris Peters (daily supervisor), and Tanja van der Lippe
   Thesis: Labor Market Outcomes of LGBT People with a Migration Background
2. Emanuel Hentes
   2024-2028 – Ph.D. Sociology – Utrecht University
   Supervisors: Deni Mazrekaj (daily supervisor) and Tanja van der Lippe
   Thesis: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Education
3. Lea Kröner
   2022-2026 – Ph.D. Sociology – Utrecht University
   Supervisors: Deni Mazrekaj (daily supervisor), Tanja van der Lippe, and Anne-Rigt Poortman
   Thesis: The economic resilience of women
4. Silvia Palmaccio
   2019-2023 – Ph.D. Economics – KU Leuven
   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
   Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Demography and Social Statistics at Bocconi University

Research Master Students

1. Zixuan Wang
   2024-2026 – Master of Sociology and Social Research – Utrecht University
   Thesis: The Time Divide: Exploring Inequalities in Leisure between Individuals in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships
2. Olga Moths
   2023-2025 – Master of Sociology and Social Research – Utrecht University
   Thesis: Are Couples with Equal Income Happier? A Comparison of People in Same-Gender and Different-Gender Relationships
   Position: Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at Heidelberg University
3. Famke Brüggink
   2022-2025 – Master of Sociology and Social Research – Utrecht University
   Thesis: The Relationship Between Religion and Mental Health: Are There Differences by Sexual Orientation?
   Position: Rijks I-Trainee (data science) at the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
4. Yuxuan Jin
   2021-2023 – Master of Sociology and Social Research – Utrecht University
   Thesis: The Association Between Parenthood and Health: A Comparison of People in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships
   Winner of the Best Research Master Student Prize
   Position: Ph.D. Candidate in Demography at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute