In my research, I study how socio-demographic similarities and differences structure social integration in diversifying European societies. I focus on three different, yet related settings where individuals may experience diversity through interacting with others from their own or other backgrounds: civic organizations (e.g., sports clubs, cultural associations), neighborhoods, and coresidential partnerships (i.e., romantic unions). With this research agenda, I aim to contribute to a better understanding of the drivers and consequences of social integration across different life-domains.

My work on civic organizations studies their potential for stimulating mixing across group boundaries such as socioeconomic status, gender, and ethnicity as key dimension of social inequality. My Ph.D. thesis entitled "Who (else) is Involved? How Voluntary Associations Connect and Separate Us?" includes four chapters that examine (i) how gender segregation structures civic life, how the socio-economic composition of individuals ego-centric networks change after joining civic organizations, (iii) how participatory inequalities change as adolescents grow older, and (iv) how ethnic segregation unfolds both between and within civic organizations. It won the 'Best Dissertation Award' of the German Academy of Sociology and received the second place for the ECSR's 'Best Thesis Award'.

In my work on neighborhoods, I examine patterns of residential segregation and study in how far individuals prefer to reside in places where their neighbors are similar to themselves regarding age, ethnicity and education level. I compare these patterns to the organizational context, too.

A final strand of my work focuses on partner choice in ethnically diverse contexts. Using full-population register data from the Netherlands, I examine, among other things, partnership formation between different minority groups, long-term singlehood as an outcome of the partner search process, and the partner choices of individuals of mixed ethnic backgrounds.

Prior to my current position, I completed a DPhil at Nuffiled College as well as a Master's and Bachelor's degree at the University of Cologne in Germany in Sociology and Social Science, respectively.

You can find more information on my personal website https://kasimirdederichs.github.io/ and my google scholar profile Google Scholar profile.