Department of Sociology and Social Psychology (DSS)

Dr. Kathrin Lämmermann

Research focuses

• Analytical sociology, action theory, social network analysis, criminology
• Influence of norms and values on action-decisions and social relationships
• Positive and negative social relationships in adolescence
• Integration processes and the role of gender, ethnicity and religion

Curriculum vitae

• 04/2024 - 03/2025 Research Associate at the chair of Sociology I of Prof. Dr. Clemens Kroneberg, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology (DSS), University of Cologne
• 05/2020 - 05/2023 Research Associate in the DFG-funded project "Religion, Religiosity, and the Social-emotional Integration of Muslim Youth", project leader: Prof. Dr. Lars Leszczensky, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim
• 04/2019 - 09/2020 Research Associate at the chair of Sociology I of Prof. Dr. Clemens Kroneberg, DSS, University of Cologne
• 02/2018 - 03/2019 Research Associate in the ERC-funded project "Social Integration and Boundary Making in Adolescence (SOCIALBOND)", project leader: Prof. Dr. Clemens Kroneberg, DSS, University of Cologne
• 07/2015 - 01/2018 Research Associate in the DFG-funded project "Friendship and Violence in Adolescence (FaVA)", project leader: Prof. Dr. Clemens Kroneberg, DSS, University of Cologne
• 11/2013 - 03/2015 Student Assistant in the DFG-funded project "Violence and suicide in juvenile detention", Prof. Dr. Frank Neubacher, Institute of Criminology, University of Cologne
• 03/2012 - 12/2012 Student Assistant in the Hans Böckler Foundation-funded project "Social Support and Activation Policies for Families at Risk in Five European Countries", project leaders: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Ebbinghaus and PD Dr. Thomas Bahle, MZES, University of Mannheim

• 10/2010 - 09/2011 Student Assistant in the project "Ethnic Inequalities in Educational Success", project leader: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Esser, MZES, University of Mannheim

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• 11/2017 - today Doctoral Studies Social Sciences supervised by: Prof. Dr. Clemens Kroneberg, DSS, University of Cologne

• 10/2012 - 11/2016 Master of Science in Sociology and Social Research and Political Science as a minor , University of Cologne

  Master thesis: "Adolescents and their friends: How moral rules influence violence in the school context"

• 09/2009 - 07/2012 Bachelor of Arts Sociology and Economics as a minor University of Mannheim

  Bachelor thesis: "Similar Challenge - Different Approaches: How do Integration Policies targeted at Immigrants differ between Denmark and Sweden?"

Selected publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Kretschmer, D., Lämmermann, K., & Leszczensky, L. (2024).How gendered religious norms contribute to the emerging gender gap in Muslim youths' interreligious friendships. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 98, 101919.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101919
• Lämmermann, K. (2023). Mental wellbeing and ethnic brokerage in friendship networks of adolescents in German secondary schools. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 0(0), 1-37.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2023.2290989
• Wittek, M., Kroneberg, C., & Lämmermann, K. (2020).Who is fighting with whom? How ethnic origin shapes friendship, dislike, and physical violence relations in German secondary schools. Social Networks. doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2019.04.004

• Leszczensky, L., Kretschmer, D., & Lämmermann, K. (under review). Opportunities and challenges of using targeted advertisements on social media to sample ethnoreligious minorities: The example of recruiting young Muslims in Germany via Facebook and Instagram [Special Issue]. International Journal of Social Research Methodology.

  Articles in edited volumes

• Wittek, M., Lenkewitz, S., Wingen, A., Lämmermann, K., Krüger, H., & Tarnowski, A. (2022).Which contextual factors influence interethnic relationships at school? An explorative network analysis. In Difference in space: Social structure and demarcation in German cities (pp. 249-272). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.

  Further publications

• Kretschmer, D., Lämmermann, K., & Leszczensky, L. (2023). Documentation of the primary data collection in the form of an online survey experiment as part of the project "Religion, religiosity and the social-identificatory integration of Muslim youths".Mannheim: Mannheim Center for European Social Research.