Activities and news from the Scientific Area of Expertise (WKF) "Research on Education and Schooling"
Under the umbrella of the Scientific Area of Expertise (WKF) "Research on Education and Schooling", its members carry out a variety of projects with partners from within and outside the WKF. News about the various activities resulting from this work, such as project progress and completion, publications, events and lectures, can be found here.
04/14/2026
Tuesdays for Education on April 14 – Student Well-being in Different Learning Environments
Well-being in Secondary School: Influencing Factors Vary Depending on Learning Environment
03/26/2026
New DFG funded project: Educational Inequality and Social Context
A new DFG funded project at IFS is examining the interplay between social and immigrant background and gender.
03/19/2026
Digital Skills After 4th Grade: Germany Lags Behind in EU Comparison
By the end of fourth grade, children in Germany tend to feel ill-prepared for digital learning
03/17/2026
Ulrich Ludewig receives the ZIB Research Award
Award for research on declines in reading skills during the COVID-19 pandemic
03/13/2026
IFS presents latest research findings at GEBF in Munich
IFS is participating in the 13th Congress of the Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung with a wide range of contributions.
03/10/2026
International Virtual Symposium on Political Education
The Civic Education Research Lab (CERL) organized a virtual symposium with international and in-house speakers.
03/09/2026
Professor Nele McElvany joins podcast “Wiarda wundert sich”
In the podcast, education journalist Jan-Martin Wiarda talks to Professor Nele McElvany about PIRLS, language training, and civic education.
03/03/2026
New PIRLS analysis on academic track recommendation
Academic track recommendation: Socioeconomic background (still!) plays a role
02/27/2026
Empirical educational research to go!
Students of educational science discuss current educational studies in the podcast “Pausenhof” (Schoolyard).
