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.
05/13/2025
PD Dr. Annika Ohle-Peters Member of the Editorial Board of the IJSE
PD Dr. Annika Ohle-Peters was elected to the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Science Education.

05/12/2025
New research project: Promoting motivation in politics lessons
The MIiCE project aims to develop and evaluate a brief intervention to promote motivation in politics lessons.

04/29/2025
IFS at the AERA: Civic engagement and academic motivation
The IFS presented current research on civic engagement and academic motivation at the AERA Conference 2025 in Denver.

04/15/2025
Field test for PIRLS 2026 completed
With the completion of the PIRLS 2026 field test, the first major milestone of the sixth PIRLS cycle has been reached.

04/11/2025
Professor Laura Wray-Lake from the USA visits the IFS
Keynote event provided an opportunity for international, scientific exchange on the topic of critical awareness among young people.

04/10/2025
Dr. Sittipan Yotyodying completes habilitation succsessfully
The IFS congratulates Dr. Sittipan Yotyodying on the successful completion of his habilitation process!

04/10/2025
Yearbook Demokratiepädagogik und Demokratiebildung 2023/24
Uncertainty shapes democracy and education. The volume explores how schools and democracy education address current challenges.

04/08/2025
Tuesdays for Education 8.4. – Family contribution to reading promotion
Reaching families: Successful multilingual campaign to support family reading promotion

03/28/2025
IFS represented at the Bildungsforschungstagung 2025
The SPEAK project was presented at the Bildungsforschungstagung. Transfer of intervention strategies into practice was discussed.

