News at the IFS

01/13/2026

Tuesdays for Education January 20, 2026 – Civic education

The development of skills for political and social participation in adolescence is the topic of Tuesdays for Education on January 20, 2026.

01/13/2026

Open Access edited volume on the 9th Dortmund Symposium published

The edited volume for the 9th SYM, “Socio-emotional and cognitive development in learning: Educational goals in competition?!” has been published.

01/07/2026

Junior professorship focusing on attitudes, motivation, and well-being

Justine Stang-Rabrig starts as assistant professor for “Empirical Educational Research with a Focus on Attitudes, Motivation, and Well-Being.”

12/19/2025

Guest stay of Dr. Pascal Alscher at UCLA

As Futures Fellow at the University Alliance Ruhr, Pascal Alscher collaborated with Laura Wray-Lake on the joint “Education and Community” study.

12/18/2025

Leonie Dargiewicz finishes research stay at New York University

During a research stay, Leonie Dargiewicz worked with Prof. Susan Neuman on a project examining synergy effects between medium and text genre.

12/12/2025

Enhancing teacher well-being: Context matters

How can teachers' well-being be promoted? This question was the focus of the final meeting of the DGPs cooperation.

12/11/2025

New article published in Learning and Individual Differences

The article deals with the development and prediction of motivational regulation in university students.

12/10/2025

Arta Sejdiu researches sustainable education as a DBU Fellow at the IFS

As a DBU Fellow, Arta Sejdiu is developing an inclusive, multilingual digital learning framework at the IFS that promotes environmental awareness.

12/02/2025

New publication in Pädagogische Psychologie

The article examines the role of family characteristics in the academic success of children with and without their own and family migration history.

11/28/2025

New publication in the European Journal of Psychology of Education

In a video, Dr. Annika Ohle-Peters presents the key findings of the study on promoting vocabulary acquisition with digital media.

11/21/2025

National Reading Day – Favorite reads of education researchers

Education researchers present their favorite reading material for National Reading Day.

11/21/2025

Sebastian Vogel successfully defends his dissertation

Sebastian Vogel successfully completes his doctorate in psychology.