News at the IFS

03/31/2026

Tuesdays for Education April 14, 2026 – Student well-being

The development of skills for political and social participation in adolescence is the topic of Tuesdays for Education on April 14, 2026.

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.

03/26/2026

Olena Kryshko receives Care Grant of the DGPs

Care Grant of the DGPs supports Olena Kryshko in creating research time during parental leave for her work on motivational regulation.

03/23/2026

Interim Professor Yi-Jhen Wu at the DGfE Conference in Munich

Yi-Jhen Wu discusses contributions on disruptions in Chinese education.

03/20/2026

School development in focus: Start of IFS School Panel Surveys

The IFS School Panel comprises elementary schools in Germany that have participated in PIRLS 2016. The aim is to examine trends in school development.

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

03/18/2026

Data collection for the MIiCE project has been completed

The data collection phase of the study on promoting motivation in civic education (MIiCE) was successfully completed with 19 classes.

03/17/2026

Ulrich Ludewig receives the ZIB Research Award

Award for research on declines in reading skills during the COVID-19 pandemic

03/16/2026

PIRLS 2026: School Information Sessions before Data Collection Begins

The schools participating in PIRLS 2026 receive an overview of the study’s background and the procedures on the day of the survey.

03/13/2026

Shaping the Future Together: SUBSES Network Meeting in Erfurt

The DFG-network network supports research on the influence of the social environment on the educational processes of students from diverse…

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.

03/11/2026

PIRLS 2026: Meeting of National Research Coordinators

Before the assessments begin in the northern hemisphere, the national research coordinators meet to discuss the details of the data collection…