News at the IFS

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.

11/19/2025

Professor Birgit Heppt at “Reutlinger Tag 2025”

In her keynote speech, Professor Birgit Heppt examined language as a tool for thinking and a medium for learning.

11/14/2025

Elisabeth Graf as Expert on Voting at 16 in the NRW State Parliament

Elisabeth Graf advises on the inter-party draft bill to amend the constitution to lower the voting age for state elections to 16.

11/07/2025

Registration open: 6th IFS-VKS “Well-being in the Educational Context”

The 6th Virtual Keynote Series will be dedicated to the topic of “Well-being in the Educational Context” in two sessions on January 19 and 26, 2026.