News at the IFS

02/25/2026

Kick-Off Meeting of the CCE Cluster of Excellence with IFS Participation

As part of the CCE Cluster of Excellence, IFS is conducting an intervention study to investigate how young people can be attracted to STEM.

02/24/2026

Language and Reading Skills: Nele McElvany on WDR 3 Forum

Nele McElvany, Steffen Gailberger, and Heike Schmoll discuss on WDR 3 Forum: How can children's language and reading skills be strengthened in the…

02/21/2026

Linguistic diversity in the classroom

On International Mother Language Day, we take a look inside classrooms: how diverse are the languages that children speak at home?

02/11/2026

FOCUS research project successfully completed

The FOCUS research project investigating the multifaceted effects of stereotype threat has been successfully completed.

02/05/2026

Study on Teacher Well-Being and AI usage launched: Take part now!

Start of the online survey in the WO|GEN project on well-being, resources, challenges, and AI use among teachers

01/30/2026

Successful VKS on “Well-being in the Educational Context”

International experts presented recent research on the topic of “Well-being in the Educational Context” at the 6th VKS.

01/29/2026

beVinuS.nrw: Findings on the use of digital mathematics learning resources

beVinuS.nrw, piloting a virtual zero semester at TU Dortmund University and evaluated by the IFS, has concluded.

01/20/2026

Tuesdays for Education on January 20 – Political Education

Development of political and civic skills among young people: Interest and willingness to participate tend to be low

01/19/2026

DFG research project CIVIC investigates civic literacy among young people

The new DFG project CIVIC investigates how school and extracurricular factors influence the development of political skills.

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.