News at the IFS

06/24/2025

Tuesdays for Education 08.07.2025 – School quality and development

On 08.07.2025, TfE will address the question of how relevant school quality and school development are for children's reading competence.

06/13/2025

Visiting stay of Professor Mingchia Yeh at the IFS

Visit from the USA: As part of his stay at the IFS, Professor Yeh spoke on “Designing Research in Exercise Science.”

06/12/2025

New article published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

The article deals with the Civic Voluntarism Model in context of adolescents and their willingness to engage in political and civic life.

06/10/2025

Edited volume on the 7th IFS Education Dialogue published

The edited volume of the 7th IFS Education Dialogue deals with the topic of “Promotion of language skills as a basis for more educational equality”.

06/06/2025

Results of the ERASMUS+ study presented

IADS and IFS present new study: Focus on the implementation and impact of Erasmus+ in the school context.

06/06/2025

Lecture on “Reading and Learning with the Internet” with Prof. Hahnel

Professor Carolin Hahnel from Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) was a guest lecturer at the IFS as part of the lecture series.

06/05/2025

Prof. McElvany appointed to Scientific Advisory Board of Stiftung Lesen

The advisory board unites expertise from various disciplines and supports the foundation in the future development of its programs.

06/03/2025

Edited volume on the 8th Dortmund Symposium published as Open Access

The editors' volume deals with the topic “ What Competencies Should Today's School Teach for Tomorrow's Society?”.

06/03/2025

AI-supported language support at preschool age: presentation on AI-LIT

AI meets preschool: Presentation on AI-LIT - an app for dialogic reading to promote language in kindergarten.

06/02/2025

New article published in Journal of Intelligence

The publication deals with the differential importance of childhood intelligence, social background, and education across occupational development.

05/28/2025

IFS Lecture Series with Professor Edelsbrunner

Professor Peter Edelsbrunner gave a lecture on “Modeling and Content Knowledge” as part of the IFS lecture series.

05/22/2025

IFS as part of the Cluster of Excellence Centre for Chiral Electronics

Large-scale research program to strengthen young talent in the natural sciences is funded by the Excellence Strategy.