News at the IFS
IFS Lecture Series with Professor Gary Pollock on June 6
Professor Gary Pollock gave a lecture on "Measuring Child Wellbeing in a Longitudinal Comparative International Survey".
![Nachbericht Ringvorlesung Pollock Sebastian Vogel steht vor einem Zoom Bildschirm, auf dem Prof. Dr. Gary Pollock zu sehen ist](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/a/7/csm_2024.06.10_RV_Nachbericht_Pollock_c495fe0431.jpg)
Publication published in Economics of Education Review
"Does instructional time at school influence study time at university? Evidence from an instructional time reform" by J. Schwerter has been published.
![Publikation Schwerter in Economics of Education Review 06/24 Das Cover der Economics of Education Review von Juni 2024](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/0/4/csm_2024_05_29_Schwerter_Publikation_Economics_Deutsch_4255440272.png)
Dr Annika Ohle-Peters completes habilitation with inaugural lecture
We congratulate Dr Annika Ohle-Peters on the successful completion of her habilitation.
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Dr. Birgit Heppt starts at the IFS in July
Dr. Heppt has accepted the professorship for "Empirical Educational Research in Primary and Secondary Education" and will start at the IFS in July.
![Birgit Heppt Birgit Heppt vor einem braunen Hintergrund](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/8/d/csm_2024.05.27_Start_Heppt_08f197ce06.png)
ERASMUS+ project presented at Global Gallery
Carina Schreiber, Marion Peitz and Dr. Nadine Sonnenburg presented the ERASMUS+ project as part of the Global Gallery.
![Global Gallery ERASMUS+ Forscherinnen stellen Poster zum Projekt ERASMUS+ vor](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/3/3/csm_ERASMUS_GlobalGallery_cut_ab556338a8.jpg)
Pascal Alscher – Dissertation successfully defended
Pascal Alscher successfully completes his doctorate on civic literacy in adolescence.
![Disputation Pascal Alscher Nele McElvany, Pascal Alscher und zwei weitere Personen stehen vor einer Zoom Konferenz](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/c/0/csm_2024.05.24_Disputation-Pascal_7a96cd392e.png)
IFS Lecture Series on May 16 with Professor Frederick de Moll
On May 16, Professor Frederick de Moll gave a lecture on "Non-cognitive dispositions in childhood and adolescence".
![Ringvorlesung - Frederick deMoll Bild der Ringvorlesung mit Prof. Dr. Nele McElvany, Prof. Dr. Frederick de Moll und Dr. Sittipan Yotyodying](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/4/7/csm_2024.05.21_RV_de-Moll_93b353d3c1.jpg)
Tuesdays for Education on May 14 on the topic of linguistic diversity
Primary school children with a non-German family language show clear reading literacy deficits, but often receive no support.
![Tuesdays for Education Pressemeldung Das Foto zeigt den Blick einer Lehrkraft auf mehrere Schüler*innen, die ihre Hand heben und aufzeigen. Darunter befindet sich der Schriftzug "Tuesdays for Education".](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/6/e/csm_24.05.14_TfE_Pressemeldung_Sprachenvielfalt_da5cf00a0b.png)
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2026 started
International study on reading literacy in fourth grade has started – 60 participating countries in the IGLU/PIRLS 2026 large scale assessment.
![IGLU Projektstart Zwei Kinder schauen sich im Klassenzimmer zusammen etwas auf ihrem Tablet an](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/3/f/csm_2024.05.10_IGLU_Projektstart_51eb07b8cd.png)
Paper published in Technology, Knowledge and Learning
Article "Voluntary E-Learning Exercises Support Students in Mastering Statistics" von Jakob Schwerter and Taiga Brahm published in journal
![Cover der Publikation Schwerter Cover der Publikation Technology, Knowledge and Learning](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/6/9/csm_2024.05.08_Publikation_Schwerter_Technology_af8ab952e9.png)
IFS Lecture Series on May 2 with Professor Meng-Jung Tsai
On May 2, Professor Meng-Jung Tsai presented "Using Robotics STEAM Curricula to Enhance Students’ 21st Century Competencies" at the IFS lecture series
![Prof. Dr. Nele McElvany, Professorin Meng-Jung Tsai & Dr. Sittipan Yotyodying in der digitalen Ringvorlesung über Zoom](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/e/d/csm_2024.05.07_RV_Nachbericht_Tsai_7b6b801403.png)
Social sciences workshop for early career researchers at IFS
"Experiments, quasi-experiments, and causality in social sciences: Matching methods" – Methods workshop for early career researchers.
![Workshop Becker Michael Becker hält vor einer Gruppe von Personen eine Workshop](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/c/7/csm_2024.05.07_Workshop_Becker_8d90bb7758.png)