News at the IFS
5. Dortmund Symposium: discussion on systemic and individual factors contributing to educational (in)equity
To the five-year anniversary of Dortmund Symposium on Empirical Educational Research, leading researchers in Europe discussed which individual and…
Current volumes of the IFS event book series published
The current volumes of the book series "Dortmunder Symposium der Empirischen Bildungsforschung" and "IFS-Bildungsdialoge" have been published by…
Kelly Howe, Ph.D., guest at the IFS
We are delighted to welcome Kelly Howe as a visiting scholar at the IFS this week. Kelly Howe is Associate Professor of Theatre at Loyola University…
IFS discusses the topic of reading literacy in Wuppertal
The recent Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) shows that almost 20 percent of pupils in grade four in Germany are not able to…
Report of the Aktionsrat Bildung – IFS sees a need for action
Today, the Aktionsrat Bildung presented its report on the topic of „Region and education. Myth urban-rural areas” which analyzes differences between…
Hotspots of German learning research - IFS on Deutschlandfunk
In the Deutschlandfunk series "Hotspots of German learning research", the IFS introduces itself and presents an excerpt from its research work.…
LEO study published – IFS points out relevance of reading promotion
Results of the Level-One Study (LEO, Hamburg University) show that a large amount of adults in Germany has only poor reading and writing skills. In…
Norbert Sendzik successfully defends dissertation
Norbert Sendzik, former research fellow in the working group of Professor Bos, successfully defended his doctoral thesis in the field of educational…
Introducing Project COLD
Since April 2019, team Lauermann is cooperation partner in the joint project “Competencies of school teachers and adult educators in teaching German…
Professor Fanny Lauermann starts at the IFS
Ms Fani Lauermann, Ph. D. Professor of Empirical Educational Research, has started at the IFS in April. In her research, she focuses on educational…
Dr. Aileen Edele accepts call for professorship at the IFS
Ms Dr. Aileen Edele (until recently IQB at the Humboldt University in Berlin) has accepted the call for a professorship for Empirical Educational…
IFS lecture series "empirical educational research in the Ruhr metropolitan region"
In the 2019 summer semester, the IFS lecture series, organized by the McElvany working group, is dedicated to "empirical educational research in the…