75 Years of DIPF: Understanding Education, Enabling Change
Oct 23, 2026 press releases

75 Years of DIPF: Understanding Education, Enabling Change

For 75 years, the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education has been laying the scientific groundwork for shaping education. The institute combines excellent research with powerful knowledge infrastructures and the transfer of findings into educational practice, administration, and policy. The DIPF will celebrate its anniversary in November with a ceremony titled “Education in Transition – Where Is Evolution Enough, and Where Is Revolution Needed?” On a dedicated website, it also offers 75 insights into its achievements, its people, and its development. Last but not least, DIPF presents its history in an exhibition.
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IDeA Children's Festival 2026

IDeA Children's Festival 2026

Jun 13, 2026 from 01:30 PM to 04:30 PM — Campus Westend, Frankfurt am Main —
Every year, the IDeA Research Centre at DIPF celebrates the summer with a large, free children's festival on the Westend Campus in Frankfurt.
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Prof. Dr. Yvonne Anders appointed new director at DIPF
Jan 20, 2026 press releases

Prof. Dr. Yvonne Anders appointed new director at DIPF

With Prof. Dr. Yvonne Anders, the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education has gained an outstanding scientist for a key position: the education researcher is a new director of the institute, which involves heading one of the five departments and being part of the executive board. At the same time, she will be appointed to the professorship for Psychology focusing on Education and Human Development at Goethe University Frankfurt in cooperation with DIPF.
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When Smartphones Remind You to Learn
Jul 17, 2024 press releases

When Smartphones Remind You to Learn

Do smartphone reminders encourage pupils to engage regularly with learning material? Researchers at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education investigated this question. Their conclusion: simple reminders such as push notifications tend to have a negative effect on learning times. It is true that pupils learn more often on days when they are reminded than on days without reminders. Overall, however, a control group that was never reminded studied on more days. The study was presented in the journal “Science of Learning” and is freely available
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A Closer Look: Do Good Lessons Promote Students' Attention and Behaviour?
May 06, 2024

A Closer Look: Do Good Lessons Promote Students' Attention and Behaviour?

Students are better able to regulate themselves in lessons that they consider to be particularly well implemented. This is the conclusion drawn from a study by the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, published in the journal "Learning and Instruction". The link between teaching quality and self-regulation tends to be particularly true for pupils who have problems controlling their behaviour and following lessons, for example due to ADHD symptoms.
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Inclusion: The Stereotypes Pre-service Teachers Associate with Pupils with Special Educational Needs
Apr 24, 2024

Inclusion: The Stereotypes Pre-service Teachers Associate with Pupils with Special Educational Needs

In the course of inclusion, teachers are increasingly instructing pupils with special educational needs. Stereotypes regarding these children and adolescents can influence how the teachers deal with them. The DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education has now investigated how pre-service teachers imagine autistic pupils and those with Down syndrome and dyslexia. The scientific work revealed pronounced stereotypes among the pre-service teachers- including how competent and warm the individual pupil groups are. The DIPF wants to develop educational programs to counteract such generalizations.
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New Research Professorship for Digital History of Education
Feb 07, 2024

New Research Professorship for Digital History of Education

With a joint appointment, the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education and Humboldt-University of Berlin are strengthening research in the digital history of education. The new professorship for "Historical Educational Research with a Focus on Digital Humanities" has been filled by PD Dr. Katharina Vogel. The research professorship is located in the DIPF department BBF | Research Library for the History of Education. It aims to generate digital methods and tools to gain new insights into historical educational research and at the same time to critically reflect on them.
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