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Canadian-German research workshop on refugee issues

7/12/2016
Representatives of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) participate in Canadian-German research workshop

BMBF funds refugee study ReGES at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories

7/6/2016

Under what conditions can the integration of refugees into our educational system be successful? What are the factors that impede or defer integration? Which measures contribute to the success of integration into our society? In order to answer these and similar questions, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) approved a research proposal by the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg at the end of June. The objective is to analyze the process of the integration of young migrants into the German educational system and into German society. First results will already be available in 2018. 

Dr. Ilka Wolter outlines research program for first LIfBi junior research group

6/21/2016
As of September 1, 2016, Dr. Ilka Wolter will lead the first LIfBi junior research group "Gender roles and skills in the life course” for the duration of 3 years.
 Dr. Ilka Wolter

Third NEPS Full Staff Meeting

6/17/2016
The third NEPS Full Staff Meeting held on June 15, 2016, at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) focused on the report of the Director and the election of staff representatives. Dr. Michael Bayer, Helene Gress, and Benjamin Schulz were elected.

Workshop and guest lecture held by Prof. Dr. Josef Brüderl

6/16/2016
On June 13 and 14, Prof. Dr. Josef Brüderl, Professor of Sociology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and Principal Investigator and Coordinating Director of the German Family Panel (“Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics”, pairfam), chaired the workshop “Applied Panel Data Analysis” at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories. Additionally, on June 14, 2016, he gave a guest lecture on some methodological lessons learnt from the German Family Panel (pairfam).

Guest lecture by Dr. Silke Schneider and Verena Ortmanns, GESIS

5/13/2016
On May 12, 2016, Dr. Silke Schneider and Verena Ortmanns (GESIS–Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) gave a talk on “Comparability of education measures across surveys revisited: Errors of observation and non-observation” at the LIfBi. 
 Dr. Silke Schneider

Closed meeting and conference of Section A of the Leibniz Association at the LIfBi

5/11/2016
On May 9 and 10, the closed meeting and the conference of Section A “Humanities and Educational Research” of the Leibniz Association took place at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories.

Annual meeting of the Leibniz Education Research Network (LERN) at the LIfBi

4/29/2016
Educational research can be conducted from completely different perspectives, in various disciplines, and with diverse objectives. The Leibniz Research Alliance “Leibniz Education Research Network” (Leibniz Forschungsverbund “Bildungspotenziale”, LERN) connects leading institutions and people from various disciplines, who are committed to educational research. About 30 researchers of the LERN network met at their scientific annual meeting at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories in Bamberg this year.
The participants of the LERN conference meeting.

A lot of women, little money

4/28/2016
Prof. Dr. Corinna Kleinert, Professor of Sociology with a Focus on Longitudinal Educational Research at the University of Bamberg and at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, has analyzed the disadvantages of women concerning their payment. On April 27, 2016, Die Süddeutsche Zeitung online reported on this “gender pay gap” in Germany.

Read the article (German only)

Launch of the NEPS Survey Paper Series

4/22/2016
In addition to the NEPS Working Papers, the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories is now offering a second publication series—the NEPS Survey Papers. This new publication series discusses methodological aspects and questions concerning the handling of data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). It is primarily addressed to researchers working with NEPS data who are interested in further information on relevant topics.

Link to the website

Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories makes appearances in Washington

4/19/2016
At the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from April 8 to 12, the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) made several appearances presenting the Institute and its data sets. 

NEPS results concise and compact

4/18/2016
As of today, the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) is providing a new service: Research findings published on the basis of data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) are summarized in plain language and are available on the NEPS website (Link to German website— English version coming soon).

Surveys of the BiLO study completed

4/16/2016
The surveys of the BiLO study “Educational Landscape of Upper Franconia” (BildungsLandschaft Oberfranken, BiLO) that have been conducted throughout Fall/Winter 2015/2016 have now been completed. Around 25,000 people, 438 general education schools and Berufsfachschulen [full-time vocational schools], 795 day-care centers and caregivers, as well as 40 local theaters were contacted all over Upper Franconia. The BiLO team is very thankful for the exceptionally high level of willingness to participate. With the help of these collected data, the interplay of educational offerings and educational choices can now be differentiated against the backdrop of social background and reliably analyzed in the various educational sectors for the first time.

Scientific Use File of the data from Wave I (2014) of PIAAC-L now available

4/13/2016
PIAAC-L (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies-Longitudinal) continues PIAAC on a national level in Germany. PIAAC, a study of the OECD, also known as the PISA study for adults, analyzed the everyday competencies of adults in an international comparison. The data of the first wave (2014) of PIAAC-L are now available as Scientific Use Files via the GESIS data archive.

Guest lecture on the role of education in terms of economic prosperity

3/17/2016
Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann, Director of the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education and Professor at the Department of Economics (Economics of Education in particular) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, was guest at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) on March 16, 2016.

9th meeting of the LIfBi Board of Trustees

3/15/2016
Chaired by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Tippelt from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, the Board of Trustees convened for their 9th meeting on March 14, 2016. 

Trial lecture to fill the vacancy of the position of LIfBi Director: Professor Ulrich Trautwein talks about “Educational Trajectories: Individual, Social, and Institutional Determinants”

3/4/2016
As part of the joint appointment procedure of the University of Bamberg and the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) to fill the vacancy of the position of the Director of LIfBi and the Professorship (W3) for Longitudinal Education Research, Professor Ulrich Trautwein from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, gave a lecture on the topic of „Bildungsverläufe: Individuelle, soziale und institutionelle Determinanten [Educational Trajectories: Individual, Social, and Institutional Determinants]“ at the LIfBi on March 2, 2016.

3rd Annual General Meeting of NEPS elects new Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and members of the NEPS Network Committee

2/18/2016
On February 16, 2016, the Annual General Meeting of NEPS met in Bamberg for the third time. Besides electing the new Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Annual General Meeting of NEPS and the members of the NEPS Network Committee, the meeting focused on revising the Rules and Regulations of the Annual General Meeting, the Full Staff Meeting, and the Network Committee of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). Moreover, ideas of the NEPS Network to develop the National Educational Panel Study further were discussed.

Science for the welfare and benefit of people—Leibniz President visits LIfBi

2/15/2016
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner, President of the Leibniz Association since July 2014, is paying a first official and personal visit to every institute of the Leibniz Association—one after another. On Friday, February 12, he was a guest at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi). 

Announcement: 1st International NEPS User Conference

2/5/2016

On July 7/8, 2016, the 1st International NEPS User Conference will be held at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg.

To the conference website
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