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Since mid-November, the approvals of the Ministries of Education of the Federal States have been available for the second survey in the LIfBi project “INSIDE–Inclusive Education in Lower Secondary Schools in Germany”. This will allow the surveys that have been prepared for the 2019/2020 school year to take place as planned.

What are the characteristics of people who come from a nonacademic background but are themselves pursuing an academic career such as a degree and doctorate? What is special about this group, which is also called "first-generation students"? On November 26, 2019, sociologist Friederike Schlücker from the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories presented research results from a nationwide study at the TU Berlin and discussed—as part of the First Generation Day—what special support services at universities are possible and reasonable.

Dr. Robert Polgar was elected Deputy Spokesperson of the Administrative Committee of the Leibniz Association. "The election is a sign of confidence by the administrative colleagues of the Leibniz Association. I am very pleased to accept it and look forward to actively supporting the work of the Administrative Committee in this role", said Robert Polgar, Executive Director of Administration at LIfBi since July 1, 2014. He takes up office as of November 28, 2019.

The Director of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), Prof. Dr. Cordula Artelt, awarded 27 scientists the honorary status of LIfBi Research Affiliate in September.

On November 7-8, 2019, the international NEPS conference took place for the fourth time at LIfBi. Guest speaker was Prof. Eric A. Hanushek from Stanford University, one of the most renowned education economists in the world today. Once again, this year, prizes were awarded for outstanding works based on NEPS data. The award-winning entries deal with, among other things, school-related helplessness that may be experienced by students with poorer performance and also with the effects that higher education can have on health and wages.

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To commemorate the anniversary of the regional edition "ZEIT im Osten" (No. 46/2019), the editors present 100 young East Germans up to the age of 40, who they believe "will be making headlines soon". Among them is LIfBi employee Dr. Gundula Zoch.

The conference "Education and Space" took place on November 6 at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories. The focus was on questions and findings of empirical educational research from a spatial perspective. The opening lecture by Prof. Dr. Rainer Schnell offered an exciting introduction to the challenges of data protection law.

In addition to cognitive abilities, socioemotional competencies play a decisive role in educational success. Experts from science, politics, administration, and educational practice discuss the latest state of research in this field at the Forum on Educational Policy held in Berlin on October 23, 2019. The symposium is organized by the Leibniz Education Research Network (LERN), of which the LIfBi is a member.

The program of the 4th International NEPS Conference (November 7-8, 2019, LIfBi Bamberg) including all abstracts is now available online. Interested researchers and guests are cordially invited to register for free participation. The deadline for registration is October 27, 2019.

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The program of the conference "Education and Space", which will take place on November 6, 2019, at the LIfBi in Bamberg, is now available online. Registration is possible until October 27, attendance is free of charge.

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Dr. Gundula Zoch, postdoc researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), has been awarded for her dissertation by the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR). In her work, she examines the relations between the expansion of early childhood care facilities, the changes in maternal employment, and the gender role attitudes of parents in East and West Germany.

The Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories has been offering "NEPS Results Compact" for some years now—these short summaries of current research projects on the basis of data from the National Education Panel Study provide information in a concise form on some of the most important results.

At this year's conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) at the RWTH Aachen, LIfBi researchers presented their current research work. The motto of the conference from August 12–16, 2019 was "Thinking Tomorrow's Education: Learning From the Past, in the Present, and for the Future".

At this year's conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) in Zagreb from July 17 to 19, LIfBi employees organized several sessions—for example, on topics related to the implementation of studies on refugees:

Prof. Dr. Paul Leseman, Utrecht University, presents results from the ISOTIS research project in his talk entitled "Educational Inequality and Social Exclusion in Europe: Macro- and Microlevel Mechanisms" on July 9. The lecture is part of the LIfBi lectures series.

Trainee specialists in market and social research, their trainers and teachers at the vocational business school 4 in Nuremberg are guests at the Leibnitz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) on July 2. Executive Director of Administration Dr. Robert Polgar presents the Institute’s main areas of work together with Dr. Lydia Kleine and Daniel Bela, who are responsible for the training of apprentices at the LIfBi.

LIfBi Director Prof. Dr. Cordula Artelt presents the National Education Panel Study (NEPS) as part of the meeting of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) on June 28, 2019. Other lecturers on the subject of "educational paths" include former LIfBi Director Prof. Dr. Sabine Weinert (University of Bamberg/BAdW) and the first NEPS Principal Investigator Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Peter Blossfeld (University of Bamberg/BAdW). The short lectures will take place at Universität 2 at 1 p.m. and are open to academy members and all members of the University of Bamberg.

Abstracts for the 4th International NEPS Conference taking place at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories on 7 and 8 November 2019 as well as for the conference „Bildung und Raum“ held the day before can now be submitted. The deadline for submission is 15 July 2019.

To what extent does the place of residence in Germany also influence the range of educational opportunities on offer, participation in education, and the performance of learners? In its annual report, the experts of Aktionsrat Bildung formulate concrete recommendations to political decision-makers on this issue. Three leading members of the NEPS Network contributed to the compilation of this report.

An Analysis of Incomplete Data (AID) workshop will take place in memory of Prof. Dr. Susanne Rässler at the University of Bamberg on Friday, June 21, 2019. Susanne Rässler, who died unexpectedly at the age of 55 on August 29, 2018, was the initiator of this series of events offering students and researchers alike the opportunity to present their work in the field of statistical analysis of incomplete data.