News archive 2016

On November 2, 2016, Dr. Ernst Dieter Rossmann, spokesperson of the working group “Education and Research” of the SPD Parliamentary Group, was informed about the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) and about other studies situated at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi). 

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The SPD Member of the German Parliament for the regions Bamberg, Forchheim, and Coburg visited the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) to inform himself about the successful continuation of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) and the further extension of the institute. 

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From October 6 to 8, 2016, the annual conference of the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (SLLS) was held in Bamberg. 300 scientists from all over the world exchanged information on the topic of “Education and the Life Course: Determinants and Consequences of Unequal Educational Opportunities”. 

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Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories appears with an information booth at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Seattle.

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During its presence at the 31st International Congress of Psychology (ICP), the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) informed more than 8,000 researchers from 95 different countries about the National Educational Panel Study.

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The second Summer School of the Priority Programme 1646 "Education as a Lifelong Process. Analyzing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)" on "Competence Development and Educational Inequalities—Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Implementations" took place from July 11–19, 2016 in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories. A 7-day program with varied teaching and learning formats aimed to promote young researchers by strengthening their theoretical and methodological skills in educational research. The Priority Programme is funded and initiated by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).

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On July 16, 2016, Dr. Jutta von Maurice and Stefanie Buchner welcomed for the second time Dr. Miriam Roth Douglas, Ph.D., Director of the Community Education Program at the College of Education at West Liberty University in West Virginia, and students from the following universities: West Liberty University, Marshall University and Shepherd University, all from West Virginia, US. The visit at the LIfBi was once again part of a 2-week program called “Summer study-abroad”, which is led and organized by Dr. Miriam Roth Douglas and initiated by the Ministry of Culture of the State of West Virginia.

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During the First International NEPS User Conference in Bamberg from July 7–8, 2016, the newly introduced NEPS publication award was handed to Aileen Edele and Prof. Petra Stanat. 

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With more than 60 researchers participating, the First International NEPS User Conference took place at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg on July 7 and 8, 2016. 

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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. 

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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).

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.

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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.

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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).

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On January 13, 2016, Prof. Dr. Corinna Kleinert gave her inaugural lecture on “Education in the Life Course: Conception, Measurement, and Empirical Results” at the University of Bamberg.

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