Leibniz Research Network Educational Potential

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The Leibniz Research Network Educational Potentials (LERN - Leibniz Education Research Network) is an interdisciplinary research network devoted to questions of formal and informal education in all phases of life.

In the research network, researchers from 25 institutions (18 institutes of the Leibniz Association and 7 other institutes) have joined forces to expand their expertise in the disciplines of education, specialist didactics, linguistics, cultural, media and neurosciences, economics, political science, psychology, sociology and To bundle information science and computer science.

Structure and organization

The Leibniz Research Network Educational Potentials was founded on January 1, 2013 as the "Leibniz Research Association Educational Potential", initially for five years and extended in 2017 for a further period of seven years until December 31, 2024. In July 2020 it was converted into a research network by a research association.

The network is led by a group of five speakers:

The chairman of the speaker group is Marcus Hasselhorn, Heike Solga is deputy. The coordination of the Leibniz research network Educational Potential is at DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Educational Research and Educational Information. In addition to network activities, the tasks also include communication and the organization of events.

aims

The Leibniz Research Network Educational Potentials has four main goals, which concern its research activities and the exchange with other actors in educational research and educational practice: interdisciplinary research cooperation, scientific exchange and the promotion of young talent, national and international networking, as well as knowledge transfer and advice. In order to promote dialogue, the network's educational policy forum has been held annually in Berlin since 2013 on current topics:

  • Education Policy Forum 2013: "Measurement of Competencies"
  • Education Policy Forum 2014: "Investment in Education and Returns to Education over the Life Course"
  • Education Policy Forum 2015: "Acceptance and feasibility of educational reforms: How we can exploit educational potential"
  • Education Policy Forum 2016: "Migration and Integration: How Can Potentials Be Developed?"
  • Education Policy Forum 2017: "Education Potential in Times of Digital Change"
  • Education Policy Forum 2018: "Potentials of early education: 'Early practice ...'"
  • Education Policy Forum 2019: "Education needs more than a smart head"
  • Education Policy Forum 2020: "Good Language Education"

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