Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi)
The Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg analyzes educational processes from birth to late adulthood. In order to promote longitudinal educational research in Germany, the LIfBi provides fundamental, nationally and internationally significant, research-based infrastructures for empirical educational research. A central focus of the institute is the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), which is based at LIfBi and brings together the expertise of a Germany-wide, interdisciplinary network of excellence. Other major projects in which LIfBi plays a leading role are the inclusion study INSIDE, the refugee studies ReGES and BildungswegeFlucht and the monitoring study Data Literacy. The basis for this is the institute´s own research and development work, in particular the development of well-founded instruments and methods for longitudinal educational studies, from which other research projects also benefit.
The National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) is the largest longitudinal educational study in Germany. In seven starting cohorts, the competence development and educational trajectories of more than 70,000 participants are monitored – from early childhood to old adulthood. In addition, around 50,000 people from their social environment, such as parents and educational professionals, are surveyed.
In the medium and long term, the NEPS conceptual framework contributes to answering the following key educational research questions:
How do competencies develop over the life course?
How do competencies influence decision-making processes at various crucial transitions in educational careers (and vice versa)?
How and to what extent are competencies influenced by educational opportunities in the family, in the peer group and in the learning environments of kindergarten, school, university, vocational training, and further education?
Which competencies are essential for achieving educational qualifications, which for lifelong learning and which for a successful individual and social life?
The NEPS data is provided to researchers free of charge to answer scientific questions. Since they were first made available at the end of 2011, the NEPS data have already been used by more than 3,000 researchers from over 30 countries.
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Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories Wilhelmsplatz 3 96047 Bamberg
T +49 951 700 600 kontakt@lifbi.de
