The DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education delivers empirical educational research, digital infrastructure and targeted knowledge transfer, thus contributing to coping with challenges in education.
The DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education supports scientists, politicians and practitioners in education. The Leibniz Institute prepares, indexes and transfers knowledge for education – by combining research, transfer and infrastructures in a way that is unique in Germany. The Institute thus contributes to the success of education and to coping with challenges in the education sector.
The DIPF is the centre for multidisciplinary, empirical educational research in Germany with around 140 scientific employees. It draws on the expertise of a wide range of disciplines. These include in particular: Educational Science, Psychology, Economics, Law, Sociology, Cultural History and Political Science as well as eHumanities and Information Management. The topics researched at the DIPF are correspondingly diverse. Four areas of focus are worth highlighting.
DIPF boards and their members
For 70 years, DIPF has provided its research and science infrastructure services and thus contributed to improving educational quality and conditions of educational success in Germany.
DIPF commits to the principles and practices of open science. It makes research transparent, reproducible and reusable and offers society access to findings and to scientific processes.