DIPF targets a close exchange with educational practice - i.e., with schools, universities and day-care centres. DIPF also seeks dialogue with researchers, administrators and policy-makers in the field of education as well as with the public interested in education.

The aim is to integrate the experiences and needs of all stakeholders into the Institute's research and infrastructure services. For its transfer activities, the Institute is developing school partnerships and cooperations with teacher training institutions. Researchers at DIPF launch initiatives to gain insight into the practice needs and to ensure the success and quality of individual transfer projects.

It is particularly important for the Institute to research transfer processes and practical transfer effects. Projects geared towards application are therefore very important. Here the researchers investigate whether and how, for example, science-practice cooperation works and subject to what conditions scientifically tested measures can be implemented in educational practice. Another focus of transfer research is to scientifically monitor one's own research and infrastructure services – in order to evaluate their usefulness for practice and to create conditions for successful implementation.

In order to ensure transparency and thus strengthen trust in science, the researchers at DIPF communicate not only the scope and results of research, but also the underlying processes and methods. To this end, target group-oriented portals are offered such as the German Education Server and the Education Research Portal, platforms for digital education and other digital formats, such as the podcast "Sitzenbleiben", to reach the professional public and those generally interested in education. Series of events such as the Frankfurt Forum, the Fora on Education Policy and training courses for teachers are also organised to promote an understanding of the research and its methods.

Projects