Information Management

Research in the information management unit targets an improvement of information infrastructures and their usage, as well as aiming to support practices in teaching and science. In this regard, educational research is targeted.

Research is organised in projects and doctoral theses. Findings and insights from the studies are entered into the infrastructural development and the expansion of services offered by the Information Center for Education. Research addresses the areas of searching for information and information behaviour focusing on Open Science, Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Educational Practices as well as research syntheses, research data, science indicators and science transfer. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used from information and social science.

Research topics belong to research at the Information Centre for Education, chaired by Professor Dr Marc Rittberger. They complement the areas of infometrics, Open Science and information infrastructures. Themes are processed in close collaboration with the chair and other units within the department.

Information Centre for Education

The Information Centre for Education (IZB) at DIPF is the central institution for research and information infrastructures in education in Germany. The Centre moreover organises research and transfer of findings and links actors in education.

• Johannes Hiebl, Doctoral Candidate
• Carolin Keller, M.A., Academic Staff
• Ana Schenk, Academic Staff
• Dr. Cornelia-Flavia Veja, Academic Staff
• Verena Weimer, Doctoral Candidate

• Digi-EBF II – Meta-Project "Digital Education II"
• ForSynData – Guidelines for FAIR and Reusable Research Syntheses in Psychology and Educational Science
• ReTransfer – Re-innovation and transfer of digital disciplinary concepts in social science teacher education in the context of digital sovereignty and open educational practices
• lernen:digital – Competence Network for a Digital Transformation of Schools and Teacher Training