Educational Success: Support, Measurement and Evaluation
The CIDER-LERN Conference 2025 is organized by the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) and the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in cooperation with the CIDER Coordination. The conference, which is open to educational researchers from outside the CIDER network, will take place from November 10-11th at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg.
The conference will bring together scholars from various disciplines to discuss findings as well as methodological and conceptual issues associated with educational research.
The conference will be followed by a workshop for the CIDER Fellows on November 12th.
Registration is currently open until September 15, 2025. Please use the form at the bottom of the page.
Prof. Dr. Samuel Greiff (Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB), Technical University Munich)
The CIDER-LERN Conference 2025 will take place on November 10–11, 2025, at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg, Germany.
Participation is open to all members of the CIDER Steering Committee and CIDER Fellows of Cohort IV and to all individuals who are presenting a contribution (paper or poster) at the conference.
Please make sure to complete your registration by September 15, 2025. Late registrations cannot be accepted.
The conference will take place at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg.
📍 Address: LIfBi – Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories Wilhelmsplatz 3 96047 Bamberg, Germany
Detailed directions on how to reach the venue by public transport or car are available on the LIfBi website: View directions
We recommend the following hotels—each within walking distance (about 5–15 minutes) of the LIfBi venue at Wilhelmsplatz 3, 96047 Bamberg:
We recommend booking early, as available rooms can fill up quickly, especially near conference dates.
Unfortunately, travel expenses cannot be reimbursed. All external participants are kindly asked to cover their own travel and accommodation costs.
Catering will be provided during the breaks on both conference days. Coffee, tea, snacks, and light refreshments will be available for all participants.
If you are unable to attend the event after all, please kindly inform us by email at so that we can remove you from the list of participants.
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Science Communication Lunch ‘Education in Dialogue: Research meets Journalism’
The Science Communication Lunch will take place at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education in Frankfurt am Main on April 30 from 9:30 to 14:00. The event will feature a panel discussion with renowned guests from education journalism, education research, and science communication. Following the panel, there will be round tables with short presentations and discussions of current findings from the fourth cohort of CIDER Fellows. The event will conclude with an opportunity for further dialogue and networking over lunch.
DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education Rostocker Straße 6, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel. +49 (0)69 24708-0 Fax +49 (0)69 24708-44
By S-Bahn and Underground lines via Frankfurt Central Station
Take any S-Bahn line apart from S7 (towards Offenbach, Dietzenbach, Hanau, Frankfurt-Süd, Langen, Darmstadt) until Frankfurt Hauptwache. Change here to Underground lines 1/2/3/8 (towards Ginnheim, Bad Homburg-Gonzenheim, Oberursel-Hohemark, Riedberg) until Miquel-Adickesallee. Exit towards the intersection Eschersheimer Landstraße / Miquelallee and follow Miquelallee in a westward direction. The DIPF building will be visible soon and can be reached via a footpath to your left.
By Underground lines via Südbahnhof / Hauptwache
Take the Underground lines 1/2/3/8 (towards Ginnheim, Bad Homburg-Gonzenheim, Oberursel-Hohemark, Riedberg) until Miquel-Adickesallee. Exit towards the intersection Eschersheimer Landstraße / Miquelallee and follow Miquelallee in a westward direction. The DIPF building will be visible soon and can be reached via a footpath to your left.
By Bus
You also reach DIPF by various bus lines: line 32 (bus stop Miquel-/Hansaallee), line 64 (bus stop Bremer Straße), line 75 (bus stop Max-Horkheimer Straße).
By Car
If you travel by car, you reach DIPF via interchange Frankfurt-Nordwest: junction Miquelallee, towards Westend-Nord.
The event began with a session in which CIDER Alumni presented their results and experiences from working in interdisciplinary Micro Groups, followed by a keynote address by Fabian Pfeffer (LMU) titled Wealth and Education. In the evening, participants gathered for dinner at the “Hofbräukeller.”
On the second day, the Fellows had the opportunity to exchange ideas in various formats and explore potential collaborations within Micro Groups. These included the presentation of data sets, a dedicated Open Space session, and paper presentations, which were commented on by discussants from other disciplines.
CIDER IV Kick-off Workshop 2024
The new cohort of the CIDER College with 31 Fellows started with the CIDER IV Kick-off Workshop 2024. The workshop was organized by the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education and took place at the DIPF in Frankfurt am Main. The workshop’s main goal was to introduce the new Fellows to each other. The program offered plenty of opportunities to get to know each other, with formats like poster presentations, an open space focusing on shared research interests as well as different social events. Furthermore, the Fellows got an introduction to the three central research topics by interdisciplinary talks from different disciplines, which were given by CIDER alumni from the last cohort and CIDER seniors.
Closed event – participation only for CIDER Fellows.
CIDER-LERN Conference 2022
The CIDER-LERN Conference 2022 took place from Nov 7-9, 2022, at the University of Luxembourg, and was attended by 54 educational researchers.
For the CIDER-Fellows, the Conference started on Monday with a stimulating Welcome Talk by Aigul Alieva, who informed about the history and projects of the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, LISER. Afterwards, the winners of the CIDER Public Science Award 2022 were presented (see news section).
On Tuesday, the CIDER Fellows were joined by additional researchers from the LERN-network and other (inter-)national research institutions. The day started with an inspiring Key Note by Dave Baker from Penn State University on “The Cognitive Impact of the Education Revolution”, followed by paper sessions, in which the participants presented and discussed their own work. In the afternoon, a joint trip to the pretty town of Esch-sur-Alzette was undertaken, where two guided tours offered interesting information on the history of Esch. The evening was completed by a delicious dinner at the Kulturfabrik Esch.
The Conference ended with a lively plenum discussion on Wednesday, in which four CIDER Fellows from different cohorts discussed the subject “Educational Research and Societal Crisis” on the basis of a stimulating Input presentation by Anna Vignoles (Leverhulme Trust). Finally, the Conference participants were invited to join the LuxEra Opening speech given by Justin Powell from the University of Luxembourg.
We hope all participants left Luxembourg with new ideas and impressions and are already looking forward to the upcoming CIDER events in 2023!
CIDER Cohort III Fellows at the CIDER-LERN Conference
Prof. Dr. Dave Baker presents his keynote
Panel Discussion with CIDER Fellows, Anna Vignoles and Andreas Hadjar
CIDER Spring Workshop 2022
The CIDER Spring Workshop 2022 took place from May, 4 – May, 6, 2022, at the DIPF I Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education in Frankfurt.
Closed event – participation only for CIDER Fellows.
CIDER Spring Workshop 2021
The CIDER Spring Workshop took place from May 5-7, 2021 and was organized with LifBi I Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories. Due to the dynamics of Covid-19 the workshop had to be rescheduled as an online format.
Closed event – participation only for CIDER Fellows.
CIDER-LERN Conference 2021
October, 07-08th 2021 in Berlin
This year’s CIDER-LERN conference was organized by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and the German Center for Higher Education and Science Studies (DZHW) in collaboration with the CIDER Coordination Team and took place from October, 07-08th 2021 at the Leibniz Headquarters in Berlin.
The conference focused on the topics of early education and childcare, educational transitions as well as higher education. Besides paper and poster presentations, the program included keynotes by Ariel Kalil from the University of Chicago and Richard Arum from the University of California. In addition, the participants had the opportunity to discuss research funding opportunities with representatives of the German Research Foundation (DFG), the European Research Council and the Jacobs Foundation in a plenary discussion. A dinner cruise on the Berlin Spree completed the program.
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