Collaboration and Networking

The IPN cultivates an active national and international exchange through collaborations with other research institutions. All research lines of the IPN are characterized by such collaborations. Many research results are achieved in close cooperation with national and international partners.

Special attention is paid to the collaboration with Kiel University, the collaborations in the Leibniz Research Associations, the collaborations with other Leibniz institutions conducting educational research, as well as international collaborations and the Institute's participation in networks.

In addition to teaching and the joint appointment of professors, there are cooperations with Kiel University in the area of professional research in the teaching profession cooperation also exists with Kiel University in the area of professional research in the teaching profession and in the research-based design of courses that enable the transfer of knowledge to society. The IPN has established the research group Computer Science Education in cooperation with Kiel University. The IPN also operates a student laboratory, the Kiel Science Outreach Lab, with the CAU. The IPN plays an important role in the interdisciplinary Kiel Science Communication Network (KSCN). This center for science communication research investigates how complex information can be visualized in a tangible way. Within the state, the IPN cooperates closely with the IQSH (Institute for Quality Development in Schools Schleswig-Holstein).

The IPN has further cooperation partners in the Leibniz Association. Here, the IPN plays a prominent role, in particular in the Leibniz Education Research Network. Bi- and multilateral cooperation takes place with partners from the Leibniz Association (Institutes in Sections A, B, and C), as well as with university and non-university research institutions. The IPN is also involved in further Leibniz Research Alliances, for example, Science 2.0 or Energiewende (Energy transition).

The IPN is also involved in important national cooperation in the area of large-scale assessments. With the Technical University of Munich and the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, the IPN has set up the Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB), which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal States. The center focuses on methodological research.

Onan international level, the IPN cooperates with university and non-university research institutes in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, England, Sweden, Norway, Israel, the USA, Australia, and Chile.

The IPN cultivates strong national and international exchange through institutionalized cooperation with other research institutions. This type of cooperation characterizes much of the IPN's work and allows the institute to carry out large projects that require collaboration with disciplines other than those practiced at the IPN. Accordingly, many research results are achieved in close cooperation with national and international partners.