Cooperation

The IPN cooperates with a large number of prestigious institutions, both at a national and an international level.

In addition, the IPN cooperates with Kiel University in the field of professional competence in teacher training, as well as in the research-based conception of programs which make the transfer of knowledge to society possible. This work takes places at the Kiel Science Outreach Campus (KiSOC). Together with Kiel University, the IPN also runs a lab for school students: the Kiel Science Workshop (Kieler Forschungswerkstatt).

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).

Further important national cooperation takes place in the field of large-scale assessments. Together with the Technical University of Munich and the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, the IPN 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 centre’s focus is on methods research.

At an 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.