Research
We analyse educational and learning processes in different (educational) contexts across the lifespan. Find out more here!
Research focus
The Chair of General Pedagogy and Educational Research is dedicated to the theory-based, empirically founded and application-oriented investigation of educational processes across the lifespan. Corresponding research projects combine basic and applied research using qualitative, quantitative and methodologically plural approaches, which are systematically related to each other depending on the research interest.
As educational research has become more differentiated in its research areas in recent years, our unit is closely oriented towards current developments and challenges and focuses on diverse and interdisciplinary research areas: adult education and continuing education research, digitalisation and media research, school, university and vocational education, educational cooperation as well as family and youth research.
These subject areas are closely interrelated and also reflect our close cooperation with the Chair of General Education, Educational and Socialisation Research (LINK).
Adult and continuing education research
Our research in the field of adult education and continuing education focuses on the theoretical and empirical analysis of the institutional level of education and continuing education. Quantitative and qualitative approaches are combined with the aim of analysing and further developing institutional structures, educational needs and didactic approaches in the context of lifelong learning.
© SIMON KOY
Digitalisation and media research
The research focus of digitalisation and media research examines educational processes with a particular focus on the use of digital technologies. The development of media skills and the didactic design of teaching and learning settings with digital media form the central analytical perspectives.
© UnterrichtsMitschau/ Irini Körber
School, university, and vocational education
Research on school, university, and vocational education focuses on the systematic analysis of educational processes along institutionalized educational phases and the design of teaching and learning processes in the context of digital transformation.
© SIMON KOY
Educational cooperation
This field of research combines interdisciplinary perspectives and transcends national borders to address global challenges. Through international cooperation and comparative studies, it generates theory-based and empirically grounded insights that enrich educational practice worldwide. The aim is to promote educational equity and create sustainable structures by exchanging knowledge and innovative approaches.
© SIMON KOY
Family and youth research
Research in the field of family, childhood, and youth analyzes developmental processes in the context of familial, social, and institutional tensions and provides theory-based and empirically grounded insights for educational practice.
© Jan Greune / LMU