Institute of Psychology in Education

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Psychology in Education is part of the School of Education and currently consists of three departments, which are concerned with Psychological Assessment and Individual Differences, Developmental Psychology, and Educational Psychology.

Main research areas

At the Institute of Psychology in Education we are enthusiastic about research that answers fundamental psychological questions while keeping in mind their usefulness for sustainable social transformation processes in the educational domain.

Research Activities

Psychological Assessment and Individual Differences

Educational Psychology

Developmental Psychology

  1. Symbolic literacy: Young children’s developing understanding of the relation between symbol and referent in the graphic domain

    Deiglmayr, A. (Project manager, academic), Kachel, G. (Project manager, academic) & Bohn, M. (Partner)

    01.01.2031.12.24

    Project: Research

  2. Care4Care

    Lehr, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.1931.12.24

    Project: Research

  3. Atempause: Eine tägliche Kurzintervention zur Achtsamkeit bei Grundschulkindern

    Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic), Bergold, J. (Project manager, academic) & Voltmer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.10.1930.09.23

    Project: Research

  4. Sustainable Solutions in Intergenerational Conflicts

    Majer, J. (Project manager, academic), Schütte, C. (Project staff) & Trötschel, R. (Partner)

    01.05.19 → …

    Project: Research

  5. Mental Accounting in Allocation Negotiations

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Majer, J. (Project staff), Zhang, H. (Project manager, academic), Moran, S. (Project manager, academic) & Ritov, I. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.11.1831.07.22

    Project: Research

  6. Shifting standards for boys and girls in the classroom

    Schuster, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.1830.04.19

    Project: Research

  7. Mental Accounting in Negotiations

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Zhang, H. (Project manager, academic) & Majer, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.18 → …

    Project: Research

  8. UCOM: Understanding Communal Orientation in Men

    Block, K. (Coordination), Martiny, S. E. (Partner), Meeussen, L. (Partner), Olsson, M. (Partner), Schmader, T. (Partner), Schuster, C. (Partner), Van Grootel, S. (Partner) & Van Laar, C. (Partner)

    01.11.1731.12.18

    Project: Research

  9. Didok: Chancen und Herausforderungen digitaler Dokumentation in Kindertagesstätten

    Schönborn, H. (Project staff) & Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1701.10.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  10. Modeling common ground

    Bohn, M. (Project manager, academic)

    11.09.1710.09.20

    Project: Research

  11. Mental Accounting in Negotiations

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.07.1730.06.22

    Project: Research

  12. JIB-Evaluation: Evaluation des Transferzirkels "Jede(r) ist besonders"

    Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, U. B. (Project staff)

    01.06.1730.11.20

    Project: Research

  13. NELSEN: NEtwork of Large-Scale Studies Including Students with Special Educational Needs

    Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1731.12.21

    Project: Research

  14. Process Gains and Process Losses in Negotiations

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Schulz-Hardt, S. (Project manager, academic), Reichold, J. (Project manager, academic) & Warsitzka, M. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.1630.09.18

    Project: Research

  15. BISS-FDS: Fühlen Denken Sprechen: Professionalisierung alltagsintegrierter sprachlicher Bildung bei ein- und mehrsprachlich aufwachsenden Kindern

    Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic), Mähler, C. (Project manager, academic), Cloos, P. (Project manager, academic) & Koch, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1631.01.20

    Project: Research

  16. SchulStark-Feriencamp

    Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic) & Webersik, J. (Coordination)

    01.01.1615.05.17

    Project: Teaching