LEAD Graduate School & Research Network

10 Years LEAD

LEAD celebrated its 10th anniversary with a three-day conference in Tübingen, October 19-21, 2022.

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LEAD consists of over 100 scientists from twelve research fields and more than ten nations, driven by the desire to contribute to sound decision-making in the education system that draws on empirically-based knowledge. To this end, we focus on innovative promotion of young talent, excellent research and transfer into practice.

 

Impressions of the Anniversary Conference

Audience at a lecture of the anniversary celebration of LEAD
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LEAD and the development of research on education in Tübingen

2022
Center for Digital Education at the University of Tübingen opens; Ulrike Cress and Kou Murayama become new co-directors alongside Ulrich Trautwein

Total number of doctorates 86

2021
Tübingen becomes the home of the German Center for Mental Health

Total number of doctorates 84

2019
LEAD becomes a University of Tübingen institute with permanent funding from the federal state Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts as well as the University

Total number of doctorates 48

2018
LEAD is headed by co-directors Benjamin Nagengast, Katharina Scheiter and Ulrich Trautwein

Total number of doctorates 39

2017
The network has 130 scientists from over 10 research fields

Total number of doctorates 26

2016
Graduate School is expanded into a Research Network

Total number of doctorates 8

2015
Tübingen School of Education (TüSE) is established

Total number of doctorates 5

2014
Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology and Tübingen Postdoctoral Academy for Research on Education (PACE) are established
2013
21 professors from six fields of research supervise 22 PhD students
2012
LEAD Graduate School, headed by Ulrich Trautwein and Benjamin Nagengast, is founded as part of the Excellence Initiative of the federation and federal states