FDZ Spring Academy 2026
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce our 5-day modular Spring Academy on Methods of Empirical Educational Research.
The event will take place from 9 to 13 March 2026 online via Zoom. It consists of nine workshops, which do not necessarily build on each other and may be booked individually or in combination of up to six workshops. Any questions may be addressed directly to the FDZ team.
Please register by 15.02.2026.
Please note our data protection information (Information in accordance with Art. 12, 13 GDPR on the processing of personal data in connection with registrations for the FDZ Academy).
| Work-shop | Title | Lecturer | Workshop language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 09.03.2026, and Tuesday, 10.03.2026, 9:00 - 13:00 h each | |||
| 1 | Einführung in Bayesianische Modellierung | Prof. Dr. Esther Ulitzsch, University of Oslo, Norway | German |
| 2 | Introduction to Graphical Causal Inference | Moritz Ketzer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | English |
| Monday, 09.03.2026, and Tuesday, 10.03.2026, 14:00 - 18:00 h each | |||
| 3 | Einführung in Mischverteilungsmodelle (LPA/LCA) | Dr. Leonard Tetzlaff, DIPF Frankfurt a. M. | German |
| Wednesday, 11.03.2026, 9:00 - 13:00 h | |||
| 4 | Meet the Data: PISA 2022 | Dr. Lisa Teufele & Dr. Philipp Sterner, ZIB – Zentrum für Internationale Bildungsvergleichsstudien, TUM, München | German |
| Wednesday, 11.03.2026, and Thursday, 12.03.2026, 9:00 - 13:00 h each | |||
| 5 | Multilevel Modeling for Longitudinal Data in R | Dr. Takuya Yanagida, University of Vienna, Austria | English |
| Wednesday, 11.03.2026, and Thursday, 12.03.2026, 14:00 - 18:00 h each | |||
| 6 | Ein bisschen KI schadet nie? – Wie LLMs das Programmieren in R erleichtern | Dr. Julien Irmer, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg |
German |
| 7 | Cross-Lagged Panel Modeling in R | Dr. Takuya Yanagida, University of Vienna, Austria | English |
| Thursday, 12.03.2026, 9:00 - 13:00 h | |||
| 8 | Daten teilen und Open Science in der empirischen Bildungsforschung: Ask Me Anything | Dr. Aleksander Kocaj, FDZ am IQB Berlin | German |
| Friday, 13.03.2026, 9:00 - 13:00 h and 14:00 - 18:00 h | |||
| 9 | Grafiken mit R |
Prof. Dr. Lena Keller, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel |
German |
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When:
from Monday, 09.03.2026, to Friday, 13.03.2026,
time slots: 9:00 - 13:00 h or 14:00 - 18:00 h;
workshops consisting of two parts will take place on two consecutive days (Mon.+Tue. or Wed.+Thu.) at the same times
Where:
online via Zoom
Who:
Team of instructors as listed above
How many:
Participants per workshop:
- minimum 6 persons
- maximum 25 persons
Workshop fees:
- Undergraduate and Master's students (doctoral students only if they do not have a doctoral or staff position): 50,00 Euro per workshop
- Academic staff including doctoral students and professors employed part-time at universities and public research institutions (max. 75 %):
70,00 Euro per workshop - Academic staff incl. doctoral students and professors at universities and public research institutions with an employment volume of more than 75%:
130,00 Euro per workshop - Other participants:
250,00 Euro per workshop
Information on modes of payment is available here.
Please note our conditions of participation including cancellation conditions.