Empirical School Research
- Development, quality and effects of all-day schools
- Cross-curricular competencies of students, especially social and democratic competencies
- Social disparities in educational success, especially at the secondary level and at the transition from elementary school to secondary school
- Gender differences in educational success: boys as educational losers?
- Evaluation of school and teaching
- Professionalization through practical phases in teacher training
- School leadership competencies
Youth research
- Political socialization and political identity formation in adolescence
- Gender differences in political identity formation
- Importance of parents and peers in adolescence, especially in the process of political socialization
- Media use and political socialization
