Empirical Educational Research

The Centre for Empirical Research in Education (ZeB) was, up to 31 December 2015, one of the central scientific facilities of the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) and organized the work of the main research area of Empirical Educational Research. As of the beginning of 2016, the main research area has become an institution in its own right, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Educational Research (IZfB), which is dedicated to exploring education in research and development on a broad scientific basis. 

For scientists at the University conducting empirical research in school and non-school education, the ZeB is a platform on which to discuss shared issues and enter into cooperation. Around 120 researchers working in the education of subjects such as biology, chemistry, German, mathematics, physics, general studies, social sciences and technology, and colleagues from the Faculties of Education, Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering and Political Science are members of the ZeB and collaborate on research projects with an educational focus. The ZeB thus networks a total of nine faculties at the University of Duisburg-Essen.