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We are at MetaCRiSP 2026!

  • Borgert, N., Ulmann, T., & Merchel, R. (2026). On the (Non-)Precision of Psychological Measures in Security and Privacy Research: Reliability Beyond Reporting Alpha. Presentation at the 1st Workshop on Metascience and Critical Reflections in Security & Privacy (MetaCRiSP 2026), 21.05., San Francisco, USA.

We are at EARLI SIG 6 & 7!

  • Klose, M., Bengs, D., Winter, M., Mendzheritskaya, J., Hahnel, C., Goldhammer, F., Wolter, I., & Artelt, C. (2026). 404 – Concept map not found: Who uses an optional concept map tool in an online course and how? Poster presentation at the joint conference of EARLI SIG 6 & 7, 10.-12.08., Zürich, CH.


From the Department

Start of the ICILS 2028 study

Work on the ICILS 2028 study has begun in Germany.

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Teaching project 5x5000

The ‘AI Tools in Teaching’ working group has won the 5x5000 competition with its teaching project ‘AI^3’.

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Statement on Open Science

In collaboration with Prof. Carolin Hahnel, GEBF and AEPF have published recommendations on the implementation of open science in empirical educational research.

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Certificate in University Teaching

In December 2025, Dr. Robin Merchel received the certificate “Professional Teaching Competence for Higher Education”.

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Teaching award for commitment to students

Robin Merchel received the “Golden Cerebellum” teaching award in the category "commitment to students".

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Current findings: Academic aptitude

One of our current studies shows that academic aptitude tests improve the prediction of academic success among international students.

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Teaching award for statistics exercise

Robin Merchel received the “Golden Neuron” teaching award for the statistics exercise.

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We are at GEBF 2025

Our chair was represented at GEBF 2025 with a symposium, two discussions and five contributions.

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Teaching award for assessment seminars

Robin Merchel received the “Golden Synapse” teaching award for the assessment seminars “Professional assessment” and “Career counselling”.

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We are at the DPS Statuskonferenz 2024

Prof. Carolin Hahnel discusses learning and testing in the context of digitization in an interactive plenary session on November 13, 2024.

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We are at RUB Teachers' Day 2024

Carolin Hahnel discusses current research on technology-based reading with teachers.

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Start of the DFG Research Unit CORE

The new DFG-funded research unit CORE investigates how university students learn with the Internet.

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Special Issue in JCAL

Our special issue "Advancing Educational Assessment through Log Data Analysis, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning" is available online.

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New at RUB

Carolin Hahnel joined the Faculty of Psychology at the Ruhr University Bochum in September.

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New publications

Find out about the newest publications from the Psychological Assessment and Testing (PsycAT) lab.

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