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    Last update: 19.08.2026 Contributor: Communication and marketing

    Vision

    The LIFT center is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to research on learning and instruction in education. It bundles expertise on how students learn, how interest develops, how learners regulate their study behavior, and how digital and distance teaching can be designed based on evidence. The center investigates current and future challenges in high-quality education through theory-driven research that is applicable in everyday distance teaching. Its ambition is to advance rigorous, useful, and innovative research that helps evidence-based teaching practices become normal practice.

    Goals

    Our center's project articulate around three mains goals:

    1. Build a coherent research agenda for modern learning and instruction
    2. Transfer research findings into evidence-based teaching practice
    3. Build a community for interdisciplinary research and education innovation

    Co-direction

    Prof. Dr Tino Endres
    Faculty of Psychology
    Prof. Dr Julia Chatain
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

    Steering committee

    Photo de Corinna Martarelli Prof. Dr Corinna Martarelli
    Faculty of Psychology
    Jean-Michel Jullien
    Pamela Banta Prof. Dr Pamela Banta Lavenex
    Faculty of Psychology
    Photo portrait de Manuel Grieder Prof. Dr Manuel Grieder
    Faculty of Business and Economics
    Prof. Dr Thomas Mettler
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Prof. Dr Bruno Pasquier
    Faculty of Law
    Portrait de Christina Späti Prof. Dr Christina Späti
    Faculty of History
    Last update 19.08.2026 Contributor Communication and marketing