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LIFT Research Center for Learning and Instruction with Future Technologies

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    Last update: 11.09.2026 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
    Tino Endres is an Associate Professor of Psychology at UniDistance Suisse. He directs the Educational Psychology Lab and conducts fundamental research on cognitive, motivational, and metacognitive processes related to learning with complex and digital materials.
    Faculty of Psychology
    Prof. Dr Julia Chatain
    Interdisciplinary researcher in educational technologies, seeking to understand how technology should be designed to help students grasp abstract concepts.
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

    Steering committee

    Photo de Corinna Martarelli
    Prof. Dr Corinna Martarelli Vice-Rector for Teaching
    Jean-Michel Jullien EDUDL+ Manager
    Pamela Banta
    Prof. Dr Pamela Banta Lavenex Dean | Programme direction for the French language Bachelor in Psychology and Master in Psychology | Associate Professor
    Photo portrait de Manuel Grieder
    Prof. Dr Manuel Grieder Dean | Programme direction of the Master in Economics, Business and Data Analytics | Associate Professor
    Prof. Dr Thomas Mettler Dean | Associate Professor
    Prof. Dr Bruno Pasquier Dean | Full Professor
    Portrait de Christina Späti
    Prof. Dr Christina Späti Dean | Full Professor

    Contact

    If you have any questions or requests about the center, please send an email to: LIFTdirection@unidistance.ch. 

    You can also follow our activities on LinkedIn.

    Last update 11.09.2026 Contributor Communication and marketing