School inclusion and transitions after lower secondary level in Germany (INSIDE II)

Joint project of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) Bamberg, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), the University of Potsdam (UP) and the University of Wuppertal (BUW)

Pupils with special educational needs (SEN) are significantly less likely to switch to regular vocational training after completing lower secondary school than pupils without SEN, are more likely to remain in so-called "measure careers" or receive social benefits at an above-average rate. This drastically limits the participation of many young people with SEN in work and employment. In principle, there is a great need for knowledge regarding the transitions of young people with SEN after lower secondary level in inclusive schools into the post-school transition systems or the world of work and employment (transitions). The INSIDE II project therefore planned to follow the young people beyond year 10 until their transition into the vocational training system or another life situation. The longitudinal research design makes it possible to analyse the individual development of these pupils. This unique longitudinal study from year 5 (INSIDE I) to the transition after lower secondary level (INSIDE II) has particularly great potential to identify the conditions for successful vocational transitions at an early stage of school development. The knowledge generated in the future will provide stakeholders from the fields of education and politics with information on where support systems can be initiated and improved for the individual development of pupils with SEN in the vocational transition and how negative developments can be countered preventively. Our aim was to contribute to the creation of a data basis on the basis of which evidence-based knowledge can be generated. This knowledge can help to increase the participation of students in working and professional life, reduce social and economic risks, discuss aspects of the implementation of the UN CRPD and recognise specific consequential problems of the corona crisis and, if necessary, derive intervention options.

Further information on the project is available here . An insight into the results will be available here shortly.

Head of the project
Prof Dr Michael Grosche

Employees (University of Wuppertal)
Dr Miriam Balt Former employee
Dr Jacquelin Kluge-Brück
Linda Kashikar
Michèle Paul

External project management https://www.inside-studie.de/Kontakt

Dr Amelie Labsch
INSIDE project manager at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) from 09/2022 to 12/2025

Dr Cornelia Gresch
INSIDE project manager at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) from 12/2016 to 12/2025

Prof Dr Katrin Böhme
INSIDE project manager at the University of Potsdam (UP) from 12/2016 to 12/2025

Duration: 06/2021 - 05/2025 (extended until 12/2025)

Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR, formerly Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF))