LeSeDi is a doctoral program of the call "Bildungsinnovation braucht Bildungsforschung (Educational Innovation Needs Educational Research)" and is intended to promote educational research and strengthen networking between the University College of Teacher Education Styria, the Private University College of Teacher Education Augustinum and the University of Graz.

The aim of LeSeDi is to gain knowledge about the development of reading skills (orthographic knowledge to lexical reading) and their evidence-based promotion, taking multilingualism and other diversity characteristics into account. Digital technologies are used for diagnostics and for the individualized promotion of reading skills and the differentiation of lessons. LeSeDi enables an effective transfer of research results into practice, uses open science practices and makes developed materials available for schools.

As part of the LeSeDi doctoral program, there are six projects focusing on different stages of reading development. Each project involves writing a dissertation, which is supervised by researchers from the University of Graz and the University Colleges of Teacher Education. Regular meetings of the doctoral students enable exchange and networking

Project duration: fall 2023 - fall 2026
Consortium lead: Prof. Mag. Dr.phil. Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera