Fabian Reinwarth
Research Associate | TUM
Fabian Reinwarth has been working at ZIB in the FiLapp project since July 2026. The project is developing an app that makes it possible to assess and foster how well disadvantaged adolescents handle money in everyday life. In his doctoral research, he studies how scientific knowledge can be translated into professional decisions and anchored there, with a focus on communicating research evidence to professionals in education. Specifically, he further develops transfer formats such as plain language summaries and investigates which characteristics they can have in order to convey scientific knowledge efficiently, and how AI can be used to evaluate and produce them.
Vita
- Research Associate, Technical University of Munich, School of Social Sciences and Technology, Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB), FiLapp project, since 07/2026.
- Doctoral studies, Technical University of Munich, Friedl Schöller Endowed Chair for Educational Psychology. Dissertation: “Plain Language Summaries in Education” (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tina Seidel), since 2024.
- Research Associate, Technical University of Munich, Friedl Schöller Endowed Chair for Educational Psychology, Clearing House Unterricht within the lernen:digital competence network, 2024 – 06/2026.
- Research collaboration “Fostering critical information skills”, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (lead: Marvin Fendt), since 2023.
- Master’s degree in Education with a focus on Educational Research and Educational Management, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), 2022 – 09/2024. Master’s thesis: “Evidence-based development of all-day schooling. A science–practice collaboration with an external partner.”
- Student assistant at chairs of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and in the ProLehre programme of the Technical University of Munich, 2021 – 2024. Main activities: data collection in the Learning4Kids research project, editorial work for the open science journal Bildungsforschung.org, research support in evaluation projects, design and use of AI tools in university teaching.
- Bachelor’s degree in Education/Educational Science with Philosophy as a minor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), 2019 – 2022.
Research Interests
- Transfer and implementation of research evidence
- Evidence-based practice of education professionals (teachers, teacher educators, student teachers, school leaders, decision-makers)
- Plain language summaries
- Clearing houses as intermediary institutions
- AI in science communication
- Development and validation of evaluation instruments
- Financial literacy
Activities
- FiLapp – Financial Literacy App: Bridging the Gap for Marginalized Adolescents
- Development and design of the test items (FiLapp)
- Piloting of the test items and analysis of the pilot data (FiLapp)
- Preparation, implementation and analysis of the validation study (FiLapp)
Selected Publications
Reinwarth, F., Knogler, M., & Seidel, T. (2026). Plain language summaries in education: The PLS-4-EBP framework to support evidence-based practice. Frontiers in Education. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1756481
Book chapters
Fendt, M., Reinwarth, F., & Edelsbrunner, P. A. (2026). Individual-level predictors of climate misinformation susceptibility. In J. Terstriep (Ed.), Wealth and the ecological transformation (pp. 217–248). transcript.
Transfer publications
- Knogler, M., Arvaneh, B., Reith, S., Farrell, M., & Reinwarth, F. (2025). Clearing House Unterricht: Ein innovativer Ansatz zur Stärkung des Wissenschaft-Praxis-Transfers in der Lehrkräftebildung. berufsbildung – Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog, 79(3), 13–16.
- Reinwarth, F., Gieschen, A., & Siegel, F. (2024). Synergien schaffen: Evaluation außerunterrichtlicher Ganztagsschulangebote durch Wissenschafts-Praxis-Kooperation. Die Ganztagsschule, 24.
Reinwarth, F., Gieschen, A., & Siegel, F. (2024). Ausgewählte Perspektiven auf die Ganztagsschulforschung. Pädagogische Führung, 24.
Theses
- Feselmayer, F. (2024). Evidenzbasierte Entwicklung des Ganztags. Eine Wissenschafts-Praxis-Kooperation mit einem externen Kooperationspartner. Eine Mixed-Method-Evaluation des Programms „Eine Note besser!" [Master’s thesis, published under former name, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]. https://doi.org/10.5282/ubm/epub.122072