PD Dr. Sittipan Yotyodying
Research Associate | TUM
PD Dr. Sittipan Yotyodying joined the PISA team in January 2026. His research focuses on digital media and artificial intelligence (AI) in education, parental involvement and its significance for educational success and well-being, as well as inclusion and educational inequalities.
Vita
- Research assistant in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, Center for International Student Assessment (ZIB) since January 2026
- Venia Legendi (habilitation) in educational psychology, Technical University of Dortmund
- Research assistant, Educational Psychology Department, Goethe University Frankfurt, 06/2024 – 12/2025
- Research assistant, Institute for School Development Research (IFS), Technical University of Dortmund, 07/2021 – 05/2024
- Postdoctoral fellow, Educational Psychology, FernUniversität in Hagen, 04/2019 – 10/2019
- Research assistant, Educational Psychology, FernUniversität in Hagen, 04/2015 – 04/2019
- Research assistant, AE09 Educational Psychology, Bielefeld University, 04/2013 – 03/2015
- Doctoral Fellow, International Research School “Education and Capabilities,” Bielefeld University (2009-2012)
- Interdisciplinary doctoral training, International Research School “Education and Capabilities,” Bielefeld University and Technical University of Dortmund (2009 – 2012)
- Master's degree in Empirical Educational Research, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (2003 – 2005)
- Bachelor's degree in Teaching for Secondary Levels I & II (Biology and General Natural Sciences), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (1999 – 2003)
Reserach Interests
- Digital media and artificial intelligence (AI) in education
- Parental involvement, educational success, and well-being
- Inclusion and educational inequalities.
Activities
- PISA report 2025
- Climate Literacy, PISA 2029
Selected Publications
- Yotyodying, S., Teuber, Z., Weber, A. M., & Greiff, S. (2025). Critical Online Reasoning und seine konzeptuellen Verbindungen zu anderen Kompetenzen. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, 71(2), 212–228. doi.org/10.3262/ZP2502212
- Grecu, A., Neuhaus, S., Yotyodying, S., & McElvany, N. (2025). Addressing the heterogeneity of students’ attitudes towards school: Uncovering school alienation profiles in German secondary schools. Jahrbuch der Schulentwicklung – Band 24 Bildungsprozesse und Kompetenzentwicklungen im Kontext sprachlicher und sozialer Heterogenität. [Open Access Link]
- Yotyodying, S., & Lorenz, R. (2023). Quality of ICT use in German secondary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic: Predictors on the school and teacher level. In N. McElvany, A. Grecu., R. Lorenz, M. Becker, C. Dignath, H. Gaspard, F. Lauermann (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Schulentwicklung Band 23 – 50 Jahre Schulentwicklung – Leitthemen der empirischen Bildungsforschung (S. 211–232). Beltz Juventa. [Open Access Link]
- Yotyodying, S., Dettmers, S., & Jonkmann, K. (2023). Teachers’ prosociality and well- being at work: The mediating role of family–school partnerships. Social Psychology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09873-0
- Yotyodying, S., Dettmers, S., Erdal, K., & Jonkmann, K. (2021). Educational usage of Facebook and academic achievement in distance university students: Mediated by basic needs satisfaction. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10804-9
- Lorenz, R., Yotyodying, S., Eickelmann, B. & Endberg, M., (Hrsg.) (2022). Schule digital – Länderindikator 2021. Lehren und Lernen mit digitalen Medien in der Sekundarstufe I in Deutschland im Bundesländervergleich und im Trend seit 2017.Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830995449
- Yotyodying, S., Wild, E., & Schwinger, M. (2021). The detrimental role of punitive parenting in psychological well-being of children with learning disabilities: A longitudinal study. Educational Psychology, 41(8), 1041–1060. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2020.1863918
- Yotyodying, S., Dettmers, S., & Jonkmann, K. (2020). Quality features of family–school partnerships in German schools: Measurement and associations with parent–child communication about school. Children and Youth Services Review, 115, 105087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105078
- Yotyodying, S., & Wild, E. (2019). Effective family–school communication for students with learning disabilities: Associations with parental involvement a home and in school. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2019.100317
Yotyodying, S., & Wild, E. (2016). Predictors of the quantity and different qualities of home- based parental involvement: Evidence from parents of children with learning disabilities. Learning and Individual Differences, 49, 74–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.05.003