Professor Dr. Sabine Weinert is Emerita of Excellence at the Graduate Centre Trimberg Research Academy (TRAc) and former Chair of Psychology I - Developmental Psychology at the University of Bamberg. Professor Dr. Hans-Günther Rossbach is Emeritus of the Chair of Early Childhood Education at the University of Bamberg. Dr. Jutta von Maurice is Head of the Center of Study Management at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), Bamberg. Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Blossfeld is Emeritus of Excellence at the Graduate Centre Trimberg Research Academy (TRAc) and former Chair of Sociology I at the University of Bamberg. Professor Dr. Cordula Artelt is Director of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) and Chair of Longitudinal Educational Research at the University of Bamberg.