Articles & Interviews

You have lived all over the world and you now are in Tanzania. Where did the idea for Ubongo come from and how did you get started? When I studied at University in Dar es Salaam, I became really interested in education. It became clear to me that even the brightest students in the country […]

CEO Laura Brown talked to us about PEAS, secondary education in Africa and adapting to COVID lockdowns. PEAS is a success story within a larger story of marginalized communities. How do you balance the feeling of success against the backdrop of continuing adversity?  When PEAS was founded 12 years ago, 1 in 3 children went […]

Supporting talented and innovative researchers is a fundamental component of the Jacobs Foundation’s strategy. One important support program is the Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program. We are delighted to welcome this year, 13 new Jacobs Foundation Research Fellows into our network. The Fellows are drawn from diverse regions across the globe including Japan, Australia, the […]

To galvanize the public to express their support and need for paid parental leave legislation, telling the stories of parents in the first six months of raising their child is fundamental.

Healthy brain development in young children needs quality sleep, bonding, language development in combination with less stress and anxiety. Sacha Kyle, LSX Fellow, has creatively combined these elements into two projects.

Experts are sure that kids who get regular, good quality sleep are healthier, physically and mentally, and have better learning, memory and behaviour. But did you know that some children are genetically predisposed to how well they sleep?

What do you do with a group of extraordinary teenagers in a class together with no common language? You get creative! One teacher did just this and brought his Zurich class to the Johann Jacobs Museum.

Professor Carolina de Weerth has been working with first graders through the Jacobs Foundation TRECC program in Côte d’Ivoire to determine whether an inexpensive probiotic food supplement can be linked to better cognitive functioning.

1000 schools across 10 countries are part of the Schools2030 program, which seeks to understand how, over a ten year period, schools can be empowered to design and implement locally-rooted solutions to improve holistic learning outcomes.