Articles & Interviews

The Jacobs Foundation, the UBS Optimus Foundation and other partners have pledged CHF 30M to support the Ivorian government’s strategic objective to fight child labor and to provide children in Côte d’Ivoire with a good start in life and quality education.

The Call for Applications for the Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is now open. The competitive fellowship for early career researchers aims at improving the development of children and youth. The deadline is March 16, 2020.

Food for thought by two highly regarded researchers at KOSMOS, Zurich: Daphne Bavelier, cognitive scientist and 2019 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize recipient, and Amy Ogan, educational technologist and Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow.

When it comes to sustainability, there are no shortcuts: it requires long-term investments and patience to achieve expected results. Yet, investing in high quality early childhood and primary education in cocoa growing regions is the best path forward.

Given the remarkable success of The Learning Sciences Exchange Fellowship, we are thrilled to announce the call for application for a second cohort. The next class of LSX fellows will include representatives from a fifth sector—social entrepreneurship.

How can digital technologies be effectively integrated in the classroom? Jacobs Research Fellow Sarah Hofer explains what research on scaffolding has found.

Bamba Zolet is 35 and lives in Guéyo in southwestern Côte d’Ivoire. Thanks to a saving group she was able to break out of extreme poverty.

The 2019 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize was awarded to Prof. Daphne Bavelier during an interactive ceremony at the University of Zurich on November 22. Hundreds of guests literally stepped into Prof. Bavelier’s research topics.

New skills in financial literacy are strengthening the confidence of women in cocoa communities of Côte d’Ivoire. The Women for Change project enables them to save and borrow money so that they can set up their own business and increase household income.