Articles & Interviews

For the fourth time, social entrepreneur fellows attended an orientation week in Zurich, learning more about the Jacobs Foundation as well as the opportunities the Fellowship offers. Efe Gboneme shares her personal experience of the infamous Swiss Week.

The choices business leaders make every day can have a significant impact on society, the environment and the achievement of the SDGs. Fabio Segura, Co-CEO of the Jacobs Foundation spoke about the choices at the crossroads of philanthropy and business.

Around the world, young children are the face of a historic crisis of refugees and migration. How can news professionals worldwide cover migrant children and families with greater knowledge, depth, and skills?

About one-third of 3-5-year-old children in Ivory Coast live with parents or caregivers supporting the development of children with positive and stimulating activities, new data published by UNESCO revealed.

More students achieve a tertiary degree than ever before. In 2018 it was 44% of 25-34 year-olds in the OECD countries which is 9% more than in 2008. This is one of good news highlighted by the newly published OECD report “Education at Glance 2019”.

How can research be translated into everyday solutions? How should the Future of Learning look like? A one-day workshop brought together members of five Jacobs Fellowships during the 2019 Swiss Week in Zurich.

Benno Singer is the CEO of the engineering firm ewr. Singer, who holds a degree in civil engineering from ETH Zurich, emphasizes a work-family balance at his company. “Satisfied employees make all the difference,” says Singer.

When children sleep better, they also learn better. That is why Kerstin Hödlmoser, former Jacobs Young Scholar, co-wrote a book “Ilvy sleeps well: Systematically learning to sleep” intended for children who have difficulty falling asleep.

The Jacobs Foundation spoke with Jenny Perlman Robinson, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, about how to design an adaptive learning process to support large-scale change in education.