Articles & Interviews

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.

Are there wrong and right books to read to babies? A public service announcement produced by fellows of the LSX Fellowship offers interesting answers. The two year fellowship program brings 12 participants from science, journalism, entertainment and policy.

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

Questions around New Leadership at the intersection of leading and being led are explored during a workshop on 22 November 2019. This workshop is exclusively designed for the Jacobs Network members and takes place before the Klaus J. Jacobs awards ceremony.

Jacobs University has gained an internationally experienced and worldwide respected university leader, lecturer and researcher as its new President. On 1 December 2019, Professor Dr. Antonio Loprieno will assume office.

The role of school curriculums, teachers and peers in affecting child and youth development is the topic of a workshop taking place on November 11, 2019, at the University of Zurich.

How well are students prepared for study, work, and life in a digital world? The recently released «International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2018» reveals some surprising results.