Articles & Interviews

A remarkable expansion of the new Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development in its first 1,000 days enabled excellent interdisciplinary research on improving the lives of young people.

The Youth Development Project (YDP) shows remarkable results and has changed the lives of young farmers in Central Uganda.

What effect does attending child care services have on the educational development and social behavior of preschool children? On behalf of the Jacobs Foundation, Professor Andreas Balthasar has drawn up a White Paper that provides some answers.

After supporting the development of Educational Landscapes for more than 10 years, the Jacobs Foundation is handing over responsibility in Switzerland to éducation21. We spoke with Marion Künzler about the future of Educational Landscapes.

Can you have a conversation with a baby? Parents in the UK may soon find “conversation starters” on baby products to promote learning-enhancing conversations with kids. The second group of Learning Sciences Exchange Fellows presents here their project.

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.