Articles & Interviews

Early childhood services are provided by a wide range of programs, which primarily are administered by the education, health and social welfare sectors.

The international conference aims to bring together leaders in the field to engage in a discussion on the future of research in child development and learning.

Spreading the word about how children and young people develop and learn has always been one of our main concerns. This is why we have started and supported a number of platforms and initiatives dedicated to reaching a broad audience around the world.

As of July 1, 2019, Sandro Giuliani, Managing Director of the Jacobs Foundation and Delegate of the Board of Trustees, will hand over responsibility for the Foundation’s operations to Fabio Segura and Simon Sommer, who will serve as co-CEOs.

We believe that scientific findings should be disseminated to as many people as possible, and that researchers should engage in dialogue with practitioners and decision makers.

Spotlight Switzerland is looking for inspiring kindergarten, primary and secondary school educators who are embracing digital transformation in the classroom by experimenting with new teaching methods and tools, together with their students.

I am not a member of the Twitterati community. I rarely tweet, and when I do, my tweets tend to be sober, not to say sec, as I generally use social media to learn about and share new research in child development and learning.

The Principality of Liechtenstein recently joined the Jacobs Foundation’s Primokiz2 program, which connects actors in the education, social services and healthcare sectors and helps them develop a comprehensive early childhood policy.

More and more communities and cantons are playing an active role in promoting and connecting early childhood programs. Since 2013, the nationwide Primokiz program has provided support for their efforts.