Articles & Interviews

The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers aiming at improving the learning, development and living conditions of children and youth. Deadline is March 18, 2018.

The Johann Jacobs Museum presents an exhibition about Japanese sugar plantation workers in Hawai’i. It considers a key moment in the history of the modern world: the emergence of Japan as a global power.

The Jacobs Foundation is delighted to announce the fellows who will be part of the 2018-2020 Research Fellowship Program.

From January 22 until January 23, 2018 the TRECC Stakeholder Event shall bring together TRECC partners and stakeholders in Côte d’Ivoire to create synergies between partners and programs within and beyond TRECC.

The world’s largest cocoa and chocolate companies have joined an international child and youth development program. These partnerships will achieve measurable impact by improving quality of education and enhancing sustainability strategies.

Together with the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) the Jacobs Foundation launches a new initiative to support researchers active in innovative and exciting fields.

Psychologist Raija-Leena Punamäki from the University of Tampere, Finland focuses on how traumatic experiences—especially those related to family and maternal trauma—influence the parent-infant relationship.

“As a field officer for TRECC, I usually visit intervention zones to monitor the development of education projects in rural areas in Ivory Coast. Last month, my horizons broadened as I led a delegation of the Ivorian Ministry of Education to India.”

The 2017 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize was awarded to War Child in the Netherlands for their global efforts to improve the lives of children exposed to war by promoting psychosocial well-being and fostering emotional resilience for their future.