Articles & Interviews

“Early Childhood Experience and the Developing Brain” is the title of a four-day reporting institute for international journalists hosted by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University’s Journalism School in New York. From March 9 to 12, 45 journalists from 28 countries attend the reporting institute, which the Jacobs Foundation has helped funding.

Policy recommendations derived from the Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years were recently published. The Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years was created by the King Baudouin Foundation, the Jacobs Foundation and twelve other partner foundations from Europe and the United States to bring together leading scientists practitioners, civil society members, business leaders and political decision-makers from Europe and North America.

The definition of success is when cities recognize the importance of early childhood education and make it a regular part of their programs. This is precisely what has happened with primano, the early childhood education program in the city of Bern. Ten years ago, the Jacobs Foundation played a major role in initiating this program, and it has provided substantial support throughout the development phase.

What do the smell of coffee and an educational landscape have in common? Both can promote successful cooperation! Mindful of that fact, Schwabgut School holds a regular event known as a “parents’ café.”

Professor Michael J. Shanahan, the new Director of the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development at the University of Zurich, talks about the differences between the Swiss and the US system and his plans for the Center in the years to come.

The Jacobs Foundation announces the call for application for the Research Fellowship Program, a globally competitive fellowship for early and mid-career researchers aiming at improving the development and living conditions of children and youth or contributing to one of the Jacobs Foundation’s thematic priorities.

Patrick Aebischer has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation, a leading international foundation in the field of child and youth development, as of January 1, 2017.

The Jacobs Foundation is issuing a call for nominations for the 2017 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. The prize, which is endowed with one million Swiss Francs, honors outstanding scientific contributions of scholars aiming at improving the development and living conditions of children and youth.

The Jacobs Foundation Marbach Castle Residence Program offers senior and/or junior (post-doctoral) researchers in the field of child and youth development an inspiring setting for conducting uninterrupted, goal-oriented, collaborative work.