Articles & Interviews

A new study by the Jacobs Foundation reveals that young people in Switzerland are self‐critical and self‐confident.

The Jacobs Foundation in Zurich and the Swiss Coordination Center for Research in Education (SCCRE) plan to hold a series of conferences and closed‐door meetings in collaboration with the Swiss Leading House on Economics of Education, a joint initiative of the Chair for Business and Personnel Economics at the University of Zurich and the Center for Research in Economics of Education at the University of Berne.

The examination of the effects of financial shocks on the development and well being of children and youth has never before been conducted in a systematic and rigorous way and across different settings.

The Jacobs Foundation’s Board of Trustees has appointed Nathalie Jacobs as new member effective July 1, 2012. Ms. Jacobs is the daughter of the Foundation’s founder, Klaus J. Jacobs. A Swiss journalist, she is employed by Tamedia AG in Zurich.

The daughter of the Foundation’s founder joins the board effective July 1, 2012.

The Jacobs Foundation provides CHF 4 million for the program’s initial phase. The first three cantons have signed cooperation agreements.

The Jacobs Foundation and KiTaS are collaborating on a quality label rating for Swiss childcare centres. Introduction of the new quality label from the beginning of 2013.

The Jacobs Foundation’s Board of trustees appoints Laura Tyson and Ulman Lindenberger as new members as of January 1, 2012.

The Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize 2011 goes to Professor Michael Tomasello, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. The Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Award 2011 is bestowed upon Christiane Daepp, founder of the Swiss program “Ideenbüro”.