Articles & Interviews

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”.

The revolutionary events in the Arab world offer al clear case of an emerging social movement driven by youth. Jacobs Foundation is supporting a new study on this historic phenomena.

The Jacobs Foundation has decided to establish a support programme with CHF 1.6 million for up-coming researchers in the area of youth and child education.

Adolescence: Exploration and Self-Regulation of the Unknown”: Under this title forty scientists from around the world discussed at this year’s Jacobs Foundation Conference the difficult and marvelous years of young people on their way to become adults. Get a first insight on the three-day conference at Marbach Castle on the Lake of Constance, Germany.

The Jacobs Foundation has initiated the nomination process for this year’s Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. Worth one million Swiss francs, the Research Prize honors the scientific achievements of researchers who make a major contribution to the successful development of children and young people and their prospects around the world.