Articles & Interviews

Friends of Education—an alliance of over 40 Swiss foundations active in the field of international education—have jointly written in Tages-Anzeiger in support of the Swiss Parliament’s recent decision to maintain education as a priority in Switzerland’s international cooperation strategy for 2025-28. In a compelling op-ed, the CEOs of the Jacobs Foundation, Roger Federer Foundation, Fondation […]

In the aftermath of the Summit of the Future, the world is falling significantly behind in meeting the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with just 17% of the targets on course. International actors must now find ways to tap into the collective expertise of all those invested in achieving these development objectives. […]

At the core of the Jacobs Foundation lies the fundamental belief that evidence should drive education policy and practice. This is particularly true for the rapidly growing EdTech sector to ensure technological innovation is deployed to improve learning outcomes. In June 2022, our Co-CEOs, Simon Sommer and Fabio Segura, called on EdTech to be more […]

Co-CEO Fabio Segura advocates a systematic approach to tackle education reform is urgent and essential.

Co-CEOs Fabio Segura and Simon Sommer argue for more evidence in EdTech and show ways how the Jacobs Foundation engages in this quest, so that EdTech solutions can unfold its vast potential to improve learning. “Bridging the divide between science and the industry will be essential in ensuring that robust evidence drives how edtech is […]

What is Co-Leadership and why did the Jacobs Foundation work so hard to implement it on all management levels?

Ross Hall, our Co-Lead of Learning Societies, shares some interesting thoughts on weaving trustful relationships as the bedrock of thriving learning ecosystems.

Systems change is more than just a popular catchphrase, but its effectiveness depends on aligning strategies with a foundation’s institutional DNA.