Articles & Interviews

Irina Hotz is the Co-Lead of the Jacobs Foundation Learning Societies portfolio. Irina shares with us what a learning society is and how she is working to connect evidence to action to systems for global impact.

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

Extraordinary challenges demand extraordinary responses! Read about our work in 2020, the conclusion of our Medium Term Plan and how we want to tackle the challenges of the next decade.

The Jacobs Foundation Conference expert jury has announced the recipients of the four Promising Innovation Prizes and the four Grand Innovation Prizes.

32 teams worked on education solutions during the first virtual Conference Solveathon.

To enable true impact, the Jacobs Foundation is partnering with MindCET on the Global EdTech Startup Awards (GESAwards) with a special track on individualized learning. Interested EdTech start-ups can apply now.

The 2021 Jacobs Foundation Conference addresses education challenges facing children in the next decades. In partnership with MIT Solve, participants will develop solutions to actionable challenges, with up to CHF 1 million in funding available.

Simon Sommer was appointed Co-CEO of the Jacobs Foundations in July 2019. Simon is passionate about learning, learning variability, and improving education opportunities for children. He shares with us what he has learned about learning.

Education solutions for a post-COVID world