The Alliance / Research & policy
Knowledge that
changes decisions.
The Humanity Pact Think Tank is the Alliance’s research and policy arm. It turns community knowledge and evidence into practical proposals.
Purpose
From lived experience
to public policy.
We bring communities, researchers and institutions together to address the Pact’s six priorities.
Our outputs: policy papers, decision tools and proposals for practical pilots.
02 / Working model
Listen. Interpret. Build. Test.
Four steps from a community question to a testable proposal.
Listening Circles
Define the question with the people affected.
Evidence Studio
Combine community knowledge with research and data.
Policy Labs
Develop practical policy options and decision tools.
Action Coalitions
Bring partners together to test and evaluate proposals.
Research priorities
Six priorities.
Practical questions.
Research follows the Pact’s intentions and connects them where challenges overlap.
Protect rights. Require accountability.
Protect rights, confront discrimination and make institutions answerable for harm.
Keep people in control.
Guide AI, science and emerging technology with human agency and future generations in mind.
Protect heritage. Share narrative power.
Protect cultural heritage and give diverse communities the power to shape their own narratives.
Turn possibility into agency.
Expand people’s ability to influence decisions and build a better future.
Make prosperity shared.
Advance decent work, fair access to resources and investment that repairs inequality.
Secure the conditions for life.
Improve access to health, care, education, housing and a healthy environment.
04 / Selected work
Papers with a public purpose.
Explore contributions prepared for the G20 South Africa 2025 cycle.
Measuring what matters
People, well-being, environment, hope and agency as a connected public-value framework.
From sentiment to agency
Hope as the capacity to imagine and influence a better future — and a legitimate policy outcome.
Technology with plural knowledge
AI and data governance that protects communities, democracy and epistemic diversity.
Finance that rewards repair
Humanity Bonds and Justice Credits as instruments for prevention, repair and measurable change.
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