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"I’ve spent the bulk of my working life getting people, businesses and entrepreneurs to care about climate change. This summer I got round to some long-delayed reading about the trajectory of AI and the ethics and safety conversations around it, and something started nagging me. To my utter surprise, given I thought I was learning about a completely new field, much of what I read seemed… quite familiar."

"Who makes peace? You’re sitting in the answer.” On the International Day of Peace, we welcomed Ilya “Admiral” Shcharbitski, a Belarusian community organiser based in The Hague, for a special Fireside Peace Chat as part of Hope Box – Piece for World Peace.

The Humanity Hub and The Hague's innovation hubs present a joint action agenda for the city to Deputy Major Richard de Mos

In 2025 our focus was clear: reinforce collective action, support the ecosystem that makes The Hague unique, and deepen public engagement. Read it in full here

Laura’s craft is monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL). Through The Alternatives Factory she offers MEL, theories of change and strategic facilitation, and coaching to purpose-driven organisations and people, all centred on creating meaningful and lasting change for people and the planet.

The Humanity Hub hosted a Handshake at the new Spui Campus in The Hague, in collaboration with TU Delft, as part of the 9th Thesis Conference for Engineering and Policy Analysis (EPA) graduates: Grand Challenge Accepted 2026.  Alongside EPA Master’s students, we were all left inspired by the guest speakers' insights and graduate’s thesis presentations. 

Serge Santoo is the founder of Polycentric, a consultancy working to bring fairness and inclusion into the Dutch energy transition so that decisions aren't shaped only by the loudest voices or deepest pockets. Driven by a belief in "doing" over hoping, Serge has spent years bridging researchers, policymakers, and citizens — and is still pushing the transition toward genuine consent, not just consensus.

At our latest Fireside Peace Chat, we welcomed Shelter City guest Wangechi Grace Kahuria, Executive Director of IMLU, for a conversation on youth movements in Kenya and the importance of defending civic space.

Max Koffi is the founder of Equal Trade Alliance, an organisation working to restructure the global trade system so that African nations receive fair economic returns for their raw materials. Driven by a conviction rooted in his upbringing in West and Central Africa, Max has built a movement now active in 33 African countries — and is just getting started.