About Us

Why Do We Need a New Alignment?

As the United Kingdom prepares to host the G20 Presidency in 2027, it will face a landscape shaped by geopolitical fragmentation, climate disruption, rapid technological change, and widening inequalities. Existing economic and policy frameworks are increasingly inadequate to address these interconnected challenges. What is needed is not simply more coordination or analysis, but new ideas and institutions that can turn modern economic thinking into practical policies.

The New Alignment Hub, convened by the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP), brings together experts and organisations to turn ideas into clear, practical policies and insights that governments can use.

The Hub can help at a critical time for global governance, when countries are struggling to work together and deal with big global problems like climate change, new technology, and inequality.

Its main strength is bringing together advanced research, global connections, and real-time policy work into one clear platform that helps shape policy at an important time for global decision-making.

What we bring

The New Alignment adds value by connecting ideas to action, paradigms to policy, and global insight to national leadership – ensuring the G20 remains a credible forum for shaping a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable global economy.

Who We Are

  • The New Alignment Hub is intended to create and promote new alternative thinking that helps governments, businesses, and societies respond to major global challenges. It does this by turning advanced academic ideas into practical policies and actions.

    In practice the Hub aims to:

    • Bridge the gap between research and policy
      Create cutting-edge ideas and convert them into clear, actionable policy recommendations.

    • Coordinate global thinking
      Bring together fragmented efforts into a more unified and coherent agenda.

    • Act as a global federating platform
      Convene experts, policymakers, and business leaders to share ideas, build consensus, and shape international priorities.

    • Build capacity for decision-makers
      Train and equip leaders with the tools, frameworks, and skills needed for inclusive, sustainable economic transformation.

  • 1. Inclusive and Sustainable Prosperity
    A commitment to economic systems that work for everyone now and in the future, prioritising wellbeing, equity, and social cohesion—not just GDP growth.

    2. Evidence-Based Innovation
    Grounding ideas in rigorous research and systems thinking, while encouraging bold, forward-looking approaches to economic transformation.

    3. Collaboration & Global Solidarity
    Bringing together governments, academia, business, and civil society to co-create solutions, reflecting a belief in multilateralism and shared responsibility.

    4. Policy Impact & Practicality
    Ensuring ideas are not just theoretical but translated into actionable policies and real-world outcomes.

  • We aim to curate the global conversation on key themes by bringing together multidisciplinary working groups from all backgrounds, organising knowledge around concrete policy problems rather than institutional silos. This way, the Hub aims to make insights coherent, comparable, and immediately usable.

    Our cross-sector working groups will be holding regular policy dialogues about how we reformulate major global discussions.

Learn more about our working groups