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Next50 is a knowledge exchange and impact hub for the Majority World. Rooted in Southern contexts, it connects research, policy, practice, and public dialogue to help ideas move into meaningful action.
*The "Majority World" is a term referring to the countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East that constitute roughly 85% of the global population. Coined by photographer Shahidul Alam in the 1990s, it challenges derogatory labels like "Third World" or "developing," or “Global South” highlighting that these regions contain the majority of humanity, not a minority.
Our current work focuses on Bangladesh and Uganda.
Next50 connects research and action.
We work to support just, climate-resilient, and future-ready futures in Majority World countries such as Bangladesh.
In many Southern contexts, there is a gap between the production of knowledge and the people, communities, and institutions that could benefit from it.
Important research exists, but the pathways that connect it to practice, policy, and public action are often weak or missing.
Next50 helps bridge that gap by linking research, policy, and practice in ways that are grounded, collaborative, and action-oriented.
We do this through collaborative publications, policy briefs, strategic projects, partnerships, and capacity-building.
Drawing on expertise from both home and the global diaspora, Next50 works as a platform for knowledge exchange and impact.
Through six interlinked platforms, we help move research into action by translating ideas into actionable insight, developing proposals, building partnerships, strengthening leadership, offering strategic advice, and convening dialogue.
Our platforms include Future Insights, Ideation Lab, Community Partnerships, Leadership Academy, Strategic Advisory, and Forums.
See how you can join the Next50 collective.
Help turn ideas into long-term change.
what we do…
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Next50 Future Insights
Thematic volumes and flagship knowledge outputs for public impact
This platform brings together Next50’s major publishing work, including thematic volumes, flagship book series, reports, briefs, essays, and other curated outputs that shape public debate.
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Next50 Ideation Lab
Concept notes, proposals, and emerging ideas for future action
This platform is the space for new ideas in formation. It houses concept notes, proposals, strategic provocations, and early-stage thinking that can grow into future initiatives, collaborations, research agendas, and institutional pathways.
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Next50 Community Partnerships
Supporting locally led initiatives with strategy and connection
We work alongside community-rooted and locally led initiatives to strengthen ideas, build partnerships, and develop credible pathways for growth. This may include concept development, grant applications, research collaboration, and linking local efforts with wider networks of knowledge, support, and global engagement.
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Next50 Leadership Academy
Training, capacity building, and leadership for change
We create learning spaces that help individuals and organisations develop stronger ideas, projects, and leadership practices. This includes grant ideation, impact design, project development, workshops, summer camps, and other forms of capacity building for those working across research, policy, practice, and social change.
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Next50 Strategic Advisory
Consultancy for public, private, and civic sectors
We provide advisory and strategic support to institutions working through complex social, economic, environmental, and organisational challenges. Our work may include policy advice, programme design, strategy development, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge translation, helping organisations act with greater clarity, responsibility, and impact.
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Next50 Forums
Dialogues, symposiums, and gatherings for meaningful exchange
Dialogues, symposiums, and gatherings for meaningful exchange We host forums that bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, communities, and wider publics around shared questions and emerging possibilities. Through dialogues, symposiums, roundtables, and curated gatherings, we create spaces for connection, reflection, and collaboration across sectors and geographies.
