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Hague Club

Hague Club is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hague Club rather than just read about it. In short: The Hague Club is formed by the Chief Executives of 30 major foundations and philanthropic organizations in Europe and corresponding members from the United States, Asia and Australia. It meets once a year to discuss informally the role of philanthropy and management of foundations.

Key takeaways

Hague Club belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Hague Club to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Hague Club from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Hague Club is formed by the Chief Executives of 30 major foundations and philanthropic organizations in Europe and corresponding members from the United States, Asia and Australia. It meets once a year to discuss informally the role of philanthropy and management of foundations. Founded in 1971, it claims to be independent of governments and to have no political aims.

Members

The Chief Executives of the following foundations (as of 2012):

Finnish Cultural Foundation (Finland) Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (United Kingdom) Robert Bosch Stiftung (Germany) Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (Sweden) Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation (Hong Kong) Gebert Rüf Stiftung (Switzerland) Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds (Netherlands) Myer Foundation (Australia) Compagnia di San Paolo (Italy) Oranje Fonds (Netherlands) ZEIT-Stiftung (Germany) Bernard van Leer Foundation (Netherlands) Rockefeller Brothers Fund (United States) Jacobs Foundation (Switzerland) VolkswagenStiftung (Germany) Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation (Finland) The Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom) Fondazione Adriano Olivetti (Italy) New Europe College (Romania) Fundacion Instituto de Empresa (Spain) Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (Germany) Institusjonen Fritt Ord (Norway) Velux Foundation (Denmark) European Foundation Centre (Belgium) Fundación Princesa de Asturias (Spain) Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Germany) King Baudouin Foundation (Belgium) Nuffield Foundation (United Kingdom) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal) Wellcome Trust (United Kingdom) DOTS Foundation for an Open Society (Latvia)

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hague Club

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hague Club claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hague Club before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hague Club ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hague Club

In research: Hague Club appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hague Club in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hague Club is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Economics organization stubs, European organization stubs, Political and economic think tanks based in Europe, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hague Club outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Hague Club in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Hague Club means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Hague Club out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Hague Club in simple terms?

Why does Hague Club matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hague Club?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Hague Club.