The International Research Group on Law and Urban Space (IRGLUS) was formed in 1993 with the objective of gather professionals from diverse backgrounds and affiliations - academics, government officers, city planners, public administrators, NGO members, etc. - who are doing research on or with interest in the interface between law and urbanisation.

IRGLUS was in 1996 recognised as a Working Group of the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL) of the prestigious International Sociological Association (ISA).

The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) is a rural development organization which has over half a century of participatory, integrated and people-centered development in the continents of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

International Alliance on Land Tenure and Administration (IALTA) is an alliance that facilitates and coordinates interdisciplinary research programmes on legal, policy and institutional improvements for the protection and enhancement of land rights and livelihoods and sustainable utilization of natural resources and rural-urban development of the poor.

1. Kenya Polytechnic University-Kenya
2. Ardhi University-Tanzania

The Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS) is a voluntary, peer-to-peer network of over 50 urban and regional African institutions that educate and train urban/city and/or regional/rural planners. Established in 1999, AAPS facilitates the exchange of information among African planning schools and links African and international planning schools.

Aalborg University (AAU) is a Danish university established in 1974. AAU was founded under the name of Aalborg University Center (AUC) as a result of a series of mergers between a number of institutions, which made it possible to create a single university with several faculties. It changed its name to Aalborg University in 1994.

N-AERUS is a pluri-disciplinary network of researchers and experts working on urban issues in Developing countries. Founded in 1996 by a group of European researchers, N-AERUS seeks to mobilise and develop the European institutional and individual research and training capacities on urban issues in the South with the support of institutions and individual researchers with relevant experience in this field.

N-AERUS works in association with researchers and institutions in developing countries.

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) is an Australian public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria. RMIT was established in 1887 as the Working Men’s College with the aim of bringing education to the working people of Melbourne.

RMIT offers Surveying and geospatial science which actively engages with industry to meet the needs of this rapidly expanding field. The programs incorporate practical work to build skills and knowledge through analysing and interpreting location data.

The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is an independent policy research institute (think tank) whose stated mission is to "build a fairer, more sustainable world, using evidence, action and influence in partnership with others.” IIED promotes sustainable development to improve livelihoods and protect the environments on which these livelihoods are built. IIED specialises in linking local priorities to global challenges.

Institute for International Urban Development (I2UD) is a non-profit organization specializing in urban planning to address issues of: climate change adaptation; historic preservation; municipal management and finance; regional and cross-border cooperation; and access to land, housing and services for low-income communities.