Established in 1967, CLACSO is a non-governmental institution bringing together 195 research centres, as well as graduate and postgraduate programmes in the social sciences of 22 countries.

It was established in 1973 as an independent pan-African research organisation primarily focusing on the social sciences research in Africa. It is recognised not only as the pioneer African social research organisation but also as the apex non-governmental centre of social knowledge production on the continent.

The Network was established by UNESCO and the Council of Europe in 1989 in Paris, at the UNESCO Consultation of Representatives of Regional and Sub-Regional Networks for Cultural Development Research and Cooperation. The Network has primarily been serving as a platform for research in the field of cultural development, cultural policies and international cultural cooperation.

The network was established in 2006, to encourage closer cooperation and exchange of views between the growing number of EU-specialists working on Russia and the post-Soviet states coming under the European Neighbourhood Policy and colleagues in the field of Slavonic Studies who were interested in the EU.

ECDN is a European civil society network funded by the European Commission, built on the experiences and activities of key actors in the fight against over-indebtedness and financial exclusion in Europe, such as debt advice services, educational organisations, consumer agencies, research institutes, etc.

EENC contributes to the development of cultural policies in Europe, providing advice and support to the European Commission in its cultural policy development though the analysis of cultural policies at European, national and regional levels. Instead of conducting primary research, EENC network offers specialised consultancy to policy-makers by synthesizing current research and relevant issues in a practical way for continuing policy development. Among the tasks assigned to EENC is the launch and management of a website providing comprehensive information both on EENC’s activities and relevant advances to the fields in which the network operates.

The "Governance and Digital Citizenship" network represents a broadening and reinforcement of training actions by and on pure and applied research as well as the third mission, namely services to the community on the themes of the transformation of governance, practices and standards related to public action and public / private interactions with an empirical focus on the areas of public justice and security policies. It focuses on the big data culture, which includes as prism the components of knowledge of logical and managerial mathematical excellence, as well as the legal aspects of data protection and economic aspects of transformation. Radical practices of citizenship patterns of interaction between actors and rules see between companies and institutions. The framework agreement between the two institutions, which is in the definition phase, opens a horizon of scientific and institutional cooperation between the teams of two universities and two campuses with a modular format (with steps and crossed axes) affecting the strategies of fundraising, training and research capable of meeting the functional and professional needs of companies, institutions and citizens on a global scale. The network's proposal builds on the activities of the chair's coordinator in the OECD and the activities initiated under the program "Promoting the Culture of Lawfulness through Education" (GCED program and UNODC's Education for Justice (E4J) initiative). The Network engage in research, production, sharing, and dissemination of knowledge having an impact on: 1. Governance and the transformation of public action in the face of digital 2. Professionalism and the ability to govern complex processes in the digital age 3. The integrity and culture of legality in society and the economy. These activities take place on 4 axes: - Master and PhD training; - Professional training; - Applied research of the interdisciplinary type (social sciences data science management) - Community services and public debate.

AILPcsh arose from eleven Luso-Afro-Brazilian Social Sciences Congresses, of which the first edition premiered in 1990.  The main activities of the association are the itinerant organization of its Congress between the Portuguese-speaking Countries and the creation of incentive platforms and the promotion of research networks and publications. AILPcsh intends to affirm itself as a major scientific policy channel in fostering a cooperation area between Portuguese-speaking social scientists.

The International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA) is an international network of people involved in action and research in localities and cities on issues related to forms of resistance to inequality of rights, especially in the urban environment.

RAP aims at promoting the participative democracy at local level, facilitating the exchange of experiences, expanding new citizen involvement mechanisms in public management of municipalities, empowering actors involved in participatory processes, maintaining an updated information system on the participatory democracy processes in the country, reinforcing a transparent public administration and promoting international cooperation with other networks and structures.

The Portuguese Association of Political Economy is a non-profit scientific association with a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary nature, aiming at fostering education, research, dissemination and the public debate on Political Economy in Portugal.

The Portuguese National Rural Network (RRN) is a connection hub of agents with an active role in the rural development, who are willing to share their experiences and knowledge, to improve their performance and achieve better results. Rural development agents from any region of the country can join RRN.  The network acts as an information, experience and knowledge dissemination and sharing platform, entailing an action to build up sharing and cooperation around the actions to implement, aiming at improving the implementation of rural development programmes and policy measures and the qualification of the agents implicated in rural development.

The network aims to develop a to develop a sense of community among researchers in the field of International Relations; to promote cooperation among researchers from different institutions, areas and schools of thought; to project internationally the research conducted in Portugal; and to collect and organize information about the research conducted in Portugal.

Founded in October 2010, the International Research Group Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (SVAC) addresses issues around sexual violence in armed conflict. In a series of meetings and workshops, interdisciplinary scholars and NGO-experts compare case studies from different theatres of war and conflict, including multifaceted theoretical approaches. The group thus promotes the systematic development of research questions and methods.