The RDPRU supports the academic and scientific initiatives for the development of collaborations and the exchange of information and knowledge. In this framework, it has actively sought regular cooperation with research institutes and the academic staff of various universities, both in Greece and abroad, as well as with other institutes:
1. Univeristy-based research centres in Greece:
- Urban and Regional Innovation Research Unit (URENIO), Polytechnic School, Department of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2. Universities and university-based research centres abroad
- School of Economics and Business Administration, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
- Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw (Poland)
- Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Dept. of Regional Development, Jagiellonian University (Poland)
- Academy of Management, Lodz Academy of Management (Poland)
- International Migrations Research Unit, University of Deusto (Spain)
- Institute for Urban and Regional Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria)
- Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University (UK)
- Centre for Enterprise and Innovation Research, University of Salford (UK)
- Institute of Social Sciences, Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
- Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
3. Other institutes and chambers
- Macedonian Labour Institute (MAK.IN.E),Trade Union Centre of Thessaloniki
- Labour Institute of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (INE/GSEE)
