Collaboration

The LDRG collaborates in research and teaching with academic partners at the national and international level:

• Law and Development Research Network | LDRN 
  As a founding member of this global community of 21 university partners, since 2017.
  
  
• Other Research networks
  The LDRG also participates in the Flemish Interuniversity Research Network Law&Dev and the Association of Human Rights Institutes.
  
  
• Privileged Academic Partners
  The LDRG prioritizes joint research and collaborative teaching with Global South higher education, nonacademic institutes and legal scholars. The LDRG cooperates closely with its five “privileged” partners, including for the SUSTJUST teaching program:
  - The National Law University | NLU | Delhi | India
  - The Pontifical Catholic University of Peru | PUCP Peru
  - The Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria | South Africa
  - The Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” University of Padua | Italy
  - The University of Eastern | Finland

Besides these, our members have academic contacts and joint research projects in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, DR Congo, India, Indonesia, Lesotho, and more.

For example, in 2024, the LDRG, with the Muwatin Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Birzeit University, initiated the collaborative research project “Emancipatory Human Rights.” This entails common research and policy briefs, and student and staff exchange.