Founding Principles

Independence – INURED is an academic and research institution working independently of any political, ideological or religious affiliation; 

Interdisciplinarity – INURED’s work approach recognizes the complementarity between disciplines and encourages their dialogue;

Application – INURED promotes a conception of science as a means to reflect on social phenomena and as a place for elaborating intervention and development policies;

Transnationality – INURED conceives the research process within a dynamic perspective that transcends national borders;

Collaboration – INURED envisages research as a collective enterprise of producing knowledge and expertise that involves on an equal footing researchers coming from a wide variety of disciplines and institutions from both Southern and Northern countries; 

Transparency – INURED advocates transparency both in its financial management and in the selection of candidates for scholarship, research and teaching programs.