IGD benefits from partnerships and exchanges with a wide range of research and policy institutions it considers to be part of its research and policy network. This includes the following organisations:

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Senegal

Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)

University of South Africa

Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Nigeria

Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa

Africa Institute of South Africa

South African Institute of International Affairs, South Africa

Institute for Security Studies, South Africa

EU Institute for Security Studies, France

Pax Africana, South Africa

Global Progressive Forum, Belgium

Trust Africa, Senegal

Southern Africa Trust, South Africa

Socialist International

PES, Belgium

German Development Institute, Germany

German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany

Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK

Fondation Pour la Recherche Strategique, France

Science Po, France

AFD, France

Institute for Democratic Governance, Ghana.

Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium

Woodrow Wilson Centre for International Scholars, USA

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa

FRIDE, Spain

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Paris

Wilton Park, UK