CEDU is composed of Integrated and Collaborating members. The Integrated members are Professors that decided to develop continuous research at the CEDU and that are not integrated in another research unit. Collaborating members are researchers that participate simultaneously in the CEDU activities and other research units, or are developing post-graduate projects. The post-graduate students can be Collaborating members of CEDU since they have their research projects approved and registered at the University of Minho or at similar institutions.