ISRU is linked to a range of affiliated centers and research units across the university that have an interest in international studies.

• Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice
• Centre for European Law and Governance
• Centre for Law and Global Justice
• European Governance, Identity and Public Policy
• Political Theory
• Wales Governance Centre

ISRU also works in close collaboration with

• BISA Poststructuralist Working Group
• European International Studies Association
• UNA Wales
• Welsh Centre for International Affairs